All Resources for 'Public Health'

Screen4Success - Talk. They Hear You: Screening for Health, Wellness, and Well-being

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Website
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Mental Health
Partner Organisation

Screen4Success – A Tool for Health, Wellness, and Well-being Assessment

SAMHSA’s new “Talk. They Hear You.”® campaign mobile app helps parents and caregivers prepare for some of the most important conversations they may ever have with...

National Training Program on Prevention in Schools: The Paraguayan Experience

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News
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Prevention
School-Based
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Partner Organisation

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In 2024, a public call from the Ministry of Education and Science for the contracting of a higher education institution to design and implement a training programme in strategies for preventing psychoactive substance...

Effectiveness of nurse-initiated smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Scientific article
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Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Epidemiology, Aetiology and Statistics
Statistics

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Smoking is one of the top causes of preventable death and is linked to many serious health problems, including cancer and chronic diseases. Nurses can play a big role in helping people quit smoking by offering support through...

Barriers and facilitators to scaling up medications for opioid use disorder in Kentucky: qualitative perspectives of treatment organisation staff

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health

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Many people who could benefit from medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) aren’t receiving them. This study looks at how MOUD agencies in Kentucky are experiencing changes in patient numbers and the challenges and supports...

Perceived impacts of North Americas first de-medicalised safer supply program

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health

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A non-medicalized safer supply model called a “Compassion Club” has recently been evaluated. The model involved providing rigorously tested and accurately labeled illicit substances to members at cost. Operating for 14 months in...

Call for abstracts – 16th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting 2025

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News
Themes
Prevention
Partner Organisation

Abstracts submission open until 18 April 2025!

We are pleased to announce that the call for abstracts for EUSPR 2025 opens on 17 March 2025 and will close on 18 April 2025. Outcomes will be sent before the end of our Early Bird...

The Psychology of Addiction and Obesity: New Treatments

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Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health

Addiction and obesity share similar neurological pathways, both linked to compulsive behaviors and the brain's reward system. Research has highlighted the potential of GLP-1 receptor agonists, originally developed for diabetes, to help...

Join Us in Strengthening Substance Use Prevention Through Rotary

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Rotary International supports various Rotary Action Groups (RAGs), including the Rotary Action Group for Addiction Prevention (RAG AP). However, RAGs cannot directly approach clubs and must rely on District Governors and Service Chairs, a process that has proven ineffective. As a result, many Rotarians engaged in substance use prevention may not even be aware that RAG AP exists.

Using Social Media to Promote Life Skills Among Adolescents: A Debate on Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Health and Education

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Media-Based
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Mental Health

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The digitalization of society blurs the boundaries between the analog and digital worlds, providing opportunities such as telemedicine and global connectivity. However, it also introduces risks, including cyberbullying, addiction...

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