All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain, 2022

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Statistics
Data

Summary of key findings

The evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain is monitored using the ASH Smokefree GB survey of 11-18 year olds 2013-2022 (see Appendix 2 for methodology), in the context of changes in tobacco use and the...

Singapore expands smoking ban

Format
News
Themes
Policy

Singapore’s Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE), Sentosa Development Corp. (SDC) and several statutory boards have announced that the country’s smoking ban is to be extended.

Under the new legislation, smoking will be...

Eating disorders and AOD use: what clinicians need to know

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Mental Health

Presented by Associate Professor Sarah Maguire (Director, InsideOut Institute), by attending this webinar, attendees will learn:

- How to recognise the most common eating disorder symptoms;

- Eating disorder interventions and how workers...

Webinar on “Females with Substance Use and Society: Do’s and Don’t’s of NLP and Hypnotherapy

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Men
Women

On Sunday, June 26, 2022, an activity was planned online to honor the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Females are at high risk of substance use with lack of opportunities to reach treatment facilities as...

The impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among sexual minorities

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health

This paper aimed to review the literature regarding the impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among Sexual Minorities, with a focus on alcohol, opioids, stimulants, polydrug use, chemsex, cannabis and tobacco, as well as...

Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Policy

All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority.

The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in a...

Treating co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders using tools from CBT

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Mental Health

Presented by Jo Cassar (The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney), by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

- Recognise the importance of assessing for substance use when a...

World Drug Report 2022

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Women
Policy
Partner Organisation
The 2022 World Drug Report provides a global overview of the supply and demand of opiates, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine-type stimulants and new psychoactive substances (NPS), as well as their impact on health.

Mapping prevention systems in the European Neighbourhood Policy area

Format
Book
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Partner Organisation

Between March and May 2021, the EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project supported the mapping of national prevention systems in European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) area countries.

This briefing describes the rationale and methodology of the...

Alcohol & Human Rights

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Policy

The Institute of Alcohol Studies presents Seminar Four in its four-part series on alcohol and sustainability. Seminar Four explored workers’ rights for alcohol industry employees in the developing world; industry practices in Africa...

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