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What Influences Pre-teens to Drink Alcohol?

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Research has shown there to be a link between heavy drinking in youth and increased risky behaviour and reduced educational effectiveness. In order to understand the factors that are associated with binge drinking in adolescence and young...

International Youth Day 2020

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In 1999, the 12th of August was declared International Youth Day. Since then, the day has been dedicated to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives, as well as their meaningful, universal and equitable...

The Child Welfare Inequalities App

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The CWIP App brings together around 16 different datasets at the local authority and neighbourhood level, with a range of features including being able to adjust for deprivation effects using the results from linear models calculated ‘on...

Washington State University PhD in Prevention Science

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In 2012, Washington State University became the first to offer a PhD in Prevention Science. The curriculum is designed to ensure that students both (a) receive broad, interdisciplinary training in the area of prevention science; and (b)...

Webinar on the World Drug Report 2020

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This webinar features a presentation of the World Drug Report 2020 by Thomas Pietschmann (UNODC Research Section), one of the authors of the report.

World Hepatitis Day 2020

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World Hepatitis Day is commemorated each year on 28 July to enhance awareness of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that causes a range of health problems, including liver cancer. There are five main strains of the hepatitis...

Treatnet Family - Training Packages

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The Treatnet Family training package was developed as part of the UNODC Treatnet training strategy to support Member States in their efforts to provide evidence-based drug use disorder treatment and care. Treatnet Family contributes...