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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Crime and Social Impacts of Alcohol
Alcohol-related crime and social disorder is estimated to cost UK taxpayers £11bn per year, at 2010/11 prices.[1]
Alcohol-related crime makes up a substantial portion of violent offences across the UK (47% in England and Wales in 2014/15...
Reviewing England's Drug Misuse Treatment System
Public Health England’s recently published review reveals that the country’s drug misuse treatment system is performing well. However, there are still several areas that call for improvements.
Amongst the report’s findings, notable are:
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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...
Νέα διαδικτυακή εκπαίδευση για επαγγελματίες, ομότιμους μέντορες και διαχειριστές υπηρεσιών
Αυτή η νέα πλατφόρμα επιτρέπει την κατάχρηση ουσιών, την επιτήρηση και τις υπηρεσίες φυλακών για να ανατρυπώσει το εργατικό δυναμικό τους με κλιμακούμενο και συνεπή τρόπο και να βελτιστοποιήσει τη χρήση του προγράμματος αλλαγής ψηφιακής συμ...
Healthy Nightlife Toolbox - Resources for Creating Safer Nightlife Settings
The Healthy Nightlife Toolbox (HNT) is an international initiative that focuses on the reduction of harm from alcohol and drug use among young people.
The Healthy Nightlife Toolbox collects and provides information on evidence-based...
Δωρεάν πόρος για την αξιολόγηση των παρεμβάσεων πρόληψης και θεραπείας φαρμάκων
Η Τράπεζα Μέσων Αξιολόγησης (ΕΤΕπ) είναι μια ηλεκτρονική βάση δεδομένων ελεύθερα διαθέσιμων πόρων για την αξιολόγηση προγραμμάτων και πρωτοβουλιών πρόληψης και θεραπείας των ναρκωτικών. Μπορείτε να αναζητήσετε το αρχείο ανά είδος παρέμβασης...
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...
The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies
This review was commissioned by the Department of Health, which asked Public Health England (PHE) to provide an overview of alcohol-related harm in England and possible policy solutions. The present report offers a broad and rigorous...
What is the Purpose of Community Alcohol Partnerships?
Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAPs) are local initiatives which aim to reduce alcohol-related harm. They involve forming partnerships between the drinks industry and local governments with a particular focus on alcohol abuse and anti...
Parental Socioeconomic Status and Teenage Smoking Rates: What's the Link?
In what way is parental socioeconomic status associated with nicotine dependence in children?
This is the question a new study conducted in Norway aimed to find out. The study measured parental socioeconomic status by looking at...
Θεραπεία του εθισμού στο αλκοόλ με θετικές σχέσεις
Μια «θεραπευτική συμμαχία», ή με άλλα λόγια, μια θετική και αξιόπιστη σχέση μεταξύ συμβούλου και ασθενούς, θα μπορούσε να είναι το κλειδί για την επιτυχή θεραπεία του εθισμού στο αλκοόλ, σύμφωνα με μια νέα μελέτη. Οι ασθενείς που ανέφεραν...
ESPAD Report 2015
The European Schools Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) collects comparable data on substance use among 15- to 16-year-old students. It monitors drug usage trends within, as well as, between European countries.
The latest...
Healthier Alternatives and Natural Highs: The Success of the Icelandic Model
Over the past two decades, Iceland has seen teenage smoking, drinking and drug use dramatically decrease. This is partly because of state-funded initiatives which look to promote healthier alternatives, or ‘natural highs’, such as sport, family-orientated activities and cultural provisions.
Το αλκοόλ μετατρέπει τον εγκέφαλο σε «κατάσταση λιμοκτονίας»
Το αλκοόλ έχει πολύ υψηλή περιεκτικότητα σε θερμίδες. Ωστόσο, δεν ισχύει πάντα για τους ανθρώπους. Ως εκ τούτου, δεν γνωρίζουμε με βεβαιότητα αν τα αποτελέσματα μεταφράζονται.
Κάντε κλικ εδώ για να διαβάσετε ολόκληρη την ιστορία στην...
A Sip as a Kid, Alcohol Problems as an Adult?
Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries.
Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...
Revealed: The Global Cost of Smoking
Smoking and its related harms cost the world more than $1 trillion and claim the lives of around 6 million people each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute.
$1...
The Multiple Health Effects of Marijuana Use
In its first report for almost 20 years, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), has found the use of marijuana seems to be particularly connected to:
- Breathing problems
- Mental health issues such as psychosis, social anxiety and...
Neural Processing, Risky Behaviour and Cocaine Use
According to new research published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuro-science and Neuroimaging, compared to people without a drug problem, cocaine addicts tend to make riskier choices after losing out on a potential...
Διαφήμιση αλκοόλ που συνδέεται με την κατανάλωση αλκοόλ από νέους
Ερευνητές υγείας σε όλο τον κόσμο έχουν παράσχει νέα στοιχεία που υποδηλώνουν ότι η διαφήμιση αλκοόλ είναι συχνά επιθετική, προσεγγίζει παιδιά και συνδέεται με την κατανάλωση αλκοόλ από νέους.
Η αυστραλιανή οργάνωση,η Εθνική Συμμαχία για...
The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy
A series of reports in a supplement to the scientific journal Addiction presents the latest evidence on alcohol marketing and its impact on children. Key findings from the collection of peer-reviewed manuscripts include:
- Exposure to...