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Victimisation des jeunes et dynamiques urbaines de la violence
Dans un contexte urbain marqué par des transformations sociales, économiques et technologiques rapides, la compréhension des dynamiques de victimisation chez les jeunes dans l’agglomération de Montréal apparaît essentielle pour soutenir l...
Protecting young people from recruitment into criminal drug networks: Research gaps and priorities for stronger prevention and intervention in the European Union
Safe futures is an initiative supported by the European Union Drugs Agency to strengthen shared understanding of, and responses to, the recruitment and exploitation of young people into criminal drugs networks across Europe. The initiative...
Handbook on the crime prevention guidelines: Making them work
The present Handbook is one of a series of practical tools developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to support countries in the implementation of the standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice...
Call for Papers: Prevention Science Special Issue on Relational Health
This special issue responds to the Society for Prevention Research’s growing emphasis on multilevel prevention and systems change by advancing a global dialogue on how multilevel, relational health promoting interventions can be designed...
Session 4: Faith-Based Approaches: The Role of Faith and Religious Institutions in Addressing Substance Use
Chaired by: Mulka Nisic
- Faith in Young People? Understanding the Potential and Purpose of Faith in the Recovery and Desistance Journeys of Adolescents and Young Adults - Mr. Tim Rosier
- Latin American Pastoral Manual for Addiction Preven...
Session 2: Addressing Youth Substance Use and Crime: Risk Factors and Strategies
Chaired by: Guido Prósperi and Radolf Nortey
- Understanding Youth Recruitment to Inform Prevention: Insights from EUCPN - Dr. Maxime Hennen
- National Dialogue for Peace in Mexico: for a shared and habitable future - Dr. Ana Paula...
CHILDREN TRAFFICKED BY GANGS IN HAITI: RETHINKING THE RESPONSES
This joint report by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) examines the trafficking and exploitation of children by gangs in Haiti. It...
Faith, Hope and Recovery: Building a Life Worth Living
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Faith communities can play a distinctive role in recovery from substance use problems, not as a substitute for evidence-based treatment, but as part of the wider social, relational and spiritual resources that help people build...
"Proclaim Liberty to the Captives": Reflections on the Christian Contribution—Its Strengths and Vulnerabilities
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Christians have played a significant and pioneering role in addressing substance use and supporting people on the journey of recovery. Drawing on the speaker’s experience leading addiction recovery work in the UK and Latin America...
Strengthening Faith-Based Responses to Drugs and Youth Criminal Recruitment: CICAD's Experience in the Americas
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This presentation examines the experience of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in strengthening the role of faith-based organizations in addressing substance use and the growing challenge of youth...
Latin American Pastoral Manual for Addiction Prevention and Support
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Presentation of the Latin American Pastoral Manual for Addiction Prevention and Support, a resource that brings together science, faith and community experience. Developed through a synodal process involving representatives from...
Faith in young people? Understanding the potential and purpose of faith in the recovery and desistance journeys of adolescents and young adults.
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Holistic transformation and wholesale change are the ultimate goals of those who work with substance users. But what does it mean to be truly holistic? And what does it look like to engage young people holistically including in...
Public Health Alert: Cychlorphine, a Highly Potent Emerging Synthetic Opioid
This public health alert from Addiction Policy Forum highlights cychlorphine, a highly potent emerging synthetic opioid detected in the unregulated drug supply in the United States, including alongside fentanyl and other substances. The...
Addressing Youth Substance Use and Crime: Prevention and Recovery Lessons from Kinshasa
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Youth substance use and involvement in crime rarely result from a single risk factor. Vulnerability can increase when individual, family, peer, school, community, and socio-economic risks accumulate, particularly where protective...
National Dialogue for Peace in Mexico: for a shared and habitable future
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Mexico is facing a profound crisis of violence, disappearance, impunity, and social fragmentation. One of its most painful expressions is the recruitment of children, adolescents, and young people by organized crime. This...
Faith Based Recovery
Faith-based recovery refers to programmes and communities that draw on spiritual and religious resources to support the process of change. It encompasses a wide range of approaches that foster recovery through meaning, hope, responsibility...
Breaking Silos: Building Multi-Sector Partnerships to Address Substance Use Disorders
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Substance use disorders (SUDs) pose significant challenges in academic environments, impacting students' health, academic performance, and campus well-being. This panel presentation outlines the collaborative efforts of Trinity... |
Connecting Sectors Creating Impact: A Community-Driven Drug Abuse Prevention Model From Ewu-Ekiti, Nigeria
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The use of psychoactive substances by young people is a rising environmental health concern in many Nigerian communities. Prevention efforts have shown fragmentation across institutions, thus curtailing their impact. It has... |
Dream-Catchers: A Scalable Youth Mentoring Model for Substance Use Prevention in Nigeria
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Assets Coming Together for Adolescents and Young Adult Health and Wellness (ACT NOW!!!): Engaging Community Actors in a Mapping Exercise to bridge the gap between drug prevention science and practice
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ACT NOW!!! is a community drug prevention initiative rooted in an asset mapping exercise that serves as a foundation for identifying effective intervention strategies. The presentation emphasizes leveraging insights gained from... |
