Defining and implementing evidence-based practice: Reading list
What do we mean by evidence? This ISSUP Reading List has useful resources to help you learn more about evidence-based practice.
Prevention
Safeguarding Public Health: Managing Conflict of Interest and Interference in Alcohol Policy to Support the Safer Implementation
Online,
The objective of this webinar is to support decision-makers who protect effective alcohol regulations by raising awareness of conflicts of interests, summarizing the current evidence on interference from the alcohol industry in public health policy as well as discuss best practices.
EMCDDA webinar: Knowing youth — digital platforms for decision making
Online,
Objective: The main objective of this webinar is to explore and better understand the potential use of youth survey data in policy and prevention planning in a digital world.
Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice
Created by
Mountain Plains - PTTC
Publication Date
Participants will review major social and biological factors of adolescent development and implications for ways to approach substance use prevention/intervention.
Objectives Include:
Building resilience in survivors of sexual exploitation: The role of children in activities implemented by NGOs in Uganda
Citation
Rogers Kasirye, Paul Bukuluki & Eddy J. Walakira (2022) Building resilience in survivors of sexual exploitation: the role of children in activities implemented by NGOs in Uganda, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2022.2072989
Abstract
Children are increasingly affected by sexual exploitation (SEC), and the subsequent hardships arising out threaten their lives. Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of trauma or other significant sources of stress. Past literature discusses various child participatory methods but has not explored the voices and role of children as agents of change among their peers to yield adaptation and resilience.
Applied Prevention Science International Celebrate Prevention Week
May the 8th-14th is National Prevention Week! Every day APSI will be highlighting one of their Prevention Nuggets, Prevention Talks and Prevention Portraits, all focused on one specific prevention theme. Head on over to APSI website to view the daily highlights.
8th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents
Elche, Spain,
The 8th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents is a scientific meeting where the latest challenges in child and adolescent psychological assessment, psychopathology and treatment are addressed. The congress is organized by the AITANA Research Group (Analysis, Intervention and Applied Therapy with Children and Adolescents) of Miguel Hernández University (Spain).
Peer-facilitated treatment access for hepatitis C: The Live Hep C Free project
Citation
Silano, J. A., Treloar, C., Leadbeatter, K., Davidson, S., & Doidge, J. (2022). Peer-facilitated treatment access for hepatitis C: the Live Hep C Free project. Harm Reduction Journal, 19(1), 1-5.
This article explores the lessons learned during the implementation of a peer-facilitated hepatitis C virus hepatitis C testing and treatment access project called the Live Hep C Free project in contributing to micro-elimination efforts.
Alcohol advertising patterns and harm-reduction messaging
Created by
NDARC
This presentation focussed on the strategies used by alcohol marketers to promote their products, impending trends in alcohol distribution, effective approaches for messaging about alcohol-related harms, and public support for a range of alcohol control policies.