All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

The Best Way to Ditch Bad Habits: What Science Can Teach Us

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News
Themes
Addiction
Public Health

Changing your lifestyle and making the decision to ditch bad habits can be a challenge for us all.

Researchers from Kings College London and the University of York recommend some simple techniques that have been scientifically proven to...

Prevention of Substance Use

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Book
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family

This volume provides a serious examination of substance use prevention research and practices as components of the continuum from health promotion through to prevention and health care in sub-groups and in the general population.

Extensive...

Monthly Newsletter December - 2019

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News
Themes
Populations
Family

Monthly Newsletter December - 2019

During this month, Drug Free Pakistan Foundation (DFPF) was invited to speak by several organizations and universities on substance use prevention and especially the role of youth in preventing substance...

National, Regional, and Global Burdens of Disease from 2000 to 2016 Attributable to Alcohol Use: A Comparative Risk Assessment Study

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men
Women

Open Access article

Abstract:

Background

Alcohol use has increased globally, with varying trends in different parts of the world. This study investigates gender, age, and geographical differences in the alcohol-attributable burden of...

Lisbon Addictions: Presentations & Posters

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Website
Themes
Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Data

Following their 2019 conference, the Lisbon Addictions team have gathered posters and information about the presentations from the event.

The co-producers have built coherent packages of topical strands, sessions and guided poster tours.

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Commission on Alcohol Harm

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Mental Health

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is supporting a Commission on Alcohol Harm, consisting of a panel of varied experts.

The Commission on Alcohol Harm has been established to examine the current evidence on alcohol harm, recent trends in...

Fentanyl Deaths on the Rise

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News
Themes
Addiction
Policy
Public Health

Deaths caused by the drug fentanyl are on the rise in the UK, a recent report published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) warns.

The report, which included a a literature review of the effects of fentanyl, details of...

Rapid Increase in the Prevalence of Cannabis Use Among People with Depression in the United States, 2005–17: The Role of Differentially Changing Risk Perceptions

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Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Mental Health

Abstract

Aims

To estimate trends in the prevalence of cannabis use and risk perceptions of cannabis use from 2005 to 2017 among United States people with and without depression.

Design

Linear time trends of the prevalence of any, daily...