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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Parents Deal with Children Who Use Substances and Perpetrate Abuse
This report has been written by Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) and covers the processes and findings of a joint project carried out by the two organisations in 2011/12 on child to parent violence and abuse. It reveals that every...
Real Voices in Volunteering
Adfam published this volunteering toolkit to provide all the information, policy, law and resources needed on volunteering, families and substance use.
Volunteers have always played an essential role in the family support and substance use...
Psychometrické a diagnostické vlastnosti screeningového testu zneužívání drog (DAST): Porovnání DAST-20 vs. DAST-10
ABSTRAKTNÍ
Východiska: Použití spolehlivých a platných dotazníků pro vlastní hlášení k identifikaci poruch užívání drog (DUD) je strategií, která prokázala užitečnost pro screening. Jedním z nástrojů, které se více používají k detekci, je...
Synthetic Pot: Not Your Grandfather’s Marijuana
In the early 2000s in Europe and shortly thereafter in the USA, it was reported that ‘legal’ forms of marijuana were being sold under the name K2 and/or Spice. Active ingredients in K2/Spice products were determined to be synthetic...
Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the Risks to Children – One Year on
This ‘One Year On’ report expands upon the findings and recommendations of Adfam’s Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the risks to children, published in 2014, and further contributes to the debate on reducing the risks to children...
Medications in Drug Treatment – Tackling the Risks to Children
This report examines cases where children have died or come to harm from ingesting Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) medicines prescribed to help people overcome drug addiction. There have been 17 Serious Case Reviews involving the...
Families, Drugs and Alcohol - Policy and Research since 1984
The past 30 years has seen a huge amount of change in the policy, practice and politics around both families and drug/alcohol (‘substance’) use. Laws, behaviours and public perceptions have all altered substantially. As part of Adfam’s 30th...
Challenging Stigma: Tackling the Prejudice Experienced by Families of Drug and Alcohol Users
Stigma and drug use have been associated for a long time, and in recent years they have been popular topics of debate and the focus of a growing body of research. But in the same way that families have often been absent in other drug policy...
Becoming Visible: The Somali Community and Substance Use in London
In 2006 Adfam was awarded a three year grant by the Department for Communities and Local Government to work with the Somali community around substance use and family support in London. Becoming visible gives an overview of the issues...
Reviewing England's Drug Misuse Treatment System
Public Health England’s recently published review reveals that the country’s drug misuse treatment system is performing well. However, there are still several areas that call for improvements.
Amongst the report’s findings, notable are:
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Plans for a Smoke-Free Finland Gather Pace
Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products - in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...
Nové online školení pro praktiky, peer mentory a manažery služeb
Tato nová platforma umožňuje zneužívání návykových látek, probačním a vězeňským službám zvyšovat kvalifikaci svých pracovníků škálovatelným a konzistentním způsobem a optimalizovat využívání digitálního programu pro změnu chování Breaking...
Healthy Nightlife Toolbox - Resources for Creating Safer Nightlife Settings
The Healthy Nightlife Toolbox (HNT) is an international initiative that focuses on the reduction of harm from alcohol and drug use among young people.
The Healthy Nightlife Toolbox collects and provides information on evidence-based...
Bezplatný zdroj pro hodnocení intervencí protidrogové prevence a léčby
Banka nástrojů pro hodnocení (EIB) je on-line databáze volně dostupných zdrojů pro hodnocení programů a iniciativ v oblasti protidrogové prevence a léčby . V archivu můžete vyhledávat podle typu intervence (léčba nebo prevence), podle typu...
Tabák a rakovina: Epidemiologie a nové perspektivy prevence a monitorování v Mexiku
Kouření tabáku je kauzálním rizikovým faktorem nejméně 16 různých typů rakoviny. V Mexiku způsobuje kouření 6 035 předčasných úmrtí ročně na rakovinu plic a 5 154 z jiných typů. Kromě toho je diagnostikováno 16 408 nových případů kouření...
The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies
This review was commissioned by the Department of Health, which asked Public Health England (PHE) to provide an overview of alcohol-related harm in England and possible policy solutions. The present report offers a broad and rigorous...
What is the Purpose of Community Alcohol Partnerships?
Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAPs) are local initiatives which aim to reduce alcohol-related harm. They involve forming partnerships between the drinks industry and local governments with a particular focus on alcohol abuse and anti...
Parental Socioeconomic Status and Teenage Smoking Rates: What's the Link?
In what way is parental socioeconomic status associated with nicotine dependence in children?
This is the question a new study conducted in Norway aimed to find out. The study measured parental socioeconomic status by looking at their...
Léčba závislosti na alkoholu s pozitivními vztahy
"Terapeutická aliance", nebo jinými slovy, pozitivní a důvěryhodný vztah mezi poradcem a pacientem, by podle nové studie mohla být klíčem k úspěšné léčbě závislosti na alkoholu. Pacienti, kteří hlásili pozitivnější vztah se svým poradcem...