All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

The Effects of Cannabis among Adults with Chronic Pain and an Overview of General Harms

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

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Background: Cannabis is increasingly available for the treatment of chronic pain, yet its efficacy remains uncertain.

Purpose: To review the benefits of plant-based cannabis preparations for treating chronic pain in adults and...

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention: A Potential Role in Cancer Prevention for Young Adults

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Public Health

Excessive or risky alcohol use is a preventable cause of significant morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and worldwide. Alcohol use is a common preventable cancer risk factor among young adults; it is associated with increased risk of...

EMCDDA Insights: Prevention of Substance Abuse

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health

Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is a report that draws on evidence-based research to assess substance use prevention interventions, in terms of their ability to...

Online Drinking Interventions Shown to be Effective for Armed Service Personnel

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Populations
Men
Public Health
Policy

Almost two thirds of men in the UK Armed Forces are considered to drink harmful amounts of alcohol.

This is compared with around one third of the average population.

According to a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Army...

WHO's 2017 Global Tobacco Epidemic Report

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Book
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Addiction
Prevention
Public Health

The latest report on the global tobacco epidemic from the World Health Organization (WHO) is now available to download.

Among its key findings is that around 4.7 billion people (63% of the world’s population) are now covered by at least...

Heavy Drinking and the Adolescent Brain

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Scientific article
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Public Health

During adolescence, the brain is still maturing. This includes not only biological, but also psychosocial behavioural development.

So, what are the effects of heavy drinking on the adolescent brain?

This question is the focus of a...

Equipping Community Pharmacy Workers as Agents for Health Behaviour Change

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Theories and Science

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Objective: To develop a complex intervention for community pharmacy staff to promote uptake of smoking cessation services and to increase quit rates.

Design: Following the Medical Research Council framework, we used a mixed...

Tobacco Cessation Guidelines for High Risk Populations

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

The book “Tobacco Cessation Guidelines for High Risk Populations” is the main result of the TOB.g partnership, coordinated by the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention and consisted of four partners and specifically ENSP, CMT...

Preventing Drug-Related Deaths

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Book
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Addiction
Public Health

Drug-related deaths are rising and are a major concern to councils and our health partners. Deaths have increased sharply over the past five years and are now at their highest levels since records began.

Any death related to the misuse of...