Prevention

Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use. 

The Youth in Iceland Model (YiIM) in Scotland

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The Youth in Iceland Model (YiIM, also known as ‘Planet Youth’) is a community-based approach aiming to prevent young people’s substance use through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors. A new team, based in Dundee...

SPR Advocacy Committee Town Hall Event

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The field of prevention science is dedicated to translating research into effective programs, practices, and policies – but for many prevention scientists, the world of policymaking and prevention advocacy is unknown territory.

Planet Youth- The Core Elements

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An online conference that starts at 01:00 pm (GMT) on Wednesday, April 21.

The agenda includes a broad overview of the Planet Youth methodology, an evaluation of the model along with a discussion on the Prevention Capacity Assessment.

THE AGENDA

Starting at 01:00 pm (GMT)

Opening – Jon Sigfusson

Planet Youth 101 – Ingibjorg Eva Thorisdottir

Social and Emotional Learning and Prevention During COVID19

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Social and Emotional Learning for prevention of drug use, violence and mental health: Needs and lessons learned in the context of COVID19 and its aftermath

Organized by the Lions Club International Foundation, and the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section 

Sports and Prevention

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

Organized by the UNODC Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration with the support of the Dominican Republic, and the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section