All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Prevention of Prescription Drug Misuse Among the Latino Community

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Public Health

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...

Alcohol, MDMA and cannabis use: Impact on the adolescent brain

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention

 

This webinar is for teachers, school staff, parents and others who are interested in understanding the effect of drugs on adolescent brain. It explores the development of adolescent brain and how this process is interrupted by the use of...

Academic Programs in Drug Treatment and Prevention at Paraguayan Universities

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

This video is a recording of a webinar on January 31, 2020 where presenters Diana Lesme Romero, Ph.D. , Maria Cecilia Munoz Perez, MSc. and Graciela Barreto Castro, Ph.D. discuss the complex drug problem in Paraguay and review the...

Investing in Prevention: Standards and Innovation in Economic Evaluation

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention

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...

Video: Drug Prevention: Challenges and Experiences in Times of Pandemic

Publication Date
Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
The Addiction Unit of the University Psychiatric Clinic, belonging to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile and the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile presented a seminar on prevention of drug use: challenges and experiences in times of pandemic.

Life Skills as a Form of Prevention

Format
News
Themes
Populations
Family

Adolescence is one of the most important periods of people's lives. This phase of human development, in which the child becomes an adult, delimits the potential for psychological growth of the individual. Depending on how one structures...

The Life Skills Model

Format
News
Themes
Populations
Family

Life skills are capacities for positive adaptive behavior, which enable us to effectively negotiate the demands and challenges of everyday life. They involve personal skills that will enhance interpersonal relationships. The WHO suggests...

Current Alcohol Labelling Practice in Europe

Format
Book
Themes
Policy
Prevention

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...

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