Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
Best Practices across the Continuum of Care for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
It is vital that the treatment for individuals living with Opioid Use Disorder is of high quality and evidence-informed. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction has launched a new report, Best Practices across the Continuum of...
HIV Prevention Intervention for Substance Users: A Review of the Literature
Abstract Background Behavioral Interventions are needed to prevent HIV in substance users, which is associated with higher risk for contracting HIV via unprotected sexual intercourse or syringe-based exposure. We reviewed universal HIV...
Cobertura jornalística sobre drogas: distorções e potencialidades na prevenção
Capítulo 11 do Livro: Ações integradas sobre drogas: prevenção, abordagens e políticas públicas. Ed. UFJF, 2013. The content discussed highlights the influence of the media in the process of health promotion related to alcohol and other...
Alcohol Policy Scoring
Assessing the level of implementation of the WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol in the Region of the Americas. Abstract [FOREWORD]. Monitoring progress is a key component whenever planning and committing to implement...
Improving Care to Prevent Suicide among People with Serious Mental Illness
On September 11–12, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in Washington, DC, to discuss what is known, what is currently being done, and what needs to be done to identify and reduce suicide risk...
Keynote Presentations: 9th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting
The Ninth EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting took place October 24th – 26th 2018, Lisbon, Portugal. The focus of the event was Prevention Technologies – Improving the Use of Evidence in Prevention Practice. Academics, researchers, policy...
Rights, Respect and Recovery: Scotland's Alcohol and Drug Treatment Strategy
The Scottish Government has released the new Alcohol and Drugs Strategy, which aims to improve health by preventing and reducing alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths. There were a record 934 drugs-related deaths in Scotland in 2017...
Fact Sheet: Alcohol and Cancer
Drinking alcohol is a risk factor contributing to seven types of cancer. The more alcohol you drink, the greater the risk of developing cancer. This fact sheet, developed by Alcohol Change UK, explains how high these risks are, which types...
