All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

The Health, Poverty, and Financial Consequences of a Cigarette Price Increase among 500 Million Male Smokers in 13 Middle Income Countries

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Public Health
Policy

Abstract

Objective: To examine the impact of a 50% increase in market prices of cigarettes on health, poverty, and financial protection.

Design: Compartmental model study.

Setting: 13 middle income countries, totalling two billion men.

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Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health

This report presents information on four types of outcomes from the four different data sources:

  1. Opioid prescribing, 2006-2016, from QuintilesIMS Health®
  2. Drug use, misuse, and substance use disorder, 2014-2015, from the National Survey...

Thresholds for Safer Alcohol Use Might Need Lowering

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Public Health

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Guidelines for levels of alcohol use that pose a low risk to drinkers' health are provided by many countries, usually based on meta-analyses of epidemiological studies.1–3 However, to devise such guidelines is challenging because...

Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption: Combined Analysis of Individual-Participant Data for 599,912 Current Drinkers in 83 Prospective Studies

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Public Health

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Background

Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we...

The Alcohol Environment Protocol: A New Tool for Alcohol Policy

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Scientific article
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Policy

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Introduction and Aim

To report data on the implementation of alcohol policies regarding availability and marketing, and drink driving, along with ratings of enforcement from two small high‐income to three high‐middle income...

The International Alcohol Control Study: Methodology and Implementation

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Scientific article
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Policy

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Introduction and Aims

The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Study is a multi‐country collaborative project to assess patterns of alcohol consumption and the impact of alcohol control policy. The aim of this paper is to report...

Current Marijuana Use by Industry and Occupation — Colorado, 2014–2015

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Public Health

Summary

What is already known about this topic?

Eight states, including Colorado, have legalized recreational marijuana use among persons aged ≥21 years. The association between marijuana use and occupational injury is of public health...

The Economic Impact of Changes in Alcohol Consumption in the UK

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Book
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Policy

Executive Summary

The alcohol industry (both manufacturing and sales) is important to the UK Economy as it supports thousands of jobs (IAS, 2017a; Oxford Economics, 2016). However, there are many well documented adverse effects of high...

Work Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Fishermen with a Smoking Habit

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Scientific article
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Mental Health

This study examined pathways of influence between work stress, depressive symptoms, nicotine dependence, expressive suppression, and cognitive reappraisal in fishermen with smoking habits in Qionghai, Hainan province, China (N = 1068)...