Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program Education Provider and ISSUP pioneer member, Serenity in the Steps, hosted a 6 day Universal Treatment Curriculum training for three major Philippine City Anti-Drug Abuse Councils from October 7-12, 2019. Makati city, Cebu city, and the Municipality of Agoo stakeholders participated in two of the first of a series of UTC trainings that would equip their respective community based recovery programs with evidence based tools.
The UTC 1 (Pharmacology and Physiology for Addiction Professionals) and UTC 2 (Continuum of Care for Addiction Professionals) trainings...
More than thirty (30) Vietnamese high-level decision makers from the Department of Social Vice Prevention, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), the Office of the Government (OOG), Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the Social Affairs Department, National Assembly (NA), the Department of Administrative Sanctions Management, Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Women's Union, academia and civil society are participating in this three-day workshop, being held 4 – 6 November 2019 in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The aim of this workshop is supporting Member States in their...
Asosiasi Psikologi Filipina (PAP) menyelenggarakan Konvensi Nasional ke-56 di Kota Davao pada 18 – 20 September 2019 lalu. Tema konferensi ini adalah Psikologi Inklusif : Menghargai Keragaman dan Akomodasi di kalangan orang Filipina .Perwakilan ISSUP Filipina hadir dalam acara tersebut.
Acara ini menyatukan hampir 2.000 profesional psikologi dari seluruh negeri. Sebagai bagian dari acara tersebut, reuni Pelatih dan Trainee UTC Colombo Plan dari Luzon dan daerah lain berlangsung.
Di antara sorotan acara tersebut adalah presentasi paralel berikut tentang pengalaman pemulihan dan pengobatan...
Women with substance use problems also make up a population with gender-specific needs, which has not received enough attention in the development of policies and treatment services. The gap in gender specific interventions remains evident, although there is an increasing number of Filipino women seeking treatment for Substance Use Disorder (SUD). This study aims to describe the experiences of Filipino women in SUD treatment centers and identify the barriers to treatment engagement, and gaps in services, and perceived gender responsive support through case study. Homogenous sampling...
Dengan bangga edisi khusus pertama dari Jurnal Psikologi Filipina dari Asosiasi Psikologi Filipina menyertakan Pelatih Pengurangan Permintaan Narkoba Global (DDR) kami sendiri, THERESE C. CASTILLO dari Seagulls Flight.
The UNODC Mentor from Indonesia participated as a trainer at the workshop organized by Colombo Plan on The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) for the Philippine Criminal Justice System. It was inaugurated with the generous support of the Bureau of International Narcotics Affairs (INL), US Embassy, Manila on 22 April 2019.
A total of 53 participants from the Philippines Drug Enforcers Agency (PDEA), Philippines National Police (PNP) and Academy, participated in this important workshop. The training aimed at strengthening drug demand reduction initiatives in the Philippines by enhancing the...
More than 60 policy-makers participated at UNODC Workshop on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders for Policy Makers in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 12 to 14 June 2019. This high-level workshop was inaugurated by H.E Prof. Eng Huot, Secretary of State from Ministry of Health and was organized in coordination with WHO Representative Office for Cambodia, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific and the generous support of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), United States. The goal of this training is to support Member States...
This report aims to help inform policymakers and the public by describing the illicit drug situation for selected Association of Southeast Asian Nations + 3 countries (China, Japan, and South Korea).
Kumboyono, Kumboyono, Achir Yani S. Hamid, Junaiti Sahar, and Saptawati Bardosono. "C10ommunity response to the initiation of smoking in Indonesian early adolescents: a qualitative study." International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (2019): 1-11.
Prevalence of smoking in Indonesia is on the increase. The trend is particularly noticeable among Indonesian adolescents with smoking in early adolescents increasing from 9.5 to 17.5% from 2001 to 2010.
Isi pelatihan akan mencakup konsep-konsep kunci MI, mengembangkan kompetensi dalam jalur untuk berubah, mengembangkan keterampilan MI dan mempraktikkan rencana integrasi.
Penyedia Pendidikan DAP Colombo Plan, Serenity in the Steps mengundang peserta ke Kurikulum Perawatan Universal ini yang menawarkan "Keterampilan Konseling Dasar untuk Profesional Kecanduan". Ini adalah Ikhtisar 5 hari dan pelatihan...
The New York Times published an opinion article on Asia's anti-drug programs and where U.S. involvement has not helped. The article highlights the need for greater drug demand reduction efforts to combat the growing meth crisis in the region.
Course 6: Case Management for Addiction Professionals
This is a foundational and skills-based course that provides an overview of case management in SUD treatment and provide skills practice in case management functions.
Course 7: Crisis Intervention for Addiction Professionals
This course addresses the concept of crisis as part of life and provides guidelines for crisis intervention including managing suicide risk. It also addresses ways in which counsellors can avoid personal crisis situations by providing information and exercises about counsellor self-care.
Smoking cessation is an achievable behavioral change, which reduces the risks of cardiovascular diseases, cancers and tobacco-related diseases. There is a need for an effective smoking cessation service for low and middle income country settings where the smoking rate is generally very high whilst a cessation service is not usually accessible. This study devised a new smoking cessation service package and assessed its effectiveness in the primary health care setting of northern Thailand.
Methods
This randomized controlled trial was centered at Maetha district hospital...
