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Public Health
The organised efforts of governments, health systems, and communities to prevent substance-related harms, promote wellbeing, and improve population health outcomes. A public health approach focuses on prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support, and harm reduction, while also addressing the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence substance use. It relies on surveillance data, evidence-based interventions, policies, and cross-sector collaboration to reduce the overall burden of substance use disorders and promote healthier communities.
Reductions in Corpus Callosum Volume Partially Mediate Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on IQ
Disproportionate volume reductions in the basal ganglia, corpus callosum (CC) and hippocampus have been reported in children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). However, few studies have investigated these reductions in high prevalence...
Effects of Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Empathic Neural Responses for Pain
The questions whether and how empathy for pain can be modulated by acute alcohol intoxication in the non-dependent population remain unanswered. To address these questions, a double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject study design was...
Lékařská rada pro alkohol 2017-18 Legacy Essay Competition
Historie a nejnovější informace
Tato cena začala v roce 1985, kdy rodina Frowen ztratila svého syna Micheala kvůli zdravotním problémům souvisejícím s alkoholem. Od té doby jsme se spoléhali na laskavost druhých, abychom darovali peníze...
Improving the Measurement of School Climate
Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Ray E. Reichenberg, Kathan Shukula, Tracy E. Waasdorp, Catherine Bradshaw
Introduction: Research over the past decade has provided clarity in defining school climate, improvements in its measurement, and more...
But Who Does It Work for? Impacts of Executive Function on Healthy Relationships Program Efficacy
Deinera Exner-Cortens, David A Wolfe, J. Bruce Morton, Claire V Crooks
Introduction: Promoting healthy relationships is increasingly recognized as key to violence prevention; however, evaluation of healthy relationships programs for youth...
Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively...
Tobacco Product Use among Military Veterans — United States, 2010–2015
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
In the United States, the prevalence of adverse health conditions caused by tobacco use is particularly high among veterans; however, data on use of tobacco products other than cigarettes in...
Nejčtenější články o sdílení znalostí roku 2017
Zde je výběr nejčtenějších článků o sdílení znalostí roku 2017. To jsou články, které naše členy zaujaly nejvíce.
Evaluation of an Online Parenting Programme Based on ‘the Little Parent Handbook’
Margiad Elen Williams, Dawn Adele Owen
Introduction: Whilst there are evidence based services for parents of children with identified behaviour problems, the demands on parents have increased and now many parents are seeking advice on...
Užívání drog v dospívání: souvislost s pohlavím, rodičovské praktiky, self-efficacy a budoucí časová perspektiva
Luis G. A. Vinha, Nayara D M A A Khouri, Sheila Giardini Murta
Užívání nelegálních i legálních drog mezi dospívajícími představuje vážný problém pro společnosti na celém světě. V tomto smyslu je zásadní stanovit rizikové a ochranné faktory...
Efektivita Bank Hot Téma: Měření škod souvisejících s alkoholem: politika a věda
Na vnitrostátní úrovni jsou škody související s alkoholem, a zejména čisté náklady na škody versus přínosy, kluzké pojmy. Tvárnost a politický význam dohromady činí odhady sporným územím, které ospravedlňují snížené daně z alkoholu na...
Expozice pasivnímu kouření tabáku a související faktory u dospělých nekuřáků v prostorách s omezeným kouřením a neomezeným kouřením
Abstraktní
Cíle: Pasivní kouření (SHS) je spojováno se zvýšenou nemocností a mortalitou. Cílem práce je proto posoudit expozici SHS mezi nekuřáky v Malajsii, kteří navštěvují různé veřejné prostory s omezeným a neomezeným kouřením podle...
Association of Occasional Smoking with Total Mortality in the Population-Based Tromsø Study
Abstract
Objectives: There is a shift in the smoking population from daily smokers to light or occasional smokers. The knowledge about possible adverse health effects of this new smoking pattern is limited. We investigated smoking habits...
The Effect of Cigarette Smoking during Pregnancy on Endocrine Pancreatic Function and Fetal Growth
Introduction: Cigarette smoking in pregnancy is a common cause of fetal growth restriction. We aimed to investigate endocrine pancreatic function of mother–infant dyads in relation to cigarette smoking, as a possible mechanism for the poor...
Drug-Treatment Systems in Prisons in Eastern and South-East Europe
This research project on drug-treatment systems in prisons in Eastern and South-East Europe looks in detail into the situation of drug users among criminal justice populations and the corresponding health-care responses in nine countries in...
Identifying and Treating Patients Who Use Tobacco
'Million Hearts' is an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by promoting evidence-based intervention through communities, health systems, non-profit...
Reviewing Inclusion Health: An Intervention Programme for At-Risk Populations
Inclusion Health is a framework for action that helps find ways of improving the health and well-being for socially excluded groups. These populations, who have in common adverse life experiences and risk factors, such as poverty and...
The Adolescent Brain – Wired for Taking Risks
‘The Adolescent Brain – Wired for Taking Risks’ is a briefing paper from Mentor ADEPIS and forms part of a series of such resources on drug and alcohol education and prevention for teachers and practitioners. It takes a look at the role...
Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Does It Matter If Addiction Is a Brain Disease?
Seizing on the theory’s propaganda value, in 1997 the head of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse proclaimed, “Addiction Is a Brain Disease, and It Matters.” His contention has been hailed as a breakthrough or condemned as a...
Positive and Negative Parenting Associated with Severe Problems of Child Behavior
Abstract
Introduction: Certain child rearing practices are associated with severe behavioral problems in children.
Objective: To assess the relationship between child rearing practices and severe behavioral problems in children.
Results...