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Identifying and Treating Patients Who Use Tobacco

Book

'Million Hearts' is an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by promoting evidence-based intervention through communities, health systems, non-profit...

Health and Social Responses to Drug Problems: A European Guide

Book

17 December 2017

Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide is a new publication from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Included alongside the guide is a set of online materials. Together these provide...

Implementation & Evaluation of an Intervention for Children in Afghanistan

Scientific article

5 July 2017

The present study examined the impact of a novel intervention for children at risk for substance use or actively using substances that was provided to 783 children between 4 and 18 years of age in Afghanistan. They received the Child...

Call for Papers: Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth through the Power of Prevention

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The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

Now Available: European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) Package

Book

3 May 2017

The European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) can be used for data collection in any country by those looking to investigate facilities that provide interventions for drug users. Its aim is to collect information on facilities in...

Training of Peer Educators at Tihar Central Jail

News

SPYM has started a prison intervention program among drug abusing youth who are inmates of the Central Jail, Tihar in New Delhi. Peer educators have been identified and a training program was conducted by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Executive...

The Impact of Prevention Interventions in Early Childhood

Scientific article

27 November 2016

New research coming out of the University of Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions points to evidence which seems to suggest that an effective way of preventing drug and alcohol use by teenagers is to begin substance abuse education in...