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Compilation of Evidence-Based Family Skills Training Programmes
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) Compilation of Evidence-Based Family Skills Training Programmes offers a treasure trove of information on such initiatives, answering key questions like:
- Who is the target group?
- W...
Call for Papers: Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth through the Power of Prevention
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Parents Are a Key Influence on Teenage Drinking Habits, Study Finds
A new study that provides details of drinking habits and influential factors among Australian teenagers appears in the latest edition of the academic journal BMC Public Health.
The investigation’s findings notably include:
- Most...
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) presents its Principles of Adolescent Drug Addiction Treatment.
The document focuses exclusively on the realities of substance use among youth (12 to 17 years).
Illegal substances...
Μεγαλώνοντας Χωρίς Ναρκωτικά: Οδηγός ενός Γονέα για την Πρόληψη
Αυτός ο οδηγός παρουσιάζει πληροφορίες σχετικά με την ανατροφή των παιδιών ώστε να είναι απαλλαγμένα από τα ναρκωτικά .
Περιλαμβάνει:
- Επισκόπηση της χρήσης ουσιών από τους νέους, με έμφαση στον τρόπο με τον οποίο μπορεί να επηρεάσει...
Οι επαγγελματίες υγείας του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου ζητούν ελάχιστη ενιαία τιμολόγηση του αλκοόλ στην Αγγλία
Ανώτεροι επαγγελματίες υγείας ζητούν από το Westminster να εισαγάγει ελάχιστη μοναδιαία τιμολόγηση του αλκοόλ και να πατάξει τη διαφήμιση ποτών στην Αγγλία.
Ισχυρίζονται ότι μέσα στα επόμενα πέντε χρόνια έως και 63.000 άνθρωποι σε όλη τη...
Global Smoking Rates on Decline Thanks to Demand-Reduction Measures
New research published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that global smoking rates have decreased by 2.5% following the introduction of the global tobacco control treaty. The treaty obligates the 180 countries committed to it to...
Ελάχιστη τιμή αλκοόλ που πρέπει να κυκλοφορήσει σε όλο το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο;
Το 2012 εγκρίθηκε ελάχιστη τιμή 50p ανά μονάδα οινοπνεύματος από βουλευτές του Σκωτσέζικου Κοινοβουλίου (MSPs). Η απόφαση αντιμετώπισε πολλές νομικές προκλήσεις από τη βιομηχανία ποτών πριν τα δικαστήρια της Σκωτίας αποφασίσουν υπέρ της τον...
Αξιολόγηση κοινοτήτων που νοιάζονται (CTC)
Οι «κοινοτικοί συνασπισμοί» είναι μια προληπτική στρατηγική που συντονίζει τις δραστηριότητες και τους πόρους για τη μείωση της χρήσης ουσιών από εφήβους και της παραβατικής συμπεριφοράς, κινητοποιώντας τις κοινότητες για την προώθηση...
Preventing and Treating Tobacco Use among Canadian Youth
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has issued a new evidence-based guideline for combatting tobacco use by children and young adults aged 5 – 18, suggesting that physicians ought to have a more active role in the prevention...
Good Policy and Practice in Health Education
Booklet 10: Education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs
The latest volume in the Good Policy and Practice in Health Education Series has been developed via international consultation between the United Nations...
Can Drug Prevention Programmes Reduce Substance Use by Participants’ Friends?
Besides reducing substance use between its participants one prevention programme also reduced drug use among the friends of those who took part.
Great Resources for Teachers
Are you a teacher? Are you looking for materials or lesson plans on the effects of drugs and drug abuse? The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has created a great database of more than 70 teacher materials on the effects of drugs and...
Counselling Parents and Teens about Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalisation of Marijuana
Abstract
Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most part, have not targeted the adolescent population, they...
Effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme Compared with Other Smoking Cessation Interventions in Denmark
Strengths and Limitations of this Study
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This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).
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The study...
Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or...
Η καθυστέρηση της χρήσης μαριχουάνας στην ηλικία των 17 ετών είναι καλύτερη για τον εφηβικό εγκέφαλο
Όσο περισσότερο οι έφηβοι καθυστερούν τη χρήση μαριχουάνας, τόσο το καλύτερο για τον αναπτυσσόμενο εγκέφαλό τους. Ωστόσο, μια νέα μελέτη διαπίστωσε ότι μπορεί να υπάρξει μικρή δυσμενής επίδραση εάν κάποιος αρχίσει να καπνίζει το φάρμακο...
Plans for a Smoke-Free Finland Gather Pace
Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products - in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...
Carefree Adolescence: A Risky Business
It is widely accepted that adolescents are predisposed to indulge in risky behaviours, more so than adults. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have recently provided us with new insights into the underlying...
Tobacco and Cancer: Epidemiology and New Perspectives of Prevention and Monitoring in Mexico
Tobacco smoking is a causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6,035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5,154 from other types. Additionally, 16,408 new smoking attributable cases are...