Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
Prevention
Effectiveness of a Program for the Prevention of Psychoactive Substance Consumption in University Students
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of a program for the prevention of substance use among students at a public university in Cartagena, Colombia. Methodology: Quasi-experimental design, without a control group. The sample consisted of...
THE NATIONAL SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION WEEK IN KENYA
NACADA together with its partners SAPTA, Blue Cross Kenya, SCAD, Marantha Restoration Homes, Project 1:11, Carlton Hall Consulting, African Institute for Children Studies, Shamiri Institute and Slum Child Foundation held the first ever...
Kenya Hosts Inaugural National Substance Use Prevention Summit 2024
In a world where substance use continues to pose a significant threat to health and well-being, Kenya is taking a bold stand. Kenya hosted the first National Prevention Week 2024 culminating in the National Substance Use Prevention Summit...
Enhancing Community Health
Preventive Education and Training Division of National Dangerous Drugs Control Board has conducted a one day training program for Health officers to enhance the community health and wellbeing. This program conducted on 14th of February 2024...
15th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting
On behalf of the Scientific and Local Organising Committees, we are delighted to announce that the 15th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will be held in Cremona, Italy from 11th to 13th September 2024. Workshops and project meetings are scheduled for the pre-conference day, 10th September.
Interventions in Substance Use Disorders (SUD): A View from Psychology and Neuroscience
ISSUP presents its webinar on Interventions in Substance Use Disorders (SUD) with experts from Uruguay: A view from Psychology and Neuroscience.
Interventions in Substance Use Disorders (SUD): A View from Psychology and Neuroscience
ISSUP cordially invites you to a webinar on Interventions in Substance Use Disorders (SUD): A View from Psychology and Neuroscience
Assembly Prevention: Mobilizing School
Time: 7AM Eastern Time
Sharing the impact of assembly school-based prevention in Mexico and the USA, and how to effectively utilize the tools and increase engagement.
Presenter:
Mr. Rocky Herron,
Alcohol and Other Drug Ambassador for the San Diego County Office of Education
The public mental health revolution must privilege lived experience voices and create alliances with affected communities
In a new editorial in World Psychiatry, Prof. Helen L. Fisher discusses how public health must recognise the influence of social circumstances and experiences and calls for lived experience to be at the centre of this revolution. Fisher...
Handbook on Youth Participation in Drug Prevention Work
The goal of the present handbook is to offer encouragement, examples, rationales and concrete advice on how to increase youth participation in substance use prevention, harnessing the insights of young people on the most important target...