Agwogie, M. O., & Bryant, N. (2021). Implementing and evaluating the UPC to promote capacity building among drug demand reduction practitioners in Nigeria: Lessons learned and future directions. Adiktologie, 21 (4), 219–228. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2021-004-0003
BACKGROUND
There has been a growing need to improve the knowledge and skills of addiction practitioners worldwide. The development of the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) is one effort to address these needs. This paper is the first to report findings from the implementation of the Core: Introduction to the Universal Prevention Curriculum.
AIMS
The aims of this study were to:
(1) consider the feasibility of implementing UPC in Nigeria;
(2) determine whether the programme was delivered as designed;
(3) determine whether training objectives were met;
Ola, B. A., Olibamoyo, O., Audu, M., Ezenwa, M., Goar, S. G., Auwal, S., Orjiakor, T. C., & Agwogie, M. (2021). Developing curriculum for the training of non-specialist in addiction studies in Nigerian universities: The journey of Nigerian ICUDDR team. Adiktologie, 21 (4), 251–259. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2021-004-0004
BACKGROUND
This article describes the need to develop a workforce to address the public health burden of drug use in Nigeria. Central to workforce development is the development and implementation of a substance use curriculum.
AIMS
The authors present a review of the proposed curriculum for a multi-professional course in addiction currently being developed in four Nigerian universities. It also highlights the opportunities, partnerships formed, and lessons learned in the review process.
METHODS
This case study is based on the results of research that included a desk review of multi...
Knowledge About Drug Abuse (KADA) is an informative book on substance Abuse and drug misuse. It contains basic information and things you need to know about the dangers of Abusing drugs, drug misuse, consequences/effect and prevention/Remedies.
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'.
This week the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the European Prevention Curriculum - a handbook designed for decision, opinion and policy makers in science-based prevention of substance use. The aim of the EUPCinitiative is to implement a standardised prevention training curriculum in Europe and improve the overall effectiveness of prevention.
مهلت ارسال به طور کلی تمدید شد! ارسالی های جدید برای رویداد ما در حال وقوع آنلاین و در فرد در ابوظبی: 11-16 مه, 2022 شده است به 31 اکتبر تمدید! اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد این رویداد و ارسال abstract خود را: issup.net/event2022
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend the next Bi-Monthly Webinar in their Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on 'Standing up to Peer Pressure on Substance Abuse in Schools'.
ICUDDR، INL، ISSUP و NRC در حال همکاری برای میزبانی یک رویداد جهانی در فرد و آنلاین از 11 - 16 مه 2022 در ابوظبی، امارات متحده عربی است. ما از ارسالی های آبستره برای ارائه های فرعی و پوستر در این رویداد استقبال می کنیم. مهلت تمدید شد!
ISSUP Nigeria is pleased to welcome the Federal Cooperative College Kaduna as a student wing member of ISSUP Nigeria National Chapter following their successful inauguration ceremony on Tuesday 17th August 2021. ISSUP Nigeria is even more eager to serve the student body.
The Annual Meeting will be held on March 2-5 2022, and is currently scheduled to take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Center in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The SRNT 2022 Annual Meeting may be a hybrid (part in person, part virtual) or entirely virtual, depending on how things play out in the coming months. A final decision about the meeting format (face-to-face hybrid virtual component vs. entirely virtual) will not be made for some time. In the meantime, attendees should not hesitate to submit for fear of being unable to travel. Rest assured that the meeting, no matter the chosen...
Manu, E., Douglas, M., Ntsaba, M.J. et al. Perspectives of illicit marijuana growers and traders on commercial legalisation of marijuana in South Africa: considerations for policy formulation. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 16, 54 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-021-00391-w
Over the past era, there has been a call for legalizing marijuana cultivation and trading for commercial purposes in South Africa. Advocates of the call argue that the criminalization of commercial marijuana cultivation and trading has failed to stop illicit marijuana cultivation and trading. Nevertheless, the views of those who economically benefit from the illicit marijuana trade on its legalization remain empirically unsolicited.
This study aimed to understand the views of illegal marijuana growers and traders from two selected communities in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa...
گزارش جهانی مواد مخدر 2021 که شامل پنج کتابک جداگانه است، تحلیل عمقی از بازارهای جهانی مواد مخدر ارائه می دهد و تصویر جامعی از اثرات قابل اندازه گیری و تاثیر بالقوه بحران COVID-19 بر مشکل جهانی مواد مخدر را نقاشی می کند.
ISSUP Nigeria will be working with the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria along with key stakeholders to address drug control within the country.
This is a key focus for ISSUP Nigeria which they aim to achieve by working effectively with different stakeholders within the area of drug demand reduction. As such, this collaboration is in line with the goals and objectives of ISSUP Nigeria for the year 2021.
ISSUP نایجریا چهارمین خبرنامه خود را منتشر کرده است! این نسخه دارای گزیده ای از کد حرفه ای اخلاق و استانداردها فصل ISSUP نایجریا، نشست عمومی سالانه / کنفرانس علمی، شعبه ایالتی کدونا از فصل ISSUP نایجریا و تمرکز بر هماهنگ کنندگان دولتی است. این نشریه همچنین شامل نکات برجسته از دوم و سوم ISSUP نایجریا فصل دو ماهانه webinars، یک لیست از فعالیت های در حال انجام توسط اعضا و همچنین رویدادهای آینده، جلسات و کنفرانس های زیر ستون اخبار است. لذت بردن از آن!
