All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support

ISSUP Malaysia would like to invite you to their upcoming webinar on Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward.

The webinar is to inform and raise awareness on critical issues in the...

Parent Guide- The Improving Treatment Together (ITT) Project

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Guide
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health

This handbook is a collection of shared experiences and stories to help other parents and caregivers find refuge, support and courage to reach out for help.

Whether your young person is experimenting with substances or has developed a...

Youth Assessment Tool

Format
Guide
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings

This assessment tool can be used by any health and social services and programs that serve young people, including substance use services, mental health services, youth treatment services, harm reduction services, youth shelters, community...

Understanding injecting drug use in Afghanistan: A scoping review

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Background

Several reports have described a growing prevalence of illicit drug use in Afghanistan, with recognition of a recent shift from traditional modes of consumption involving inhalation and oral ingestion to injecting drug use.

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Correction: Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Background

Interdisciplinary collaborations (i.e., where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are stated to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary approaches (i.e., where various...

Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Statistics
Data

Background

Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...

Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Telehealth

Background

The COVID-19 emergency has tested the public health, medical, and public safety infrastructure of the United States (U.S.) in unprecedented ways. As the focal point for public health in their communities, local health...

Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Introduction and aims

There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary...

Canada Webinar: Re-Imagining Children's Rights Through a Family-Centred Lens

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Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Every child has a right to a life free from harm within a community that supports them and their family to thrive.

But does every child get to experience these rights?

Join Starlings Community and their partners at Family Advocacy Support...

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