All Resources for 'Public Health'

New rule in New Zealand requires warning on all packaged alcohol

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News
Themes
Public Health
Policy

A new rule will require all packaged alcohol being sold to have warnings on the label about the harm it can cause to unborn babies.

The food safety agency says the move is supported by advice from doctors, midwives, the Ministry of Health...

Healing Families, Helping Systems: A Trauma-Informed Practice Guide for Working with Children, Youth & Families

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Guide
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health
Mental Health
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

This guide is concerned with advancing understanding and action about trauma-informed approaches that support program and service delivery for/with children, youth, and families. A trauma-informed approach is a system-wide approach that is...

National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2022: Alcohol Treatment Demand

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Booklet
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Data
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

In this bulletin, data on treated problem alcohol use for the year 2022 are presented, followed by trends for the seven-year period from 2016 to 2022.

The data are from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS), the national...

New Global Coalition Launched to Address Synthetic Drug Threats

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News
Themes
Public Health
Policy
Law
Law Enforcement
Border Control
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation
On July 7, 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted a virtual Ministerial-level meeting to launch a Global Coalition to address Synthetic Drug Threats.

Women, Religion, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Stigma

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Populations
Women
Partner Organisation
ISSUP Kenya presents their webinar on Women, Religion, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Stigma.

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Eighteenth Session)

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on the topic 'Driving change through addiction prevention advocacy: Strategies for lasting impact and effective messaging'.

World Drug Report 2023

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
Public Health
Statistics
Policy
Law
Data
Supply & Market Disruption
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation
For the first time since its conception, this year the World Drug Report consists of two products, a web-based element and a set of booklets.

Psychosocial and Cultural Coping Strategies for Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention and Treatment

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Theories and Science

American College of Science and Humanities initiated activities to fulfill the ISSUP mission in Sri Lanka. On June 11th 2023, the college held the inaugural psychology research conference with special focus on substance use prevention and...

How have governments communicated UK alcohol duty policy changes?

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Book
Themes
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

Pricing, including taxation, is a key tool to address harm from alcohol and is identified by the World Health Organization as a ‘best buy’ policy (meaning it is both effective in reducing harm and cost-effective). However alcohol was 72%...

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