BACKGROUND:

Leisure can be a context that can promote positive adolescent development, but it can also be a context that contributes to adolescents engaging in risk behaviours.

AIMS:

The aim of this study is to determine the extent to which sociodemographic characteristics, the frequency of adolescent participation in structured leisure activities (SLA), and the type of SLA contribute to adolescent alcohol use and to examine the moderating effects of gender, age, and type of SLA on the relationship between the frequency of adolescent participation in SLA and adolescent alcohol use.

METHODS

Celebrado originalmente el 6 de septiembre de 2022, este seminario web se centra en las preguntas de los nuevos investigadores y de los investigadores internacionales que buscan ampliar su trabajo.

Se discute el financiamiento, la publicación, la formulación de políticas y la promoción.

INTRODUCTION:

The European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) are paradigms of the efforts to achieve an international standardised training for drug demand reduction. Both curricula are based on evidence-based knowledge and practice and follow the quality standards established by important international institutions such as the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). In addition to training directly aimed at professionals, it...

BACKGROUND:

During the last ten years, Georgia made several important accomplishments in responding to the country’s drug problem. Specifically, in 2011, an interagency national drug coordinating body was established within the Ministry of Justice; in 2015, the multidisciplinary Addiction Studies MA Program was initiated within Ilia State University; and in 2019, the National Drug Observatory (NDO) was founded.

AIM:

This article reviews these accomplishments within the context of the national drug situation with a special focus on addictology education, following up on two 2011 articles...

INTRODUCTION:

Access to drug treatment services in Nigeria remains low due to a severe shortage in the drug treatment workforce. Plans are underway to address the workforce shortage by introducing drug addiction training programs in Nigerian universities. This paper offers a brief overview of the required conditions for creating accredited degree programs in Nigerian universities, challenges universities face in introducing drug addiction programs, and current opportunities for such programs. The findings of this study serve as a guide to pursuing the accreditation of an addiction studies...

Fondo

El consumo de sustancias entre los jóvenes (de 12 a 24 años) es problemático dado el creciente riesgo de daños asociados. Más aún, los servicios de consumo de sustancias están en gran medida infrautilizados entre los jóvenes, ya que la mayoría solo accede a apoyo cuando está en crisis. Pocos estudios han explorado los comportamientos de búsqueda de ayuda de los jóvenes para abordar los problemas de consumo de sustancias. Para abordar esta brecha, este estudio exploró cómo los jóvenes perciben y experimentan los servicios de consumo de sustancias en Columbia Británica (BC), Canadá.

Méto

Brief Description:

The Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES-CICAD) is seeking expressions of interest from experts in the field of alternatives to incarceration and social integration to be trained as Master Trainers for the delivery of the Case Care Management curriculum internationally. Upon successful completion of the Training of Trainers, these Master Trainers will be included on the Case Care Management roster of trainers and can be contacted to deliver the training when scheduled. If interested, please submit your resume and relevant information...

BACKGROUND

A broad range of professionals, training opportunities, and regional differences exist in the addiction study field worldwide. This educational variety poses a challenge in proposing a precise classification of study programs at the higher education and university levels to meet the criteria of quality control-based treatment for those in need.

AIM

This study aimed to reflect the broad spectrum of professionals integrated into the addiction field and propose a matrix of training and study programs at the higher education and university levels, organising their characteristics and...

FONDO

El Máster Multidisciplinar en Drogodependencias (TDM) de la Universidad de Barcelona, de dos años de duración, se creó en 1986, después de algunos años de ofrecer seminarios más cortos. Fue una respuesta a la crisis de la heroína de los años 80 y 90 y a los problemas de alcohol y tabaco de larga data en España. Para hacer frente a la situación se requerían profesionales especializados, y no existía un plan de estudios específico para drogodependencias. Por lo que sabemos, el MDD es el programa más antiguo de este tipo en Europa.

OBJETIVOS

Describir brevemente la conceptualización y...