2018 International Health Congress Oxford
The 2018 International Health Congress will take place in Oxford from 28th to 30th June. The conference focuses on the link between research and practice.
Practice
5th ISSUP Workshop- Vienna
Please mark your calendar for the 5th ISSUP Workshop! The Workshop will take place in Vienna, Austria from July 1-5, 2019.
4th ISSUP Workshop, Nairobi 2018
The 4th ISSUP Workshop will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from December 10 – 14, 2018.
May Student Membership Update
In our second Student Membership Update we have sourced some funding and research opportunities, and events that we are sure will be of interest.
Health Communications in Tobacco Prevention and Control
This user guide focuses on how comprehensive tobacco control programs can deliver effective health communications. Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs—2014 recommends mass-reach health communication interventions as...
Tobacco Cessation Interventions and Smoke-Free Policies in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
Many persons with mental or substance use disorders who smoke want to and can quit smoking.
Impact of an Online Training Program in Hospital Workers’ Smoking Cessation Interventions in Bolivia, Guatemala and Paraguay
Abstract Objective To examine changes in hospital workers’ interventions before and after online training. Method Pre-post evaluation of the self-reported performance of the 5A's by hospital workers from the three organizations involved. We...
Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 3: Doctors and Drugs
Time to consolidate the lessons of the online course on drug treatment's last five instalments, all on medical treatment of drug dependence. Medications most clearly mark an intervention as ‘medical’, but are never all there is to treatment...
How Can Contingency Management Support Treatment for Substance Use Disorders? A Systematic Review
Rewarding people dependent on illegal drugs for not using those drugs is a controversial tactic, one this report from the European Union’s drug misuse centre found patchily effective in extending retention and reducing substance use as a...