Health Harming Products and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention in Scotland
Location: Online, United Kingdom
A cross-party discussion on the impact of health-harming products to launch a new report on by ten of Scotland's leading health charities
About this event
On the 6th September, we, a group of Scotland’s leading health charities, will publish a report calling for action on health-harming products to prevent ill health and death from non-communicable diseases – such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease and stroke.
Not your neurotypical client: Autism, alcohol, and other substances
Location: Online
Hosted by Alcohol Change UK, the Centre for Applied Autism Research at the University of Bath, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Autistic people are as likely to experience substance use issues as anyone else. But when they do, they find it much harder to get the support they need.
Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences (online)
Location: Online, Australia
Joint Australasian HIV&AIDS and Sexual Health Conferences will once again be hosted in a virtual format between 6 to 9 September, following the success of last year’s inaugural virtual conferences.
ISSUP Quality in Treatment Network and ISSUP UK would like to invite you to attend this upcoming Webinar on Quality and the Workforce. This Webinar will look at the role of the workforce in ensuring quality drug use disorder treatment services.
A Systems Approach for Effective Preventive Intervention Adaptations, Adoption and Sustainability
Location: Online
During the next Prevention Talk, APSI will be addressing the following question: How do we in the prevention community need to adapt evidence-based interventions to fit different prevention delivery systems and contexts?
Prevention scientists have developed many efficacious preventive interventions in a variety of areas.
Despite the demonstrated effectiveness of many evidence-based preventive interventions (EBPIs), two pervasive problems limiting their widespread use are:
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar on the conceptual framework and evaluation of a prevention experience based on sports activities.
The webinar will take place on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (Argentina Time).
Guam’s Second Annual Conference on Substance Use Disorders Among Pacific Islanders
Location: Online
Guam’s Second Annual Conference on Substance Use Disorders Among Pacific Islanders will take place on the 21st-22nd of September. You can register for the event here.
Earn up to 8.0 CEs while attending presentations in the following featured tracks:
ISSUP Ukraine is pleased to invite you to attend the First Webinar in their Three-Part Series on 'Mental Health of Youth and Substance'. The First Webinar will centre specifically on Self-Harm and Suicide in Young.
Evaluating Substance Use Prevention Plus Wellness Programs: Free Webinar
Location: St. Augustine/Florida, United States
Objectives:
1. Identify purposes for evaluating substance use prevention programs.
2. Describe measurement tools and measures to assess substance use Prevention Plus
Wellness (PPW) programs.
3. Examine evaluation designs for determining risk/protective factor and behavior effects of prevention programs.
4. Explore case studies of PPW program evaluations.
INEBRIA are delighted to invite you to the 17th Annual INEBRIA Conference in Goa, India.
Brief interventions can play an integral role in addressing the burden, harms and societal costs associated with alcohol use. However, there is limited uptake of brief interventions in culturally diverse and low resource settings. This necessitates a critical appraisal of what we have achieved until now as a field, and debate and discussion on the next steps for brief interventions in specific cultural contexts.
We are pleased to announce that the ISSUP UK Chapter launch will take place on Thursday, 23rd. September at 2pm (GMT). The launch will be followed by a webinar on the topic of ‘Substance Use and Families’.
2nd Euro Depression and Psychiatry Congress pertains to Psychiatry and Depressive Disorders such as anxiety, depression, bipolar, behavioral disorders, post-traumatic, seasonal depression, persistent depressive disorder, stress and understanding the effective diagnosis &
Substance Misuse Treatment and the Criminal Justice System
Location: Online
This webinar will focus on the interconnecting policy and practice that shapes the experiences of people with drug and alcohol problems within the criminal justice system. It will be chaired by Mike Trace, Chief Executive of Forward Trust and Collective Voice Trustee.
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar on the role that affective sexual diversity and trans and non-binary people have as a determining factor of health in the field of Addictions.
The webinar will take place on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (Argentina Time).
32nd European Society for Social Drug Research Conference
Location: Europe
The ESSD was founded in 1990 as an association of European social scientists working on drug issues. Its principal aims are to promote social science approaches to drug research, particularly support qualitative and novel research methods, and encourage early career researchers.
The ESSD holds annual conferences to promote collaboration and cooperation among researchers working in the drugs field.
Since 1990, more than thirty annual conferences have been organised in over twenty countries, alternating between North, South, East and West Europe.
EUSPR are pleased to announce that the 12th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will take place online on 30th September – 1st October 2021, with workshops scheduled for the 29th September.
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Eighth Session)
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend the next Bi-Monthly Webinar in their Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on 'Standing up to Peer Pressure on Substance Abuse in Schools'.
