All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Exploring Opioid Overdose Incidence in a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Addiction
Data
Public Health

This seminar provides a preliminary examination of the range of information available on opioid overdose in Australia’s largest and only active cohort study of people who use drugs.

Penny Hill from the Burnet Institute explores a range of...

Systemic Review of Systemic Reviews Finds Numerous and Diverse Harms with Marijuana Use

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men

Researchers attempted to assess the global harms associated with marijuana use and potentially define risky marijuana use in a systematic review of systematic reviews. Forty-four systematic reviews including over 1053 diverse studies were...

COVID-19 Guidance for Opioid Treatment Programs

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Infectious Diseases

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed new guidelines for professionals and organisations delivering substance use treatment in the US.

The guidelines cover.

  • Guidance on pharmacotherapy for...

UTC University Training in Ukraine

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) University training took place in Ukraine from the 10th to the 14th of March, 2020.

The aim of the training was to ensure that the multidisciplinary teams tackling substance use and addiction...

Covid-19: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Website

Format
Website
Themes
Data
Prevention
Public Health

The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving, and outbreak investigations are ongoing. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is closely monitoring this outbreak, providing risk assessments, public health guidance, and...

The Free Peer Recovery Support Webinar Series Starts on Friday, March 27

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Public Health

Peer recovery support services are increasingly becoming an important part of the behavioral healthcare workforce. They not only help people with behavioral health conditions connect to, engage in, and be active participants in treatment...