Health Promotion

Campus-Based Interventions

30 September 2019

Sherbrooke

Canada

Drinking in excess is a long-standing ritual that many students see as an integral part of the postsecondary experience. It is also a significant public health problem that affects students’ lives, including social, academic, legal and health issues.

Competition to Attend an International Summer Leadership Academy for Alcohol Harm Prevention, 2019

News

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and the Postsecondary Education Partnership—Alcohol Harms (PEP-AH) are offering students the opportunity to take part in the seven-day international Summer Leadership Academy for...

The Summer Leadership Academy for Alcohol Harm Prevention 2019

16 June 2019

Ljubljana

Slovenia

SummerLEAHP 2019 is the world’s first ever international summer school for bright young minds who want to take the lead in transforming student environments by addressing alcohol-related harm.

Call for Applications for the SPR Sloboda and Bukoski Cup

News

Significant advances in prevention science are often due to a team of individuals working closely together across many years. In recognition of the importance of the collaborative process to the field, the Society for Prevention Research...

Podcast: Effectiveness of Brief Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Populations

Website

15 February 2018

The Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group specialises in reviews that assess, among other things, ways to reduce hazardous or harmful drinking of alcohol. One of these reviews looks at the evidence on practitioner-delivered brief interventions...

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

News

The National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week links students with scientists and other experts to counteract the myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the internet, social media, TV, movies, music, or from friends. Click here for...

Website: End of Life Care for People with Problematic Substance Use

Website

This website offers resources developed from a two-year research programme on end of life care for people with alcohol and other drug problems. The research programme was the first of its kind to explore current practice and service...

#StigmaMakesMeFeel - Adfam's Campaign to Raise Awareness of Stigma Experienced by Families Affected by Substance Use

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Adfam is launching a new campaign #StigmaMakesMeFeel , to tackle the stigma experienced by families affected by drugs and alcohol. From societal attitudes about substance use to unhelpful remarks from friends, stigma is rife and causes...

Pricing of Tobacco Products During, and After, the Introduction of Plain Packaging

Scientific article

16 December 2018

In 2016 the UK government introduced a policy that required factory-made cigarettes and roll your own tobacco to be sold in plain packaging with pictorial and text warnings. However, there was reluctance from tobacco companies to “make the...

Interactive Map: Medical Cannabis in the European Union

Website

1 October 2018

The vast majority of the countries in the European Union prohibit the production, sale, possession, and use of pharmaceutical-grade herbal cannabis. However, most EU countries allow cannabis-based medicine, such as Sativex, to be prescribed...