The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Strategic Workforce Planning in the Age of AI Conference
Faced with skills shortages and rapid advances in technology and AI, organisations are redesigning their workforce strategies to adapt to a rapidly changing world of work.
Personal Impacts of Substance Use
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) transforms complex data into insights that reflect real human experiences. Every aspect of the Canadian Substance Use Cost and Harms (CSUCH) project represents individuals with lived...
Adherence to mHealth quit smoking application ‘stopcoach’ on top of evidence based smoking cessation counselling: association with participant characteristics and long-term abstinence
Background Smoking is more common in lower socioeconomic position (SEP) groups, but smoking cessation interventions are less effective for these groups. StopCoach, an mHealth intervention, supports people with lower SEP in quitting smoking...
Initial stakeholder perceptions around opioid settlement funds in Pennsylvania
Background The opioid epidemic continues to pose significant challenges in the United States, with over 75% of nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2022 involving opioids. Recently, efforts to curb the epidemic have made strides...
Becoming a Member of the Prevention Club: Development of Interdisciplinary Prevention Terminology
Introduction Prevention science is interdisciplinary, drawing upon multiple fields of research and practice to develop integrated knowledge. A challenge facing the field is the proliferation of different terms with the same meaning, and of...
An Only Child versus a Child with a Sibling: Difference In Perfectionism and the Big Five Personality Traits
INTRODUCTION: Declining fertility and rising numbers of only children necessitate understanding their specific characteristics. The main objective of the present research study is to map the area of sibling constellations. It focuses on...
Webinar Reflection: Reimagining Prevention, The Role of Generative Artificial Intelligence
ISSUP, in partnership with the International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR), recently hosted an engaging and forward-looking webinar titled “Reimagining Prevention: The Role of Generative Artificial...
ASAM 57th Annual Conference
The ASAM Annual Conference is the defining event in addiction medicine, bringing together all professionals to connect, learn, and inspire. For 57 years, ASAM has been convening the addiction treatment community to showcase best practices and the latest science, research, and innovations in the field. This year, attendees will have the opportunity to:
Society of Behavioral Medicine 47th Annual Meeting
Routine integration of behavioral medicine evidence into heath policy, health care and public health is crucial to addressing the most pressing and interactable health challenges of our time. Increasing the pace at which we advance discovery and health impact requires inclusion of multiple methods and wide range of perspectives.