substance use prevention

Prevention Plus Wellness is celebrating 10 years of providing practical evidence-based and evidence-informed substance use prevention programs and training to prevention and health specialists that promote youth and young adult physical...

Introduction The US Department of Health and Human Services has recommended youth ages 6-17 years old get 60 minutes or more of combined moderate and vigorous physical activity each day. Physical activity, including playing sports, is...

Every substance use prevention specialist should read this free booklet written by Joe Neigel and published by the Washington State Care Authority. Prevention Tools is an excellent prevention resource that, as the title indicates...

Webinar Objectives: Examine evidence-based physical activity interventions for influencing youth substance use and mental health Explore research assessing physical activity, exercise and sport on later substance use and mental health of...

Looking for faith-based substance use prevention or wellness programs for youth? In God’s Image (IGI) is a fully scripted program designed to give teachers, youth leaders, mentors, parents and service providers a quick and easy to use tool...

Monthly Newsletter from June 1, 2019 – June 30, 2019 During this month, trained and empowered students by Drug Free Pakistan Foundation from University of Education, Township and Bank Road Campus Lahore organized 3 Social Action Projects...

To commemorate International Day against #DrugAbuse and Illicit #Trafficking, we share the story of Ahmad Shah, an alumnus of the U.S. government-funded “Emerging Leaders Program.” Ahmad is working towards reducing the demand of drugs and...

Abstract Background Youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision are at high-risk of adverse outcomes from substance use, making prevention important. Few studies have examined prevention-related attitudes of JJ employees, yet such...