All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

A Qualitative Interpretive Meta-Synthesis (QIMS) of women’s experiences in drug court: Promoting recovery in the criminal justice system

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Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Women
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

ABSTRACT

Drug courts have been part of the criminal justice system for over 30 years. A plethora of quantitative quasi-experimental, experimental, and meta-analytic studies have demonstrated their effectiveness at promoting recovery from...

Addictions in Potential Sperm Donors: What is Possible to Control?

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Public Health
Global Health Perspectives
Infectious Diseases
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION: Third-party sperm donation represents the sole viable option for conception for a considerable number of infertile couples. The donation process is predicated on ensuring the high quality and safety of the donated cells. While...

AddictologyIssue 3/2024

Risk Behavior Among Slovak and Czech Adolescents Through the Lens of Self-Regulation, Prosociality, and Antisociality

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Public Health
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION:

In the present article, we focused on the relationship between risk behaviour in adolescents, self-regulation, pro-sociality and anti-sociality. We work under the assumption that the development of the ability to self...

AddictologyIssue 3/2024

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Opioid Users in Dodoma, Tanzania: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study Protocol

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Opioids
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Mental Health
Partner Organisation

INTRODUCTION:

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly commorbid among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). PTSD among people with OUD is associated with severe opioid use, depression, and suicidality. Tanzania has seen a...

AddictologyIssue 3/2024

A Multisite Study of the Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness, PTSD, and Substance Use Disorders of Women in Jail

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Abstract

Objectives

This multisite study aimed to answer the following research questions about women in urban and rural jails. First, what is the current and lifetime prevalence of serious mental illness (major depressive disorder...

Global Estimates of the Prevalence of Depression among Prisoners: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Background. Prison populations tend to be marginalized and disadvantaged of the rights and freedoms that other people in the community benefit from. Their separation from families, a narrow room and lack of privacy in the prison, violence...

Substance use disorders in prisoners: an updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis in recently incarcerated men and women

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men
Women
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Abstract

Aims

The aims were to (1) estimate the prevalence of alcohol and drug use disorders in prisoners on reception to prison and (2) estimate and test sources of between study heterogeneity.

Methods

Studies reporting the 12-month...

Common mental disorders and associated factors among Ethiopian prisoners: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Background: Common mental disorders are a major public health concern in the world and negatively influence people’s psychological, physical, economic, and overall well-being. Since prisoners live with restricted freedom and lack regular...

Global status report on alcohol and health and treatment of substance use disorders

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Format
Report
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Global Health Perspectives
Data
Epidemiology, Aetiology and Statistics

The WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders provides a comprehensive snapshot of global trends in alcohol consumption, related harms, and national policy responses, alongside the availability...

Webinar reflection: Exploring Multiple Pathways of Recovery

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Format
Community update
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Peer and Community Support
Recovery-Oriented Services
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Men
Refugees
Women
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
Public Health
Global Health Perspectives
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

ISSUP, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, has launched a new Global Recovery Network webinar series to spotlight diverse perspectives on recovery. The first webinar featured Dr. Haner Hernández, a respected expert in the...

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