Building the Capacity of the Prevention Workforce Worldwide
Zili Sloboda presents on the international effort to create a substance use prevention workforce.
Prevention
Investing in Prevention: Standards and Innovation in Economic Evaluation
In this presentation, Dr. Crowley discusses key standards for economic evaluation as identified by a number of convergent efforts. In particular, the video discusses important role of administrative records for mapping the costs and...
Prevention of Prescription Drug Misuse Among the Latino Community
Prescription drugs have become an integral player in today’s opioid epidemic, but they had already been negatively impacting Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States. This webinar described how, utilizing the Strategic...
Flattening the Curve of Substance Use Harms
Initial research points to a shift in people’s use of drugs and alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now more than ever, young people and schools need access to evidence based resources promoting healthy habits and preventing problematic drug and alcohol use from an early age.
Current Alcohol Labelling Practice in Europe
ABSTRACT The WHO European Region has the highest levels of alcohol consumption per capita in the world, yet alcohol labelling, a WHO-recommended practice that provides consumer information on the ingredients, nutritional values and harms of...
Insights on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Substance Use Disorders in Kenya
The UNODC Kenya mentor has participated at the webinar on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and Substance Use Disorders in Kenya on Friday, 15 May 2020. Together with Hussein Manji, Public Health Consultant at UNODC ROEA, the mentor outlines...
How You Can Help Prevent an Opioid Related Death
New resource on how to help prevent an opioid related death. Learn about an overdose including the symptoms, how to respond, information on naloxone, tips on preventing an overdose, and resources for seeking help. Download and share now.
EMCDDA webinar: Prevention of drug-related problems in the time of COVID-19: what can we learn?
The EMCDDA is offering a new series of webinars around the theme of COVID-19. The purpose of the webinars is to help those working in the drugs field understand how drug users, and those supporting them, are coping with the pandemic and to share knowledge and experience.
Experiences from the US and Canada: Primary Prevention in a Post-Covid World
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting pretty much everything these days including primary prevention. We at Planet Youth have been keeping in touch with our partners around the world to learn how the pandemic is affecting on-going Planet Youth projects and projects that are being started.
Prevention of Substance Use Based on Evidence and Cultural Adaptation
This presentation will give a brief summary of the meaning of evidence-based prevention, what interventions consist of, and the scope they may have. In the same way, there will also be a review of the learnings and outcomes that both prevention practice and research have left, as well as the barriers that are imposed for the implementation of these interventions.
