All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Care for co-occurring heavy alcohol use & depression

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 21 June 2022:

"‘I’m just getting the impression I have to sort myself out’: How people with co-occurring heavy alcohol use and depression describe the care...

UNODC discussed the protection of adolescents and young people from psychoactive and narcotic drugs at a round table “Youth for a healthy lifestyle”

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family

On 10 August, 2022, UNODC jointly with the representatives of ministries and state departments of the Republic of Uzbekistan, members of the Youth Parliament at the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament), as well...

Navigating the complexity of harm and care: a qualitative study of self-harm and alcohol use

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 23 May 2022: "Navigating the complexity of harm and care: a qualitative study of self-harm and alcohol use" by Dr Amy Chandler and Annie Taylor from the...

Posttraumatic growth following a drug-related death: A family perspective

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Recovery Support
Populations
Family
Public Health

This paper explores the experience of posttraumatic growth in families who have lost a family member to a drug-related death.

Seven family units (17 participants) were interviewed, and interviews were analysed.

Analyses revealed themes...

Drug Cultures and Policy in Germany, Central Asia and China

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Policy
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

This volume emerged from the 25th International Week at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. The contributions it contains are based on papers that examine social work in the areas of drug use and treatment, HIV/AIDS and other...

Perspectives of service providers on aftercare service provision for persons with substance use disorders at a Rural District in South Africa

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance

Background

Aftercare programs for people with substance use disorders (PWSUD) are frequently challenged with a number of overlapping obstacles, including uncertain policy consequences and a lack of resources. Despite demographic variety...

Effect of a Peer-Led Behavioral Intervention for Emergency Department Patients at High Risk of Fatal Opioid Overdose A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Abstract

Importance  Fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses are at record levels, and emergency department (ED) visits may be an opportune time to intervene. Peer-led models of care are increasingly common; however, little is known about...

Vulnerable Children: Substance use among young people and caregivers in child protection systems

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

In this webinar, the speakers take a look at substance use among young people, focusing on the 'crossover' of children at the nexus of the youth justice and child protection systems, and the implications of caregiver substance abuse in...

Reorganisation of Substance Use Treatment and Harm Reduction Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted people with substance use disorders (SUDs) worldwide, and healthcare systems have reorganized their services in response to the pandemic.

Methods: One week after the...

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