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Kenya Hosts Inaugural National Substance Use Prevention Summit 2024

News

28 February 2024

In a world where substance use continues to pose a significant threat to health and well-being, Kenya is taking a bold stand. Kenya hosted the first National Prevention Week 2024 culminating in the National Substance Use Prevention Summit...

The National Substance Use Prevention Summit 2024 in Kenya

Kenya Substance Use Prevention Shaping Up

News

In 2021, Kenya through the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) developed the National Guidelines on Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention. The goal of the Guidelines was to establish minimum requirements...

Photo Collage: Community Framework, Code of Practice and Prevention System

Effects of smoked cannabis use on school adolescents

12 July 2023

Santiago

Chile

ISSUP Chile presented a webinar on "Effects of the use of smoked cannabis in school adolescents".

Teacher attitudes toward evidence-based practices: Exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the school-adapted evidence-based practice attitude scale

Scientific article

17 January 2023

Abstract Background The Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes Scale (EBPAS) is widely used in implementation research, but it has not been adapted and validated for use among general education teachers, who are most likely to deliver evidence...

Guidelines and Recommendations for School-based Prevention

Book

Over the past 25 years, there has been a significant focus on the need to address young people’s health and behaviour as a major and necessary part of the school curriculum. The objectives for prevention have to include effective policies...

Report on Treatnet Training

News

Report on Treatnet Training organised by Bayelsa State Drug Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation Committee (BADAPARC) in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for counselors in secondary and tertiary schools in...

Recording a broadcast on the phenomenon of drug use by middle school students

On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, a recording session for a show on the phenomenon of drug use was held in the meeting room (2nd floor of CIPLEV) of the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection Annex (Adidogomé).

School safety plans: Building prevention in schools

Video and audio recordings

From both education and substance use prevention research, we know that students cannot learn if they feel unsafe in their school environment. To bond or connect with the school, the school climate must be: Physically safe, emotionally safe...

Rescheduled | Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Eighth Session)

ISSUP Webinar

14 October 2021

ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present the next Bi-Monthly Webinar in their Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on Standing up to Peer Pressure on Substance Abuse in Schools.

Rescheduled | Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Eighth Session)

14 October 2021

Abuja

Nigeria

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend the next Bi-Monthly Webinar in their Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on Standing up to Peer Pressure on in Schools and was rescheduled following previous connectivity difficulties.