2017 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting
Mark your calendar for the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) Annual Meeting that will be held in Washington, DC from May 30th to June 2nd, 2017.
Training
2016 EUSPR Conference
The 2016 European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) Conference will be held in Berlin, Germany from October 31st to November 2nd, 2016. The main theme of this year's conference is Sustainable Prevention in a Changing World. Populations and behaviour in Europe are in transition, and new challenges to health and well being are emerging.
Online Learning for Prevention Standards
The module aims to help prevention teams, mental health professionals, school administrators, law enforcement personnel and others to plan, select, implement and evaluate prevention initiatives in their communities and schools, and at home.
Short Course: Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions
DECIPHer, the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement, will offer a one-day course on the theory and practice of process evaluation of complex interventions. The course is led by Dr Graham Moore (Senior Lecturer and programme lead for complex intervention methods in DECIPHer).
Registration open for fifth European drugs summer school
Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies
Is it Time to Talk to Your Teen About Drug Use?
The US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has recently updated its Family Checkup resource for parents concerned about whether their children will start or are already using drugs.
Guide to Implementing Family Skills Training Programmes for Drug Abuse Prevention
UNODC published Guidelines to implement family skills training programmes for drug abuse prevention in March 2009. These guidelines contain evidence of effectiveness, principles of family skills training programmes, cultural adaptation...
