The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Integrated brief interventions for noncommunicable disease risk factors in primary care: the manual
Abstract Brief interventions are recognized by WHO as an effective measure to help people quit tobacco, reduce or stop alcohol use and increase physical activity. They can also help to achieve and maintain healthy eating behaviours and...
Webinar: Re-Imagining Children's Rights Through a Family-Centred Lens
Every child has a right to a life free from harm within a community that supports them and their family to thrive.
But does every child get to experience these rights?
Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency
Background Relatively little is known about how risky drinkers attempt to moderate their drinking in the absence of specialist support. The broader literature has identified multiple potential strategies that people use to cope with...
Opening Doors: ensuring access for all to alcohol support
Opening doors
Ensuing access for all to alcohol support
Alcohol Change UK’s national online conference
Thursday 2 March 2023
People aren’t hard to reach. We just don’t always reach them.
Substance use and homelessness
This research explored changes in the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of people experiencing homelessness in the UK. Particularly, the researchers examined the following questions: what are the characteristics of people with different...
EMCDDA webinar: How wastewater monitoring can boost preparedness for new health threats
Objective: to explore wastewater analysis as a methodology contributing to EU preparedness and response
Background: COVID-19 has raised the attention of Europe, and globally, on the importance of readiness towards potential emergencies. Improved and innovative monitoring methodologies are at the core of the research-based actions taken to respond to potential threats.
Cannabis and Adolescence
ISSUP Chile presented a webinar on the results of current research on the impact of cannabis use on the developing adolescent brain.
Cannabis and Adolescence
ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on the results of current research on the impact of cannabis use on the developing adolescent brain?
The webinar will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 17:30 (Chile time)
Community Mental Health Center Success in Prevention and Treatment of People Who Use Psychoactive Substances
ISSUP Peru invites you to participate in a webinar on community addiction prevention and control services. The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 11:00 (Peru time) This webinar analyzes the activity that promotes and...
Community Mental Health Center Success in Prevention and Treatment of People Who Use Psychoactive Substances
ISSUP Peru invites you to participate in a webinar on community addiction prevention and control services.
The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 11:00 (Peru time)
