Practice

Tobacco Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Risks and Challenges

Scientific article
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In recent years, the tobacco pandemic’s magnitude and trajectory has shifted away from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries and so have the tobacco industry’s marketing efforts and tactics. Research suggests that Sub...

Rights in Recovery

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Stirling
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United Kingdom

“Everyone has the right to health and to live free from the harms of alcohol and drugs. Everyone has the right to be treated with respect and dignity and for their individual

6º Congresso Internacional Freemind 2019

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Águas de Lindoia
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Brazil

O Congresso Internacional Freemind já se tornou referência e hoje é considerado um dos maiores eventos sobre drogadição do mundo. Em 2019, o tema do nosso 6º Congresso será: “Perder o futuro seria uma droga.Qual o impacto do álcool e do tabaco junto aos nossos filhos”?Pretendemos propor uma reflexão sobre a grande tolerância existente frente às drogas lícitas e os danos que elas causam na sociedade.

Tobacco Use Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Young Adults

Scientific article
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It is recognised that smoking and use of tobacco products among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young adults is higher compared to their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Although it is believed that within the LGBTQ...

Select, Adapt, Evaluate - Violence Prevention Tool

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Violence prevention approaches based on the best available evidence are those that have been rigorously evaluated in one or more research studies and found to impact intended outcomes. Because each setting and each community is unique, you...

Alcohol Evidence in Policy & Practice 2019: 6th Annual Course for Practitioners, Policymakers, Advocates & Researchers

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Edinburgh

This year’s course will feature inputs from Prof. Annie Britton from University College London, Prof. Mark Petticrew from LSHTM, and Dr. Mark Robinson from NHS Health Scotland, as well as Colin Angus (University of Sheffield), Prof. Carol Emslie (Glasgow Caledonian University), Dr. Nathan Critchlow (University of Stirling), Colin Shevills (Balance North East) and Katherine Severi (Institute of Alcohol Studies).