Can a "treatment specialist" also be seen as a "prevention specialist" and vice versa?
A contribution by Jeff Lee from the ISSUP INEP Plus facilitators training course.
Prevention
ISSUP Staff Participated in the UNODC Consultation Meeting in Vienna for "Friends in Focus": Shaping the Future of Peer-to-Peer Drug Prevention
ISSUP staff engaged at the 3rd Informal Technical Consultation for the "Friends in Focus" program, hosted by UNODC in Vienna from June 11th to 13th. Our team, including Deputy Chief Executive, Livia Edegger, and Scientific Support Coordinator, Rasha Abi Hana, collaborated with global experts and youth to shape this innovative peer-to-peer prevention initiative.
Spanish Project of Best Practice Portal in Drug Demand Reduction and Behavioural Addictions
INTRODUCTION: In Spain, the offer of prevention programmes is very varied and structured, but today the challenge remains how to put evidence into practice. European Commission define a best practice as “a relevant policy or intervention...
The Process of the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Prevention in Croatia: A Case Study
INTRODUCTION: Prevention science and quality standards of drug prevention in the EU and in the world have developed in recent decades. Progress has been made in quality development in Croatia, but the experience of the process of improving...
National Implementation of Quality Standards in Prevention and Treatment Services for Substance Use/ Addictions – A Case Study of Cyprus
INTRODUCTION: The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) is the main coordinating body for all matters related to licit and illicit substances as well as pathological gambling in Cyprus and it is responsible, inter alia, for the...
Implementing SPORT Alcohol & Cannabis PPW-SBIRT: Free Webinar
Session Objectives:
Handbook on Youth Participation in Drug Prevention Work
The goal of the present handbook is to offer encouragement, examples, rationales and concrete advice on how to increase youth participation in substance use prevention, harnessing the insights of young people on the most important target...
Introducing our new "Prevention Lists" resource!
We are excited to announce the latest addition to our Professional Development section—a dedicated area called "Prevention Lists." This resource is tailored for those keen on exploring evidence-based prevention programs and accessing...
The Planet Youth Annual Conference 2024: Prevention through social change
The Icelandic Prevention Model in Action
Registration is open now!
11-13 of March 2024
Reykjavik, ICELAND
The Planet Youth Annual Conference 2024 will take place in the capital of Iceland and will last for three days – from 11th to the 13th of March. Save the date and register now to join at this exciting event!
