Foreword

Education has transformative power. It is broadly recognized that education plays a pivotal role in shaping the values of future generations and creating inclusive, peaceful, just and sustainable societies. To ensure that the next generation is ready to become proactive agents of change, the international community, governments and societies must invest in quality education.

Contemporary challenges to the rule of law are of concern for many societies across the world. These challenges take different forms from one society to another – from the decline of public trust in institutions...

Our partner Colombo Plan is conducting a study about knowledge and critical skills to implement evidence-based drug prevention strategies in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.

Colombo Plan is looking for individuals working in the drug prevention field that would be willing to answer a brief online survey about their knowledge of evidence-based prevention strategies.

If you’re interested in participating, please sign up here:
https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/DAPstudy 

The Society for Prevention Research is gathering research for a forthcoming special issue of the journal Prevention Science.

The title of the special edition is “Transparency, Openness, and Reproducibility: Implications for the Field of Prevention Science”.

There are ongoing concerns about research waste, scientific misconduct, and lack of replication. To safeguard the credibility of the scientific enterprise, researchers and other interested stakeholders have begun to list, develop, and implement transparent, open, and reproducible workflows.

This special issue, Transparency, Openness, and...

The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) welcome you to submit an “emerging, hot topic” abstract for an individual poster presentation, an organized paper symposium or a roundtable discussion/scientific dialogue at the SPR 2020 Annual Meeting.

Consider submitting if your research, methodology, policy work, or new data represent an emerging, hot topic issue, and especially if it relates to the overall conference theme of “Why Context Matters: Towards a Place-Based Prevention Science.” The category will focus on capturing abstracts with ground-breaking and unique data that would not otherwise...

Join together with drug prevention professionals from across the U.S. at our 8th Annual Drug Prevention Summit on February 17th and 18th, in Tampa, Florida. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to hear from many influential leaders, including U.S. Surgeon General, VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H and Harvard Medical School Professor, Bertha K. Madras, Ph.D. To register and learn more about the summit, visit this link: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07egiquch19a188507&llr=jqecsquab

This volume provides a serious examination of substance use prevention research and practices as components of the continuum from health promotion through to prevention and health care in sub-groups and in the general population.

Extensive background chapters provide portals into the evolution of the field and the cutting edge research being conducted on the aetiology, epidemiology, and genetics of substance use and abuse.

The global nature and health burden of substance use and abuse incorporate assessments of the serious problems related to the prevention of legal substance use (i.e...