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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
COVID-19: Online and Remote Resources for Addiction Support
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has put together information on the potential implications of this pandemic on those who struggle with substance use disorder.
The social distancing that is required during this COVID-19 outbreak has...
The Rapidly Changing Composition of the World's Drug Supply and Its Effects on High-Risk for COVID-19
The first of two presentations by Thom Browne Jr. covering illicit drugs and adulterants that place users at risk for COVID-19.
The Rapidly Changing Composition of the World's Drug Supply and Its Effects on High-Risk for COVID-19
The second of two presentations by Thom Browne Jr. covering illicit drugs and adulterants that place users at risk for COVID-19.
Telepsychiatry: The CCBHC Staffing Solution Recording and Slides
Now that clinics across the country are eligible to apply for CCBHC Expansion grants, this creates an exciting opportunity for organizations to increase access to care. Leaders are looking for ways to ensure that their organizations are...
Tobacco Use After a Cancer Diagnosis Podcast
Tobacco use worsens the prognosis of cancer patients and can also reduce the efficacy of cancer therapy. Despite these concerns, tobacco use is often not adequately recorded in patient records or measured in cancer treatment trials or...
Echo Online Training for Child Intervention for Living Drug-Free (CHILD) Curriculum
The Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) of the Colombo Plan in collaboration with the National Narcotics Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BNN) has successfully conducted the first online echo training for the CHILD curriculum on Course 1...
Webinar: ISSUP South Africa – Cannabis and the Youth in South Africa
ISSUP Global and ISSUP South Africa brought Siphokazi Dada, to present on the subject of Cannabis Use amongst South African use. The trends, the policy changes and data on the impact of the decriminalisation to review the changes in demand and cannabis related problems.
Webinar: ISSUP South Africa - COVID-19 ~ What can be done through us
This first webinar from ISSUP South Africa focusses upon the toll of Covid-19 upon social factors, which can thereby affect substance use disorders.
Webinar: Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Four experts, brought together by ISSUP Ukraine discuss measures being taken in Ukraine to address the mental health issues brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. The speakers focus upon psychosocial aspects of the pandemic; destigmatisation of mental health issue; stress factors for the healthcare professions and support initiatives during quarantine.
Methods for Understanding and Addressing Stigma To Prevent Common Risk Factors for Disease
In this presentation, Dr. Valerie Earnshaw provides a cross-cutting conceptual overview of stigma, identifies targets for stigma measurement, recommends methodological approaches for stigma research, and reviews the intervention toolkit to...
پیراگوئے کی یونیورسٹیوں میں منشیات کے علاج اور روک تھام میں تعلیمی پروگرام
یہ ویڈیو 31 جنوری، 2020 کو ایک ویبینار کی ریکارڈنگ ہے جہاں پریزینٹرز ڈیانا لیسمی رومیرو، پی ایچ ڈی، ماریا سیسیلیا مونوز پیریز، ایم ایس سی اور گریسیلا بیریٹو کاسترو، پی ایچ ڈی پیراگوئے میں منشیات کے پیچیدہ مسئلے پر تبادلہ خیال کرتے ہیں اور...
منصوبہ بندی میں شراکت داری کا فائدہ اٹھانا
یہ ویبینار منتخب عہدیداروں، قانون نافذ کرنے والے پیشہ ور افراد، اسکول کے منتظمین اور اساتذہ، والدین اور طلباء تنظیموں، عقیدے پر مبنی تنظیموں، مقامی میڈیا اور کاروباری اداروں کے ساتھ کمیونٹیز ٹاک: ٹاؤن ہال میٹنگ کے لئے کم عمری میں شراب نوشی...
Prevention of Prescription Drug Misuse Among the Latino Community
Prescription drugs have become an integral player in today’s opioid epidemic, but they had already been negatively impacting Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States. This webinar described how, utilizing the Strategic...
Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period: May 2020
The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in alcohol consumption since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We show that the frequency of alcohol consumption during COVID-19 is slightly higher for males than it was 2-3 years previously...
Tobacco Control Research Agenda for Africa
This call for proposals is based on the Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) Research Agenda developed with collaborative support from several partners, to address gaps in tobacco control research.
CTCA supports innovative...
New Horizons 2020: Call for applications
Applications are now invited for Alcohol Change UK's New Horizons grants programme for innovative and future-facing academic research on 'Groups, Communities and Alcohol Harm'.
The new grants programme will fund up to four research...
The Role of Alcohol use and Drinking Patterns in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality
Socioeconomic status (SES) can be thought of as a measure of an individual's or family's social position relative to others that measures factors such as education, income, type of occupation and place of residence.
Research indicates...
COVID-19 and Increased Alcohol Consumption: NANOS Poll Summary Report
The purpose of this study is to benchmark alcohol and cannabis consumption during the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as drivers of behaviour.
This report highlights the results of a Nanos poll commissioned by CCSA during the COVID-19...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Resources for the AOD Sector
The National Center for Education and Training on Addiction ( NCETA), The National Drug and Alcohol Research Center (NDARC) and the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) have compiled a list of some online information and resources that...
