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Using educational settings to foster social-emotional learning and prevent the use of substances.
Social and Economic Effects of Alcohol and Drugs on Young People: A case study of Teso region - Uganda.
Context: Teso region in Eastern Uganda has one of the highest levels of alcohol and drug use Nationally. A project intervention aimed at preventing harmful use of alcohol and drugs among youth was initiated with support of Movendi /IOGT-NTO...
National Training Program on Prevention in Schools: The Paraguayan Experience
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2024, a public call from the Ministry of Education and Science for the contracting of a higher education institution to design and implement a training programme in strategies for preventing psychoactive substance...
Money Matters: Time for Prevention and Early Intervention to Address Family Economic Circumstances
Background
Child poverty is linked to poorer physical and mental health, negative educational outcomes, and long-term social and psychological issues, all of which increase service demand and costs. Traditionally, prevention and early...
Feasibility Study of Linking Anonymous Data of Children in Longitudinal School-Based Prevention Research
INTRODUCTION: Longitudinal prevention research in adolescents often involves sensitive data collection, necessitating anonymity. Self-Generated Identification Codes (SGICs) have emerged as a tool for linking anonymous data while preserving...
AddictologyIssue 2/2024
A Reflection on Prevention Systems: A European perspective
Prevention science over the past years has accumulated evidence on the effectiveness of drug prevention interventions (Sloboda et al. 2014). In Europe this improvement has been a consequence of priorities defined by EU drug strategies since...
