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The Environmental Impact of Drugs
DFAF's short video highlights the concerns related to environmental destruction due to drug cultivation and production.
Words Matter - Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking About Addiction
Integrating Treatment for Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions
Given the high co-occurrence between alcohol use disorder (AUD) and mental health conditions (MHCs), and the increased morbidity associated with the presence of co-occurring disorders, it is important that co-occurring disorders be...
Alcohol’s Effects on Breast Cancer in Women
Globally, more than 2 million new cases of breast cancer are reported annually. The United States alone has more than 496,000 new cases every year. The worldwide prevalence is approximately 6.8 million cases. Although many risk factors for...
Customized Training Webinar for Creating a Public Health Substance Use Prevention Plus Wellness Plan
Dear Friends,
You are invited to a free 30-minute personalized online training workshop on “Creating a Public Health Substance Use Prevention Plus Wellness Plan.”
This session is designed to help you create a customized plan to...
A Structural Competency Curriculum for Primary Care Providers to Address the Opioid Use Disorder, HIV, and Hepatitis C Syndemic
The interrelated epidemics of opioid use disorder (OUD) and HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have been identified as one of the most pressing syndemics facing the United States today. Research studies and interventions have begun...
Barriers, Facilitators, and Disparities in Retention for Adolescents in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: A Qualitative Study with Treatment Providers
Abstract
Background
Retention in substance use treatment is one of the strongest predictors of improved outcomes among adolescents, making retention an important goal of treatment. We examined treatment providers’ perspectives on barriers...
The Rapidly Changing Composition of the World's Drug Supply and Its Effects on High-Risk for COVID-19
The Rapidly Changing Composition of the World's Drug Supply and Its Effects on High-Risk for COVID-19
Free Online Training in Providing the SPORT (Alcohol & Drug) Prevention Plus Wellness Program
For the first time ever, we’ll be providing a FREE two-hour training workshop on implementing the evidence-based one-session SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program.
The SPORT PPW program is being provided across all 50 US states and...
One-Session Alcohol, Vaping, Marijuana & Opioid Use Prevention: Intro to Prevention Plus Wellness Programs: Free Webinar
Session Objectives:
- Examine alcohol, vaping (e-cigarettes), marijuana & opioid use Prevention Plus Wellness screening & brief interventions
- List differences between typical substance use prevention and Prevention Plus Wellness programs ...
Youth Leadership Training in Providing Prevention Plus Wellness Programs: Free Webinar
Session Objectives:
- List three steps for providing Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) screening and brief interventions.
- Demonstrate how youth can implement the SPORT (alcohol use) PPW program to their peers.
- Review strategies trained...
The Environmental Impact of Drugs
DFAF's short video highlights the concerns related to environmental destruction due to drug cultivation and production.
Physical Activity and Substance Use Disorders and Wellbeing
Listed below are two newly published papers and previously published news articles/blogs addressing the role of exercise, physical activity and sport in managing and preventing substance use disorders and promoting wellbeing.
The first new...
Integrating Wellness into Substance Use Disorder Prevention: Multi-Risk Behavior Interventions: Free Webinar
Session Objectives:
- Explain the need for and benefits of integrating wellness promotion into substance use prevention.
- Describe a marketing-related conceptual model for creating integrated prevention with wellness content, programs and...
Steps for Implementing Youth Alcohol, Vaping & Marijuana Use Prevention Plus Wellness Programs: Free Webinar
Session Objectives:
- Describe steps for implementing youth substance use Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) programs
- Explore PPW program and training options
- List tips for providing screening, feedback and goal setting strategies in PPW...
The CHILD Intervention for Living Drug-Free Comprehensive Assessment of Risk, Resilience, and Experience (CHILD CARRE) Measure: Initial Findings
This paper summarizes the development and evaluation of an assessment instrument for children ages 7–12. The CHILD CARRE measure is a semi-structured interview with 7 domains. Children from the USA and Argentina (N¼134) completed baseline...
