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Safeguarding the Demographic Bonus: BNN's Prevention Strategy for Children, Youth, and Communities
From Courtroom to Clinic: How Legal Rulings Shape Cannabis Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults in South Africans
Empowering Communities Across Borders: Adapting School and Family Based Prevention for Global Impact
Substance Use Monitoring and Surveillance: Challenges faced by LMICs
Substance use surveillance has emerged as a crucial public health strategy across Africa, particularly in light of the alarming rise in substance use among adolescents (1). This trend poses significant health risks that require a...
A rationale for an orientation towards systems of prevention
Prevention aligned with science and standards advocates for a person-focused rather than a drug-focused perspective when articulating responses and services. Such a perspective follows a narrative that early initiation to substance use is...
Considering the Youth
Day 3, 11:00 - 12.30, ISSUP, Healing Pathways: Exploring Treatment Approaches in Substance Use Disorder
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 28th of June, 2024.
Moderator: Goodman Sibeko (⚑ South Africa) - ISSUP
Presentations:
Olga Katsiokali - Receptive group music therapy “Guided Imagery and Music” in the Therapeutic Community KETHEA...
Day 2, 14:00 - 15.30, ICUDDR, Identifying, Assessing and Treating Children for Substance Use Disorders: Data and Experiences from Across the Globe
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Description:
Identifying, Assessing and Treating Children for Substance Use Disorders: Dat and Experiences from Across the Globe Substance use among children less than 12 years of...
Day 2, 14:00 - 15:30, ISSUP, Youth in Prevention
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Moderator: Ms. Isabella Araujo (⚑ United States) - OAS/CICAD
Presentations:
Isabella Araujo - Engaging Youth in Substance Use Prevention
Novia Carter & Drusilla Blinker - Bridg...
Day 2, 16:00 - 15:30, ISSUP, Community Collaboration for Prevention
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 27th of June, 2024.
Moderator: Thomas Legl (⚑ Austria) - President of Euro TC
Presentations:
Stavroula Mastorodimou - Learning environments and conflict management: an ecological approach in...
Day 2, 11:00 - 12.30, ISSUP, Working with Vulnerable Populations
Presented at Thessaloniki 2024 , on the 27th of June, 2024.
Moderator: Ms. Giovanna Campello (⚑ Austria) - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Presentations:
Dala Fakhreddine - Attitudes & Knowledge on Substance Use in Displaced...
Day 2, 11:00 - 12.30, ISSUP, Official Launch of the Global Women’s Network for Treatment and Recovery
How the media can play its part in reducing the stigma surrounding substance use
In this blogpost, produced by academics from the University of Stirling, the authors discuss the See Beyond – See the Lives – Scotland campaign, which involves the stories of those left behind after losing a loved one to alcohol and drug...
Bridging the gap between professionals working with problematic substance use and intimate partner violence: The MARISSA Project - Gudrun Sif Fridriksdottir, Day 4, 11:00-12:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 15th May, 2022
Presentation:
- Bridging the gap between professionals working with problematic substance use and intimate partner...
Characterization of family violence of substance user patients (presented at CIJ in 2020) - Dr Carmen Fernández Cáceres , Day 4, 11:00-12:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 15th May, 2022
Presentation:
- Characterization of family violence of substance user patients (presented at CIJ in 2020) - Dr Carmen...
Innovative approach for smartphone applications to share trustworthy information on parenting and family skills – the scaling of Children Immunization App (CIMA) in Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa - Dr. Ziad El-Khatib, Day 4, 11:00-12:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 15th May, 2022
Presentation:
Innovative approach for smartphone applications to share trustworthy information on parenting and...
Connections are Key: Unlocking the heart of relationship based practice - Rowan Anderson, Day 4, 11:00-12:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 15th May,2022
Presentation:
- Connections are Key: Unlocking the heart of relationship based practice - Rowan Anderson
Abstract:
...NRC Studies on Stigma and Family, Day 1, Track 2, 15:30-17:00
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May,2022
Presentations:
- An Exploratory Study on Individual stigma to Substance Use in a Clinical Population - Dr. Hisham...
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