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Prevention
Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Substance use prevention 'back to basics'- Reading list
Earlier this month, Jeff Lee, senior consultant to ISSUP, delivered two webinars that reviewed what prevention of substance abuse entails. The webinars were intended to be a "back to basics” for anyone working in the prevention field that...
Youth Assessment Tool
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...
Parent Guide- The Improving Treatment Together (ITT) Project
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...
Guidelines and Recommendations for School-based Prevention
Over the past 25 years, there has been a significant focus on the need to address young people’s health and behaviour as a major and necessary part of the school curriculum.
The objectives for prevention have to include effective policies...
Implementing Community-Level Policies to Prevent Alcohol Misuse
This webinar highlights findings from SAMHSA’s guide titled, Implementing Community-Level Policies to Prevent Alcohol Misuse, which explores evidence-based, community-level strategies to prevent alcohol misuse.
Following an overview of the...
Prevention of problematic alcohol use in leisure contexts of the youth population
On the occasion of World No Alcohol Day, ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar to share visions, strategies or opportunities to promote low-risk alcohol consumption in nighttime recreational spaces in our youngest population.
Prevention of Opioid Use Education Materials
Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (MATTC) partnered with the Ethnic Communities Opioid Response Network in Missouri, the Addiction Policy Forum, and the Opioid Response Network (ORN in IA, KS, MO, and NE) to translate 5...
Substance Use Prevention: A review of what it means and requires through the language of football/soccer
ISSUP presents Part Two of a two-part webinar on the topic of Substance Use Prevention.
Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics
ISSUP Brasil presented a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.
Two pediatricians discuss the means of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.
Moderators:
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Substance Use Prevention: A review of what it means and requires through the language of football/soccer
ISSUP presents Part One of a two-part webinar on the topic of Substance Use Prevention.
Registration opens for European Drugs Winter and Summer Schools 2023
The EMCDDA and the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) are delighted to open registration today for two upcoming joint events in 2023: the European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) and the European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) (1)(2).
EDWS...
How to Inform Policy and Decision Makers About Evidence-Based Substance Use Policy and Prevention
How to Inform Policy and Decision Makers About Evidence-Based Substance Use Policy and Prevention.
Matej Košir
Creating Persuasive Media Messages to Prevent Substance Misuse
ISSUP Lebanon present their Webinar on Using Media to Prevent Risky Substance Use.
Report on Treatnet Training
Report on Treatnet Training organised by Bayelsa State Drug Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation Committee (BADAPARC) in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for counselors in secondary and tertiary schools in...
Evaluación de una iniciativa dirigida a mejorar la selección, implementación y evaluación de intervenciones de prevención del uso de sustancias psicoactivas en Las Américas
Resultados de un enfoque sistémico para orientar y monitorear la selección, implementación y evaluación de intervenciones preventivas en la región de América Latina con el fin de reducir el impacto del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas a...
Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around Youth Substance Use Prevention
The Getting Candid message guide and toolkit were created to support youth-serving providers in their efforts to prevent youth substance use.
Inauguration of the YOUFEST on Pakistan Independence Day 2022
On August 14, 2022, Sunday was the day of great hustle and bustle at Grace International Rehabilitation Center. The celebrations of the day had a special purpose to disclose the Global Vision 2030 called YOUFEST. The next 8 years of the...
“Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop regarding Substance Abuse Prevention”
Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop regarding Drug Abuse Prevention has been organized by EQUIP Research & Developments in collaboration with the Ministry of Narcotics Control, Govt. of Pakistan on 8th May 2022 at EQUIP head office, Multan...
Supporting children and youth: Reading list
Explore resources and reading on science-based drug prevention including those from the UNODC Listen First initiative.
