All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Handbook on Youth Participation in Drug Prevention Work

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Booklet
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

The goal of the present handbook is to offer encouragement, examples, rationales and concrete advice on how to increase youth participation in substance use prevention, harnessing the insights of young people on the most important target...

“I’m almost opioid-a-phobic”: family medicine residents’ perceptions of enhancing opioid analgesic and agonist treatment training in a Canadian setting

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Public Health

Purpose

As deaths from the illicit drug poisoning crisis continue to rise in Canada, increasing the number of healthcare professionals qualified to effectively prescribe opioids could be beneficial. The willingness of family medicine...

Residential addiction treatment for adolescents is scarce and expensive

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health
Partner Organisation
NIH-supported analysis finds just seven states had a facility that accepted Medicaid, had a bed open the same day, and offered buprenorphine

UGANDA NATIONAL ALCOHOL CONTROL POLICY

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Booklet
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Men
Women
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

The Government of Uganda (GOU) is making every possible effort to improve the health and socio-economic conditions of the people of Uganda in line with the policy of poverty eradication.

The government recognizes the role that alcohol...

Stigmatizing imagery for substance use disorders: a qualitative exploration

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Populations
Quality Assurance
Public Health
Mental Health
Ethics
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
This study used qualitative methods to identify stigmatizing and non-stigmatizing imagery for SUD and explore the reactions of people with lived experience with SUD to SUD-related imagery. We conducted focus groups and brief semi-structured qualitative interviews with 14 individuals in recovery from a range of SUD.

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Reading List

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Reading List
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Reading List
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) represent an evidence-based strategy for the early intervention of substance use.

2022 NSDUH Annual National Report

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Report
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Mental Health
Partner Organisation

Description:

Read key findings from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). This report highlights 2022 statistics on substance use, mental health, and treatment in the United States. These national indicators are measured...

Training for Trainers in Addressing Psychological Trauma in Combat Veterans and POWs in Ukraine

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Video and audio recordings
Themes
Mental Health
Partner Organisation

 

Here are the links to the Ukraine ITTC’s videos from their recent training in Prague for veterans, all presented in Ukrainian. Delve into these insightful sessions, covering a range of topics to empower and assist veterans on their...

Apply to become an ITTC Member

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Partner Organisation

The International Technology Transfer Center (ITTC) is accepting applications for new members!

ITTC is a global network dedicated to advancing technology and innovation. Through culturally and linguistically appropriate, cutting-edge...

New guidance for drug checking services in health risk communication

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Guide
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Public Health
Theories and Science
Partner Organisation

The new guidance for drug checking services manual by EMCDDA underlines the need for approaches that are grounded in the best evidence available or principles of effective and safe health risk communication. To date, there has been...

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