The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Addictions across the Lifespan
Addictive behaviours affect people of all ages and socio-economic levels.
This event is a chance to explore the nature of addictive behaviours, their impact throughout the life span, some current interventions and research topics.
There will be poster presentations by Pre-Qualification and Trainee members as well as time for networking to continue our mentoring culture in the South West.
Addressing Complexity: Homelessness and Addiction
Due to the rise of homelessness and drug-related deaths in the UK, the Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research at London South Bank University and the London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum are hosting a one day conference at the Guildhall focusing on contemporary issues of Homelessness, Substance Use and Addiction.
Adfam Survey: State of the Family Support Sector
Adfam is running an important survey to examine the state of drug and alcohol family support sector and provide important data for Adfam’s advocacy and influencing work.
Frequency of Use Among Middle and High School Student Tobacco Product Users
Summary What is already known about this topic? Most tobacco product use begins during adolescence or young adulthood, increasing the risk for lifelong nicotine addiction and adverse health effects. What is added by this report? During 2015...
HepHIV2019 Conference
The HepHIV2019 conference, which is organised jointly with the 3-year EU funded joint action INTEGRATE, will take place 28-30 January 2019 in Bucharest, Romania.
The theme of the conference is the Challenges of Timely and Integrated Testing and Care.
The main objectives of the HepHIV 2019 conference are to:
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Among Nonsmokers
Summary What is already known about this topic? Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke can cause sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children, and coronary heart disease...
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Arrhythmogenic Cardiac Alternans in a Mouse Model
Abstract Background: Epidemiological evidence suggests that a majority of deaths attributed to secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure are cardiovascular related. However, to our knowledge, the impact of SHS on cardiac electrophysiology, Ca2+Ca2+...
m-Health Applications for Responding to Drug Use and Associated Harms
Digital healthcare, also known as e-health, refers to tools and services that use information and communication technology to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management of health. Mobile health, or m-health, is...
Keynote Presentations: 9th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting
The Ninth EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting took place October 24th – 26th 2018, Lisbon, Portugal. The focus of the event was Prevention Technologies – Improving the Use of Evidence in Prevention Practice. Academics, researchers, policy...
