As part of our ongoing efforts to achieve significant drug demand reduction in Liberia, we are implementing evidence-based prevention intervention programs. A critical step in this process involves training and involving prevention professionals to effectively address substance use issues in our communities.

The Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) ECHO-Training began on November 4, 2024, and the first phase will conclude on November 16, 2024. My sincere appreciation goes to the Ministry of Health, particularly the Mental Health Unit, for their efforts in recruiting participants and...

Durate la formación como profesionales de la Salud, se estudia desde la neurobiología de las adicciones, esto con el fin de comprender como cada sustancia adictiva tiene efectos en un individio a nivel cerebral, y esto a su vez se ve afectado en los comportamientos y en la cognición. Se debe comprender desde lo neurobiologico, porque cada sustancia actua de manera muy distinta, y podemos darnos cuenta desde dónde podemos abordar una intervención, y en este caso reflexionar y proponer medidas de prevención en general con todas las sustancias, y por cada sustancia en especifico. Propocionar...

Man is not bad. Drugs are bad
If they give up drugs, they are very successful and very good people
You have to have will power to quit drugs
You will speak for yourself as I can do it 
Life is beautiful without a drugs 
You like the little things
How can you remove stigma
You don't have to tell anyone that I quit drugs 
You have to show your actions 
From your behavior, from your thinking, from your emotions, from your walking, from your getting up, from your sitting
you can do it
You are very lucky to have quit drugs
You have courage, a lot of passion, a lot of enthusiasm, but you should take...

Strong your RPT AND LIFE SKILLS AND COPPING SKILL EMOTIONALLY STRONG you are great people recovery is possible yes you can 💯

Podemos ver que es muy importante la participacion del maestro en la prevencion de las adicciones en los jovenes, especial mente en los estudiantes, ya que al tenerlos a varios se puede conversar con ellos ,establecer  espectativas claras y practicar el rechazo , hablar de las consecuencias del consumo .

Tratar de que tengan un pensamiento critico y asi evitar el consumo.

The “Map” aims to contain the resources and training that can be accessed or which are provided by international/regional organisations in the substance use prevention field - not sure if I made that clear in my last post.

Jeff

Readers

I am trying to build a “Prevention Map” that identifies resources and training provision in the field of substance use prevention that can be accessed by or available through international/regional reputable organisations. I would be grateful for your advice, comments, suggestions. I want the “Map” to be a user friendly guide to different aspects of prevention in different settings and for different levels/abilities/professional level of users.

Please send information or links to me jeff.lee@issup.net or enter on this network.

Your help is much appreciated.

Jeff

Excelente programa de prevención en adicciones,en nuestra población más burnerable que son los niños y adolescentes. Este equipo presenta una manera más artística de implementar nuevos conocimientos de prevención. A una población de generación z , atraves de videos,series .

Esperemos que explora H,este programa puede llegar a todas las poblaciones,para orientar y prevenir que está población sea libre de sustancias. Les brinda a los niños y adolescentes un mensaje atraves del modelamiento positivo. 

Programa como este hay que implementar en las escuelas,colegios .

Fuente: http://www.uade.inpsiquiatria.edu.mx/explora.html

El programa de prevención Explora H, busca fortalecer habilidades sociales, emocionales y de crianza en niños y encargados de crianza, para evitar el consumo de sustancias adictivas y otros problemas de salud mental.

Explora H cuenta con diferentes materiales enfocados en regulación de emociones, comunicación, autoestima, supervisión y disciplina, aliento parental y solución de problemas.

Los contenidos se encuentran organizados en varias secciones, por lo cual es importante que el responsable de prevención o el profesor...

The following text on the use of "shock tactics" as an approach to prevention was provided by EUSPR. I welcome your comments. I will add mine tomorrow! 

 

Prevention methods using shock tactics are proven to be ineffective. Nevertheless, strategies based on predominantly providing information about the dangers of substance use are  widespread in Europe. The European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) is concerned about those so-called prevention strategies. It calls on decisionmakers, influencers and policymakers to use scientific proof of effectiveness as a criterion for exposing...

These colorful three-panel two-sided brochures describe the single-session evidence-based SPORT and InShape Prevention Plus Wellness programs for youth and young adults.

Free to copy and distribute in your organization or region to inform others and promote your substance abuse prevention efforts.

Learn more about these two unique screening and brief interventions proven to prevent substance use and promote protective wellness behaviors.

SPORT PPW brochure: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1117/8352/files/SPORT_PPW_Brochure_8.21.19.pdf?960

InShape PPW brochure: https://cdn...

Welcome to the first post of the new series by UNODC on evidence-based prevention strategies! Thank you for being here with us to hear about the strategies that have been found to be effective in preventing drug use, substance abuse and other risky behaviours in the UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention.

When they hear ‘drug prevention’, most people think about campaigns raising awareness about the dangers of drugs and would find it very difficult to even think about targeting a strategy to children, let alone infants!

However, think about what we know from the...

Are you subscribed to receive emails about these webinars on research methods in prevention science? If not, check it out. I have found them to be interesting and if you can't watch them live because of time zone or schedule issues, they are recorded and you can watch them later:

https://www.prevention.nih.gov/education-training/methods-mind-gap?utm_source=ODPEblast&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MindTheGap&utm_content=Klasnja

MOST addresses some of the primary issues in developing interventions that will actually be used in practice. Watch this NIDA video recording of a webinar last week.

https://prevention.nih.gov/education-training/methods-mind-gap/optimization-prevention-interventions-using-most-state-science-and-future-directions