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Centre for disease control prevention factsheets: HIV and substance use

Created by
Centre for disease control prevention

Sharing needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment—for example, cookers—puts people at risk for getting or transmitting HIV and other infections.

In addition to being at risk for HIV and viral hepatitis, people who inject drugs can have other serious health problems, like skin infections and heart infections. These factsheets, developed by the centre for disease control prevention, 

Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain, 2022

Created by
ASH

Summary of key findings

The evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain is monitored using the ASH Smokefree GB survey of 11-18 year olds 2013-2022 (see Appendix 2 for methodology), in the context of changes in tobacco use and the regulation of e-cigarettes (see Appendix 1). We present the results for 11-17 year olds separately from 18 year olds. It is an offence to sell e-cigarettes to children under 18 in the United Kingdom.

Pause – Reset – Nourish (PRN) to Promote Wellbeing

Created by
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

All of us face a variety of stresses daily. Currently, you may be dealing with additional responsibilities at work and new challenges with parenting. Consider your level of distress before deciding what approach you’d like to take to address it. Gauging your level of distress is as important as practising self-care strategies.

World “NO Tobacco Day”, Youth of Allied Health Sciences Presented A Variety Of Projects At The University Of Lahore

Created by
Mr. Aqil Hussain
Publication Date

On May 31, 2022, the world celebrates “NO Tobacco Day”. To honor this day, many events take place every year. The effects of smoking tobacco and the millions of deaths that take place, as a result, are widely known. Cancer, stroke, reproductive, heart, and lung diseases are common among males and females worldwide.

The MI Spirit

Created by
Catherine Muthiani, ICAP III
Publication Date

I wrote the poem like summary after taking the course Enhancing Motivational Interviewing skills (UTC 11) in 2018 to help me remember key components of the course. 

Just thought fellow professionals can find it useful too.

 

Thanks 

The Drug Wheel

The Drugs Wheel can be used as a training tool and as a game for use in training or 1:1 sess­ions. There are free ver­sions of each to download on this site, as well as a range of other resources. When using the Drugs Wheel, please bear in mind the following: 

Brain Builder Learning Cards: Adverse Childhood Experiences

Created by
CCSA

This resource presents five concepts critical to understanding adverse childhood experiences and their impact on brain development and health.

The concepts are part of the Brain Story and include:

  1. brain architecture 
  2. serve-and-return interactions
  3. toxic stress,
  4. air traffic control (executive function)
  5. resilience.

This resource is intended for commercial printing.

Holiday Stress

Created by
NIDA

The holidays may be especially tough this year for a lot of people during the pandemic. Many people in recovery may have a setback and use substances increasing their risk for self-harm. Reach out and #BeThe1To to help someone in emotional pain. We can all take action and make an impact on someone’s life.

Vicarious Trauma

Created by
American Counselling Association

The term vicarious trauma (Perlman & Saakvitne, 1995), sometimes also called compassion fatigue, is the latest term that describes the phenomenon generally associated with the “cost of caring” for others (Figley, 1982). Other terms used for compassion fatigue are:

  • secondary traumatic stress (Stemm, 1995, 1997)

  • secondary victimization (Figley, 1982)

World Drug Day : Let your voice be heard

Created by
Njoya Mathias
Publication Date

!!!!LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!!

 

 In view of the celebration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which is also called World Drug Day, coming up on June, 26th.

 

Celebrating under the theme "Better knowledge for better care" YADAF is given you an opportunity to voice out your message about Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

 

Suggestions about Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation of People with Drug Use Disorder in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Created by
UNODC

In these challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNODC continues to focus on delivering vital assistance to those in need, including to people who use drugs and with drug use disorders, who are in prison and who have HIV/Hepatitis C. 

UNODC has released a statement entitled

Suggestions about treatment, care and rehabilitation of people with drug use disorder in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support for People who Use Drugs and People in Prisons

Created by
UNODC

All people have the right to health, even in countries under lockdown or where a state of emergency has been declared. 

People who use drugs can be particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 due to underlying health issues, stigma, social marginalization and higher economic and social vulnerabilities, including a lack of access to housing and health care.