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Tools and strategies to respond to acute substance use emergencies or population-wide crises affecting substance use.
Psychological first aid: Facilitator’s manual for orienting field workers
This manual is designed to orient helpers to offer psychological first aid (PFA) to people following a serious crisis event. PFA involves humane, supportive and practical assistance for people who are distressed, in ways that respect their...
Ψυχολογικές πρώτες βοήθειες: Οδηγός για εργαζόμενους στο πεδίο
Αυτός ο οδηγός καλύπτει τις ψυχολογικές πρώτες βοήθειες που περιλαμβάνουν ανθρώπινη, υποστηρικτική και πρακτική βοήθεια σε συνανθρώπους μας που υποφέρουν από σοβαρά γεγονότα κρίσης. Είναι γραμμένο για ανθρώπους που είναι σε θέση να...
IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings - Checklist for field use
The primary purpose of these guidelines is to enable humanitarian actors and communities to plan, establish and coordinate a set of minimum multi-sectoral responses to protect and improve people's mental health and psychosocial well-being...
Κατευθυντήριες γραμμές της IASC για την ψυχική υγεία και την ψυχοκοινωνική υποστήριξη σε καταστάσεις έκτακτης ανάγκης
Η Διυπηρεσιακή Μόνιμη Επιτροπή (IASC) εκδίδει αυτές τις κατευθυντήριες γραμμές για να επιτρέψει στους ανθρωπιστικούς φορείς να σχεδιάζουν, να θεσπίζουν και να συντονίζουν ένα σύνολο ελάχιστων πολυτομεακών απαντήσεων για την προστασία και τη...
COVID 19—impact on substance use treatment utilisation and provision in South Africa
Background
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected persons suffering from substance use disorders (SUDs) all around the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the number of SUD treatment...
The Situation of Homelessness and Substance Use in India and the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
Daily cannabis use during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Canada: a repeated cross-sectional study from May 2020 to December 2020
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in substantial burden of disease in Canada. Daily cannabis use is most strongly implicated in the cannabis-attributable burden of disease. In the context of the novel...
The impact of the COVID lockdown on alcohol consumption in the Netherlands
The lockdowns that have been introduced around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically influenced health behaviours.
This research, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence explores the impact of lockdown on...
Lockdown & Licensed Premises: COVID-19 Lessons for Alcohol Policy |
"Lockdown & Licensed Premises: COVID-19 Lessons for Alcohol Policy” by Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK & President of ICARA.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 17 August 2021, chaired by Dr Claire...
Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
"Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina: Opportunities for public policies” by Dr. Karina Conde, Research Associate, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 30 July...
Alcohol consumption & COVID-19: A natural experiment for alcohol policy in Chile
"Alcohol consumption during COVID-19: A natural experiment for alcohol policy in Chile” by Paula Margozzini Maira, Associate Professor of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held...
Unnatural deaths, alcohol bans and curfews in South Africa
"Unnatural deaths, alcohol bans and curfews in South Africa: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment during COVID-19” by Professor Charles Parry, Medical Research Council of South Africa.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 17 August...
Αλκοόλ και COVID-19 - Ιστορίες από την Ινδία
"Το αλκοόλ σκοτώνει τον κορωνοϊό, πίνω αλκοόλ, ergo δεν χρειάζομαι το εμβόλιο - Ιστορίες από την Ινδία" από τον Δρ Abhijit Nadkarni, London School of Hygiene &; Tropical Medicine.
Μέρος του διαδικτυακού σεμιναρίου υπό την αιγίδα της...
Shifts in alcohol consumption during COVID-19 in Australia
"Shifts in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia” by Dr Sarah Callinan, La Trobe University, Australia.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 17 August 2021, chaired by Dr Claire Wilkinson. The webinar was...
Alcohol consumption in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic
"Alcohol consumption in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic: Epidemiology and opportunities for public policies” by Dr. Zila van der Meer Sanchez, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São...
Πώς οι άνθρωποι που ζουν στον Καναδά καταναλώνουν και αποκτούν κάνναβη: Αξιολόγηση της προόδου στην ελαχιστοποίηση των βλαβών και δημιουργία ασφαλούς αλυσίδας εφοδιασμού
Περίληψη
Οι στάσεις και οι συμπεριφορές των ανθρώπων σχετικά με την κάνναβη έχουν αλλάξει από τότε που νομιμοποιήθηκε το 2018. Το Καναδικό Κέντρο για τη Χρήση Ουσιών και τον Εθισμό (CCSA) χρηματοδότησε έρευνα για να εξετάσει αυτές τις...
Διμηνιαία διαδικτυακή σεμινάριο: Σειρά ενημέρωσης γνώσεων ISSUP Νιγηρίας (Δέκατη περίοδος λειτουργίας)
Supporting Emergency Remote Teaching Due to Coronavirus Pandemic: Problem Solving Group at ICUDDR
BACKGROUND
The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for all and has had a particular effect on university-level educators. Although the use of technologies in education is recognised as critical in developing transversal skills and...
Consequences of Lockdown and the COVID-19 Pandemic for a Selected Sport – Comparative Study
BACKGROUND
In December 2019, severe viral pneumonia caused by the new beta coronavirus appeared in China. It spread rapidly around the world and affected it greatly. In order to stop the global COVID-19 pandemic, the world was forced to...
Preference and Behaviour Change Regarding Selected Performance-Enhancing Anabolic Androgenic Substances and Steroids in the Context of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND:
In December 2019, the Chinese government reported patients with viral pneumonia caused by a new beta coronavirus in Wuhan. In a very short time, the virus spread around the world, causing a global pandemic referred to as...
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