Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
Teambuilding Activity with Students from Ranaq-e-Islam School during an Evidence Based School Intervention
The Drug Abuse Prevention Awareness Program for Students/Youth aims:
- To assess the use of drugs among youth in schools in an open discussion
- To enhance the knowledge of students about soft drug use and its ill effects
- To promote the concept of “Anti-Drug”
- To teach how to say” NO”
- To promote the facilitation of trained teachers among youth
Progression from E-Cigarettes to Conventional Cigarettes Dictated by Levels of Nicotine, Study Finds
Nicotine is the addictive component of conventional cigarettes. E-cigarettes are available in a range of nicotine strengths. Those that contain nicotine were deemed recently to be subject to regulation by the US Food and Drug Administration...
School-Based Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention – What Works?
School-Based Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention – What Works? is a new briefing paper published by Mentor-Adepis. It outlines several approaches that have been shown to work effectively, and issues cautions about those that have not...
A Social-Ecological Framework of Theory, Assessment, and Prevention of Suicide
The juxtaposition of increasing suicide rates with continued calls for suicide prevention efforts begs for new approaches. Grounded in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) framework for tackling health issues, this personal...
1st ISSUP Philippines National Conference
LEARN. NETWORK. GET CREDENTIALED.
Be part of the first ISSUP Philippines National Conference of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals.
ISSUP Philippines National Chapter welcomes anyone who wants to learn and network with other professionals in the field and eventually become a certified addiction professional.
Society for Prevention Research 26th Annual Meeting
Mark your calendars to attend the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 26th Annual Meeting that will be held in Washington, DC, May 29-June 1, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.
This year’s theme is “Optimizing the Relevance of Prevention Science to Systems.”
Associations of Perceived Interparental Relationship, Family Harmony and Family Happiness with Smoking Intention in Never-Smoking Chinese Children and Adolescents
Abstract Objective: To examine the associations of perceived interparental relationship, family harmony and family happiness with smoking intention in never-smoking Chinese children and adolescents in Hong Kong. Design, settings and...
The Prognostic Significance of Smoking Cessation after Acute Coronary Syndromes
Abstract Objective: We aim to ascertain the prognostic significance of persistent smoking and smoking cessation after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and optimal secondary prevention...
Alcohol on YouTube: What Are Kids Viewing?
New research appearing in the latest volume of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs examines YouTube videos that reference alcohol brands, and which are popular among underage audiences. Together, the videos analysed received just...