Shared by James Harvey
(ISSUP staff) - 8 April 2024
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Washington D.C.
United States
The Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES-CICAD), the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), and the Valencia City Council, Spain, invite you to this webinar on "Environmental Prevention to Address...
Shared by James Harvey
(ISSUP staff) - 1 April 2024
We are pleased to inform you that applications are open for the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) Basic Module at our international event in Thessaloniki.
Syed Zulfiqar Hussain Consultant, Anti Drugs/Narcotics Campaign met with Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi ASP Police Lahore and conversed about Drug Demand Reduction Program in Lahore. Syed Zulfiqar highlighted the on going activities, new interventions, awareness programs in educational institutions, homeless...
Fuente: Cogollo-Milanés Z, Gómez Bustamante E, Campo Arias A. Efectividad de un programa para la prevención de consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en estudiantes universitarios. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [Internet]. 23 de agosto de 2023 [citado 1 de marzo de 2024];41(3):e351578. Disponible en...
Source: Cogollo-Milanés Z, Gómez Bustamante E, Campo Arias A. Program Effectiveness for the Prevention of Psychoactive Substance Use Among University Students. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [Internet]. 2023 Aug. 23 [cited 2024 Mar. 1];41(3):e351578. Available from: https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index...
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/drug-free-communities/program-success.html A national evaluation conducted by the Office of National Drug Control Policy in 2022 found that 1 in 5 Americans lived in communities served by Drug-Free Communities (DFC)-funded coalitions. The evaluation findings...
The goal of the present handbook is to offer encouragement, examples, rationales and concrete advice on how to increase youth participation in substance use prevention, harnessing the insights of young people on the most important target group in prevention efforts: their peers. It is designed to enable all decision makers to capitalise on the power of youth participation, exploring the full potential of young people as a force for change. The guidance is aimed at leaders in charge of substance use prevention and health promotion efforts at the local, regional, national and international...
Shared by James Harvey
(ISSUP staff) - 28 November 2023
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Do you work in, use or design overdose prevention centres (OPCs)?
Do you work in a position directly related to the outcomes of OPCs (emergency service personnel, public health practitioner or policymaker?)?
Researchers at Queen's University Belfast invite people to give their views on what outcomes we should use to evaluate overdose prevention centres. Participants are sought for an e-Delphi study to shape the global standard for evaluating OPCs, by answering two short surveys.
Can you help? For more info on how to participate in the study, please click the links below:
We are excited to announce the latest addition to our Professional Development section—a dedicated area called "Prevention Lists." This resource is tailored for those keen on exploring evidence-based prevention programs and accessing information about effective prevention interventions.
Within this section, you will find a curated collection of resources, all of which have been developed by esteemed organisations specialising in the curation and evaluation of prevention practices.
We value the wealth of knowledge and insights within our ISSUP community. Therefore, we invite all our...
Join this online for a monthly online masterclass by health research experts based in The Sheffield Centre for Health-Related Research (ScHARR) at The University of Sheffield as we explore topics in the changing world of public health...
Lisbon Addictions 2024 is a multidisciplinary conference that provides both a forum for networking and an opportunity to showcase cutting-edge research. The conference is intended to inform policy development and practice through a better understanding of contemporary issues in addiction science and addictive behaviours.
The conference will take place in Lisbon from 23–25 October 2024 under the overarching theme ‘Empowering the workforce of the future’.
Shared by James Harvey
(ISSUP staff) - 25 October 2023
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The ECOWAS Commission organized a training for 30 Core Drug Prevention Professionals on Evidence-Based Prevention of Drug Use/Substance Abuse in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin from the 17th to the 21st of October 2023