The UPC consists of two series, namely: UPC for Managers and Supervisors (UPC-M&S) and UPC for Practitioners (UPC-P). The UPC-M&S provides a training programme for prevention managers and supervisors who manage and supervise the implementation of prevention interventions and/or policies. This series is composed of nine courses as follows:
UPC Managers and Supervisors Series
UPC 1: Introduction to Prevention Science
40 training hours
This course provides an overview of the science that underlies evidence-based prevention interventions and strategies, and the application of these effective approaches in prevention practice.
UPC 2: Physiology and Pharmacology for Prevention Professionals
24 training hours
This course presents an overview of the physiology and pharmacology of psychoactive substances and their effects on the brain to affect mood, cognition, and behaviour and the consequences of such use on the individual, the family and the community.
UPC 3: Monitoring and Evaluation of Prevention Interventions and Policies
40 training hours
This course gives an overview of primary evaluation methods used to measure evidence-based prevention interventions and guidance in applying them to "real-world" prevention settings.
UPC 4: Family Based Prevention Interventions
32 training hours
This course explores the family as the primary socialization agent of children, the science behind family-based prevention interventions, and the application of such evidence-based approaches to help prevent the onset of substance use in children.
UPC 5: School-based Prevention Interventions
40 training hours
This course presents an overview of the school in society, the science behind school-based prevention interventions, and the application of such evidence-based approaches in school settings around the world.
UPC 6: Workplace-based Prevention Interventions
24 training hours
This course provides an overview of the role of work and the workplace in society, how stresses and other work-related influences affect people’s risk of substance use, the science behind workplace prevention interventions, and the application of such evidence-based approaches in work settings around the world.
UPC 7: Environment-based Prevention Interventions
24 training hours
This course reviews the science underlying evidence-based substance use prevention environmental interventions, involving policy and community-wide strategies.
UPC 8: Media-based Prevention Interventions
24 training hours
This course presents the science underlying the use of media for substance use prevention interventions.
UPC 9: Community-based Prevention Implementation Systems
40 training hours
This course introduces the science underlying the systems approach to prevention interventions and guidance on developing such approaches, as well as exemplars of evidence-based drug use prevention systems.