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Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Is the Most Essential Intervention among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) to Achieve Reduction HIV Transmission through Pwid to Others in Myanmar
Rosie Myint, Wah Wah Lwin
Background: There is a sustained downward trend in HIV prevalence among the sentinel groups which include People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) reflecting the effectiveness of programme for safer sexual behaviors and...
Correlates of Substance Use in Male Pakistani Adolescents
Salman Shahzad, Wendy Leigh Kliewer, Muzafar Ali, Nasreen Begum
Substance use is a significant problem in Pakistan, particularly among male adolescents, yet there are few studies of the correlates of use in this population. As a first step...
The Role of Health Literacy in Quitting Tobacco in Indonesia
Nicole Johnson, Sri Handayani, John Parrish-Sprowl
Introduction: Within the past few years, Indonesia Ministry of Health and government have begun to push toward more anti-tobacco initiatives by sponsoring mass media campaigns and...
Gender and Regional Differences of Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption
Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao
Introduction: Generally, the prevalence of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption in male Chinese is higher than that in female Chinese. However, little is known about the regional differences in prevalence of...
Gejala Kejiwaan pada Individu yang Menggunakan Ketamin Versus Metamfetamin
Yanhui Liao
Pendahuluan: Penggunaan kronis Ketamin ("bubuk K") dan metamfetamin (MA, "es") dapat menyebabkan gejala kejiwaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi gejala kejiwaan yang diinduksi obat pada pengguna ketamin kronis...
Risk and Resilience among Out-Of-School Youth in South Africa
Lisa Wegner, Joachim Jacobs, Renette J Blignaut, Innocent Karangwa, Elizabeth Weybright, Linda Lee Caldwell, Edward Allan Smith
South African youth experience many challenges including unemployment, poverty, disorganised families, health...
PROSPER Community-University Partnership Delivery System Effects on Substance Misuse
Evaluated prevention programmes are typically implemented by research teams, raising questions over real-world applicability, but a groundbreaking US trial is said to have produced a ‘robust’ demonstration of the potential of a system in...
Universal School-Based Implementation of Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment to Reduce and Prevent Alcohol, Marijuana, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use
Abstract
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to reducing substance use in adolescents. An emerging literature shows the promise of school-based SBIRT. However, most school-based...
Factores de riesgo/protección y los programas preventivos en drogodependencias en el Perú
Los factores de riesgo/protección (fRP) representan elementos fundamentales para el análisis, comprensión y formulación de respuestas preventivas de las drogodependencias. El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar una revisión de la...
Socioeconomic Disparities in Smoking Behavior and Early Smoking Initiation among Men in Malawi
Abstract
Background:
Tobacco smoking is a growing concern for health care systems as it is projected to become the leading cause of death in the developing world. Knowledge of how smoking behavior differs across socioeconomic groups is...
Early Cannabis Use and Its Relation to the Development of Psychiatric Disorders
Abstract:
Background: Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in the world. Both an early cannabis use onset and the amount used contribute to the risk of suffering mental disorders in adulthood.
Objective: Review longitudinal...
Sex Differences in Cannabis Use Disorder Diagnosis Involved Hospitalizations in the United States
ABSTRACT
Objectives: The study examined sex differences in trend and clinical characteristics of cannabis use disorder (CUD) diagnosis involved hospitalizations among adult patients.
Methods: We analyzed hospitalization data from the 2007...
Mengidentifikasi dan Mengobati Pasien yang Menggunakan Tembakau
'Million Hearts' adalah inisiatif yang diluncurkan oleh Departemen Kesehatan dan Layanan Kemanusiaan AS yang bertujuan untuk mencegah 1 juta serangan jantung dan stroke dengan mempromosikan intervensi berbasis bukti melalui komunitas...
Meninjau Kesehatan Inklusi: Program Intervensi untuk Populasi Berisiko
Kesehatan Inklusi adalah kerangka kerja untuk tindakan yang membantu menemukan cara untuk meningkatkan kesehatan dan kesejahteraan bagi kelompok yang dikecualikan secara sosial. Populasi ini, yang memiliki pengalaman hidup yang merugikan...
Keeping Youth Drug Free
Keeping Youth Drug Free is a new publication from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Aimed at parents, the guide offers advice for keeping children substance-free. It includes a review of the latest...
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...
Tanggapan Kesehatan dan Sosial terhadap Masalah Narkoba: Panduan Eropa
Tanggapan kesehatan dan sosial terhadap masalah narkoba: panduan Eropa adalah publikasi baru dari Pusat Pemantauan Eropa untuk Narkoba dan Kecanduan Narkoba (EMCDDA). Termasuk di samping panduan ini adalah satu set materi online. Bersama...
Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use in High-Risk Populations
There tends to be an increase in prevalence of substance use issues within populations living in urban areas and where poverty levels are high.
Certain risk factors, more common in deprived areas, are particularly associated with substance...
Seminar on Drug Addiction in Bangladesh
The Dhaka Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment & Rehabilitation Center, the International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), and the Lion Club of Dhaka Oasis jointly organized an anti-drug seminar for the students...
Project: “Engaging Young People in Peacebuilding & Evidence-Based Drug Prevention Intervention & Policies"
The “Engaging Young People in Peacebuilding” Project of the Drug Free Pakistan Foundation was continuously engaged in organizing and conducting teachers' training, youth leadership training and school programs in school-based prevention...
