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School-Based
Using educational settings to foster social-emotional learning and prevent the use of substances.
Empowering Communities Across Borders: Adapting School and Family Based Prevention for Global Impact
This presentation will explore how culturally adaptable, evidence-based prevention programs rooted in school and family setting can be scaled across borders to address substance use and mental health challenges in diverse, low resource communities.
Massive Study Flips Our Story of Addiction and the Brain
A large U.S. study has found that some children and teens who start using alcohol, cannabis, or nicotine at an early age already show differences in their brains before they ever try any substance. This challenges the common belief that...
Improving reach and access to health promotion and preventive services for vulnerable children and adolescents
Across Europe, one in four children faces poverty or social exclusion, with vulnerable groups—such as migrants, refugees, and children from disadvantaged families—bearing the greatest burden. These disparities were worsened by the COVID-19...
MEET-UP EVENT - CONNECT & PROTECT NETWORK ACTIVITY, INTRODUCING ISSUP VIETNAM
Hanoi, March 28, 2025 — In a significant step forward for the field of substance use prevention and care in Vietnam, the WECARE Center and the Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse – HIV (CREATA-H) co-hosted a national...
National Training Program on Prevention in Schools: The Paraguayan Experience
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2024, a public call from the Ministry of Education and Science for the contracting of a higher education institution to design and implement a training programme in strategies for preventing psychoactive substance...
Money Matters: Time for Prevention and Early Intervention to Address Family Economic Circumstances
Background
Child poverty is linked to poorer physical and mental health, negative educational outcomes, and long-term social and psychological issues, all of which increase service demand and costs. Traditionally, prevention and early...
Rapid Adaptation to Prevent Drug Use (RAPD): protocol of a pilot randomized trial to enhance the impact of an evidence-based intervention for youth
Background
Drug use trends among youth change rapidly, making it difficult for experts to respond quickly. Delays in addressing these issues can lead to preventable health problems and deaths. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for...
Teacher Training Program Series - Collage of Teacher Training, Sariputta
Preventive Education and Training Division of National Dangerous Drugs Control Board collaborate with Collage of Teacher Training – Sariputta has Conducted three one day training programs on 09th ,10th and 11th of December 2024 at...
Teacher Training Program Series - Collage of Teacher Training, Sariputta
Preventive Education and Training Division of National Dangerous Drugs Control Board collaborate with Collage of Teacher Training – Sariputta has Conducted three one day training programs on 09th ,10th and 11th of December 2024 at...
Feasibility Study of Linking Anonymous Data of Children in Longitudinal School-Based Prevention Research
INTRODUCTION: Longitudinal prevention research in adolescents often involves sensitive data collection, necessitating anonymity. Self-Generated Identification Codes (SGICs) have emerged as a tool for linking anonymous data while preserving...
AddictologyIssue 2/2024
A Reflection on Prevention Systems: A European perspective
Prevention science over the past years has accumulated evidence on the effectiveness of drug prevention interventions (Sloboda et al. 2014). In Europe this improvement has been a consequence of priorities defined by EU drug strategies since...
INEP Plus Training - Introduction to Evidence-based Prevention
Learn the science of evidence-based prevention and start your journey to earn global recognition as a prevention specialist.
Equip yourself with the know-how to develop and implement evidence-based prevention intervention.
No more...
Considering the Youth
Youth is defined by the United Nations, as the age between 15 and 24. This period represents a period of remarkable change for individuals, where they must move from a dependence on parent figures to establishing their own identity and independence.
Youth Voices in SUD Management: Challenges and Opportunities
ISSUP Uganda, ISSUP Kazakhstan, and ISSUP Colombia present their webinar on Youth Voices in SUD Management.
The Colombo Plan Trains Central Asian Prevention Practitioners on School-based Prevention
The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) launched a new prevention initiative to address the need for competent professionals involved in drug use prevention across Central Asia. The first training aimed at prevention practitioners...
Day 2, 11:00 - 12.30, ICUDDR, Leading Publications on Drug Demand Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Description:
The purpose of this panel is to open a space for analysis and discussion in relation to three leading publications on drug demand reduction in Latin America and the...
National Dangerous Drugs Control Board , Cooperate Plan of Preventive Education and Training Division
Preventive Education and Training Division
National Dangerous Drugs Control Board in Sri Lanka
Cooperate Plan
The Preventive Education and Training Division of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board is one of the primary ones that...
Substance Abuse Prevention
Substance Abuse Prevention
Drug prevention is an evidence-based approach built on a scientific discipline. The natural course of drug prevention is discussed in epidemiology and the phenomenon of disease carrier (Etiological model) is...
Multicomponent School‐Based Program in Mexico to Prevent Behavioral Problems and Develop Social Skills in Children: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Leading Publications on Drug Demand Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Bringing law enforcement officers closer to other agents of prevention. The experience with UNODC Guiding Document on the Role of Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Use Prevention within School Settings
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 - Panel: Community Collaboration for Prevention, on the 27th of June, 2024.