All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

The ASPIRE Standards: Taking a Step Towards Quality Assurance in Drug Prevention in France – A Case Study

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION: In the favourable political climate of the mid-2010s, the standards for Assessment & Selection of Prevention programmes Issued from the Review of EDPQS (ASPIRE) were developed to support project planning in drug prevention.

M...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community

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Scientific article
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Quality Assurance
Policy
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.

METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders

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Scientific article
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Quality Assurance
Treatment
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

The Process of the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Prevention in Croatia: A Case Study

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Quality Assurance
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION: Prevention science and quality standards of drug prevention in the EU and in the world have developed in recent decades. Progress has been made in quality development in Croatia, but the experience of the process of improving...

AddictologyIssue 1/2023

Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Populations
Women
Public Health
Mental Health

Sexual and gender minority individuals face marked disparities in substance use.

This narrative review explores research on substance use in sexual and gender minority communities. The authors define the sexual and gender minority...

Seminar on Youth Participation in Substance Use Prevention

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

To build an affluent society, the youth must be involved in prevention of substance - Director General, Department of Narcotics Control

Youth is the time for our brain to grow and develop. Using of substances at a young age affect brain...

Asociación entre la ingesta diaria de alcohol y el riesgo de mortalidad por todas las causas: una revisión sistemática y metanálisis

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Scientific article
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Población
Men
Women
Quality Assurance
Abstracto

Importancia  Un metaanálisis previo de la asociación entre el consumo de alcohol y la mortalidad por todas las causas no encontró reducciones estadísticamente significativas en el riesgo de mortalidad a niveles bajos de consumo...

MPSP se manifesta contra a descriminalização do porte de drogas para consumo pessoal

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Dr. Mario Luiz Sarrubbo, Procurador-Geral da Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, protocolizou um memorial no Supremo Tribunal Federal – STF com o posicionamento do Ministério Público paulista sobre a pauta que trata da possível...

Family Day: NGO launches an information guide for parents

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News
Themes
Prevention
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family

A l’occasion de la journée internationale de la famille, célébrée le 15 mai de chaque année, l’ONG RAPAA (Recherche Action Prévention Accompagnement des Addictions) a organisé une cérémonie de lancement d’un guide destiné aux familles...

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