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Sport in the Context of Sports Betting and Gambling from the Perspective of University Students: Case of the Czech Republic

Scientific article

2 April 2024

BACKGROUND: The sports sector with all its aspects has become an inseparable part of modern society and its influence is manifested in both, local and global, aspects of the life in every country. Not only does sport create and promote...

Contribution of Sport and Sport-based Interventions to Substance Use Prevention

Video and audio recordings

Building on the UNODC Global Initiative on Youth Crime Prevention through Sport and its Line Up Live Up programme, the UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention, and relevant research on the contribution of sport to healthy...

Sports and Prevention

15 April 2021

Online

Contribution of sport and sport-based interventions to substance use prevention- reviewing the evidence and promising practices

The Science of Physical Activity

Video and audio recordings

What is the science behind it? Physical activity has many health benefits: it strengthens the heart and can help improve bone health and fitness, lowers blood pressure, improves sleep quality and reduces the risk of diabetes. Physical...

Line Up Live Up

Book

Sport can be a powerful tool to engage communities and prevent crime, violence and drug use among youth. As part of the Doha Declaration Global Programme, UNODC’s Youth Crime Prevention through Sport initiative has developed “Line Up Live...

The Impact of Sport and Sport-based Interventions in Preventing Youth Violence, Crime and Drug Use

Video and audio recordings

Line Up Live Up Trainer Manual: Preventing Drug Use by Promoting Active Lifestyles

Book

21 August 2017

Line Up Live Up is a new United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Trainer Manual prepared by Peer van der Kreeft of HoGent University College Ghent’s Department for Education, Health and Social Work. It looks to promote sport and...

Sport Participation and Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

Scientific article

1 March 2014

ABSTRACT Sport participation can play an important and positive role in the health and development of children and youth. One area that has recently been receiving greater attention is the role that sport participation might play in...

Non-Medical Prescription Opioid & Heroin Use among Adolescents Who Engage in Sports

Scientific article

2 August 2016

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Previous research has found that adolescent athletes may be at increased risk of non-medical prescription opioid use (NPOU) due to injuries. Although adolescent athletes are at an increased risk of engaging in NPOU, it...

Participation in School Sports and Marijuana Use among Male and Female Students

Scientific article

3 March 2016

Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit substance among adolescents. There is a paucity in the literature on the relationship between school sports participation and marijuana use.