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Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Profesionalización y fortalecimiento del campo laboral en reducción de la demanda
Coordinado por Livia Edegger, directora adjunta de la International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), los especialistas en este panel hablaron sobre la importancia de crear y robustecer la fuerza laboral en la reducción de la...
New Zealand Announces Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan
New Zealand is making history with the launch of a bold Smokefree Action Plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than 5 percent for all population groups across the country by 2025.
The aim of the new plan is to...
Forward: A guide to support the wellbeing of youth and adults impacted by a parent's drug or alcohol use
"Forward: A Free guide to support the Wellbeing of Youth and Adults who have been Impacted by a Parent's Drug or Alcohol use."
The newly released guide, Forward, is the first of its kind. It is intended to increase a youth's...
School safety plans: Building prevention in schools
From both education and substance use prevention research, we know that students cannot learn if they feel unsafe in their school environment. To bond or connect with the school, the school climate must be: Physically safe, emotionally...
The Science of Skills- Listen First
On Saturday, 20 November to celebrate World Children’s Day, UNODC is launching Listen First: Science of Skills.
The new materials, Science of Skills, feature four animated characters with ‘super skills’ that correlate to social and...
Alcohol Availability, Use, and Harms Among Adolescents in Three Mexican Cities.
Alcohol consumption contributes to 3 million deaths each year globally as well as to the disabilities and poor health of millions of people.
Alcohol use among adolescents can be harmful to neurodevelopment and has been linked to an...
National Trauma and Substance Use: Lessons learned from the Lebanese Crisis
ISSUP Lebanon are pleased to present their Webinar on National Trauma and Substance Use: Lessons learned from the Lebanese Crisis.
ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Session 3 - Prevention: Evidence-based principles - theory and practice
Third Session of the ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual).
ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Session 1 - Setting the scene: A rationale for the conference
First Session of the ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual).
Prevention in the workplace: Reading List
Substance use can affect workers of all ages; therefore, the workplace may play a vital role in preventing substance abuse throughout their careers. In fact, the workplace has a potential role in promoting the prevention and reducing the substance related problems. In addition, it is important that substance use related challenges should be recognized as health issues at work, treated as any other health issue, and covered by health-care organizations.
Work Environment Factors and Prevention of Opioid-Related Deaths
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose deaths (OODs) are prevalent among US workers, but work-related factors have not received adequate attention as either risk factors or opportunities for OOD prevention. Higher prevalence of OOD...
A Kit for Employers: Making your workplace drug free
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has identified many well-researched drug-free workplace programs and published "A Kit for Employers: Making the workplace drug free".
This Employer kit describes the...
Substance Use Disorders Recovery with a Focus on Employment and Education
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has issued Evidence-Based Resources Guide Series. The Guide Series is a comprehensive and modular set of resources intended to support health care providers, health care...
Policy and practice briefings: Workplaces
EMCDDA has published Policy and practice briefings in Workplaces. This policy and practice briefing provides an overview of the key issues, response options, evidence and implications for policy and practice.
It summarises the available...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Ninth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to present the next Bi-Monthly Webinar in their Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on the 'Learning Experience from Claremont University Graduate Course in Media Science for Evidence-Based Drug Use Prevention'.
Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Health approach
The Public Health Agency of Canada developed The Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Approach with a policy paper.
These new resources for preventing substance-related harms...
Drug prevention and healthy development of children: Caring for your child in a crisis situation
Crisis situations, such as security incidents, earthquakes and floods, are on the increase and often leave families very vulnerable. Parents that have lived through crisis situations have reported how concerned they are about their children...
Identifying NGOs working on drug treatment in humanitarian settings
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and specifically the Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) are working on addressing substance use and substance use disorders in humanitarian settings.
In this context...
A series of videos on HIV prevention among people who use stimulant drugs
The UNODC Regional Programme Office for Eastern Europe (Kiev, Ukraine) and Charitable Fund "Humanitarian Action" (Russia) are launching a series of 8 animated videos on the provision of HIV prevention services for people who use stimulants...
Call for Papers- African Journal of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
The African Journal of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (AJADA) invites researchers & scholars to contribute their original articles to a DIAMOND open-access, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal.
Manuscripts are invited for submission in the...
