Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
ADIKTOLOGIE Journal 2/21
ORIGINAL ARTICLES PETRUŽELKA, B., BARTÁK, M., LAŠTOVKOVÁ, J. Biographic Burden and Initiation into the Use of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants from the Perspective of Users: The Qualitative Arm of the ATTUNE Research Study in the Czech...
INEP-Plus National Chapter pilot course (an introduction to evidence-based practice/INEP)
TRAINING NAME: INEP Plus, an Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice (INEP)
LOCATION (COUNTRY & REGIONS): Pakistan
STAKE HOLDER/IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: ISSUP Pakistan Chapter
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Eighth Session)
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 Substance Abuse in Schools'.
A Systems Approach for Effective Preventive Intervention Adaptations, Adoption and Sustainability
During the next Prevention Talk, APSI will be addressing the following question: How do we in the prevention community need to adapt evidence-based interventions to fit different prevention delivery systems and contexts?
Prevention scientists have developed many efficacious preventive interventions in a variety of areas.
Webinar Wednesdays at Prevention Plus Wellness
Join us for the next free PPW Wednesday webinar. Additional information is below.
Screening & Brief Intervention Practice for Youth Substance Use Prevention & Wellness: Free Webinar
Objectives:
Drug overdose: a film about life
This is a film about hope and life, it is about people who are making a difference.
President Biden issues proclamation for overdose awareness week
President Biden issued the first ever Presidential Proclamation recognizing August 29, 2021 – September 4, 2021 as Overdose Awareness Week – a time to honor the lives lost to the overdose epidemic and recommit to both preventing overdoses...
Monitoring and evaluation for community based prevention systems
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are essential in strengthening Community-Based Prevention Implementation Systems, through this process organizations collect and analyze data, and determine if the Substance use prevention- intervention (EBIs...
Overdose recognition and management: Reading list
According to the World Health Organisation, around half a million deaths each year are attributable to drug use. More than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids, with more than 30% of those deaths caused by overdose. Signs, symptoms...
Periods of altered risk for non-fatal drug overdose
The risk of an individual overdosing is influenced by a range of, often overlapping circumstances. Factors such as incarceration, mental and physical health conditions, and the treatments prescribed for these conditions can all affect the...
