All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

A Sip as a Kid, Alcohol Problems as an Adult?

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News
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Public Health
Statistics

Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries.

Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...

Alcohol Switches the Brain into 'Starvation Mode'

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News
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Public Health

Alcohol has a very high calorie content. Experts, therefore, have long been confused as to why people often eat more after having consumed alcoholic drinks. New scientific tests show spikes in electrical activity in the brains of mice when...

Healthier Alternatives and Natural Highs: The Success of the Icelandic Model

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy
Over the past two decades, Iceland has seen teenage smoking, drinking and drug use dramatically decrease. This is partly because of state-funded initiatives which look to promote healthier alternatives, or ‘natural highs’, such as sport, family-orientated activities and cultural provisions.

The Multiple Health Effects of Marijuana Use

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Prevention
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health

In its first report for almost 20 years, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), has found the use of marijuana seems to be particularly connected to:

  • Breathing problems
  • Mental health issues such as psychosis, social anxiety and...

The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy

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Book
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Addiction
Policy
Public Health

A series of reports in a supplement to the scientific journal Addiction presents the latest evidence on alcohol marketing and its impact on children. Key findings from the collection of peer-reviewed manuscripts include:

  • Exposure to...

Australian Smoking Habits

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Book
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Addiction
Public Health

Smoking is a serious health issue worldwide. Prevalence, however, has steadily declined across Australia over the last several decades thanks to a number of successful public health campaigns. The number of smokers in the country is now...