Public health

Icon

Prisons and drugs: health and social responses

Guide
 - 
This miniguide is one of a larger set, which together comprise Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide. It provides an overview of what to consider when planning or delivering health and social responses to drug...
EMCDDA

Schools and drugs: health and social responses

Guide
 - 
A new handy mini guide by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) on evidence-based policymaking for prevention of drug use in schools and educational settings.
EMCDDA

World Assembly for Community Action on Alcohol

 - 
Online

Description
Community action is one of ten action areas outlined in the WHO Global Alcohol Strategy, highlighting how important community involvement is for preventing and reducing alcohol harm.

Kenya introduces tax on alcohol advertising

News
A 15% tax on fees charged by television stations, print media, billboards, and radio stations for advertisements of alcohol products, gaming, and gambling has been proposed in the 2022/23 budget. Here you can read the news article...

Alcohol-related violence & deprivation

Video and audio recordings
Watch the research presentations on alcohol-related violence and deprivation by Lucy Bryant (Institute of Alcohol Studies, IAS) and Dr Carly Lightowlers (University of Liverpool), delivered at the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar...

5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference

 - 
Online

A multidisciplinary conference to improve health and care

Now in its fifth year, the 2022 conference will bring together online researchers, policymakers, clinicians, practitioners and service users from around the world. 

The conference will share the best ways to implement evidence-based health and social care research within services and systems to improve health and care outcomes. 

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - Quality standard

Book
 - 
Latest quality standard published sets out how health and care services can improve the diagnosis, assessment, and prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). The quality standard highlights five key areas for improvement...