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Prevention Nuggets

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APSI's Prevention Nuggets will address topics on prevention science and practice, etiology models, critical theories, ethics, environments for prevention, and many other issues fundamental to evidence-based prevention practice.

NGO Marketplace Training Video

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The NGO Marketplace (http://mp.vngoc.org) is a global platform for NGOs working on drug-related issues. It is a joint project of the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This video...

Tobacco Tactics

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Tobacco Tactics investigate the strategies and tactics the tobacco industry uses to undermine public health. The organisation use rigorously-sourced profiles of the key players, organisations, allies and techniques of the tobacco industry...

No Ordinary Product

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A webinar marking 2nd anniversary of the Public Health Alcohol Act and implementation of structural separation of alcohol across the Irish retail landscape.

Key Speaker: Dr Niamh Shortt

Professor of Health Geographies at the University of Edinburgh and co-director of the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) 

Alcohol Related Brain Damage and Mental Capacity

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On the moring of the 9th December we will be holding a webinar on how Alcohol Related Brain-Damage can impact on Mental Capacity and Adult Safeguarding.

The webinar will be presented by Professor Ken Wilson.

Lessons from Safeguarding Adult Reviews

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The webinar will be presented by Professor Michael Preston-Shoot.

Over the last few months, Michael, has been undertaking a review of more than 200 Safeguarding Adult Reviews published over the last few years.

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Mental Capacity

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The webinar will be presented by Dr Raja Mukherjee. Raja started the first NHS based specialist Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders behavioural clinic and since then has seen over 150 cases for specialist second opinion. He completed his PhD on the subject of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in 2014. He has also acted as an invited advisor to the BMA board of science, The Department of Health and the World Health Organisation on the subject of FASD.

Alcohol Change UK Free Webinars

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Alcohol Change UK, in partnership with SMMGP and fdap, are running a series of free webinars as part of Alcohol Change UK's Safeguarding Vulnerable Drinkers' Project. Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Mental Capacity - Dr Raja Mukherjee...

Stigma Online Learning

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CCSA is addressing the stigma surrounding substance use through online learning. CCSA have developed an introductory learning module as the first in a planned series of modules on the topic of stigma and substance use. These modules are...

Substance Use Among Older Adults Reading List

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Around the world, people are living longer, meaning the global population of older adults is increasing. Older adults are often dealing with multiple health difficulties and are particularly vulnerable to the impact of substance use. There...