All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Adolescents, Crime and Alcohol Consumption

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Book
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Prevention
Public Health
Statistics

Alcohol in the system was a year-long project that investigated the link between drinking and youth offending.

Listed below are the project's key findings:

  • Drink culture is rife in the UK. Access to alcohol information and support for...

Mental Health and Substance Use: Prevention Guidelines for the Classroom

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health

Mentor ADEPIS has recently released a detailed publication that aims to provide those working within the school setting with practical guidelines for helping to prevent children and young people from developing mental health issues as a...

Dying for an E-Cigarette?

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Public Health
Statistics

The use of e-cigarettes has increased dramatically in recent years. New research suggests that besides acting as a gateway to tobacco smoking, ‘vaping’ can also potentially damage your health in other ways. A study undertaken at the Keck...

Teenage Binge Drinking and Future Offspring’s Brain Development

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Scientific article
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Mental Health
Public Health

Frequent binge drinking during your teenage years can affect the brain functioning and development of your future offspring, according to new research published by Loyola University. Indeed, the study suggests that excessive alcohol...

Flavoured E-Cigarettes - A Gateway to Conventional Smoking?

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Scientific article
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Public Health
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Flavoured e-cigarettes have become quite popular among teenagers. There are more than 460 brands and 7,700 flavours on the market in the US. The number of young adults using e-cigarettes has almost quadrupled over the past three years. But...

Smoking and DNA Changes

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News
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Addiction
Prevention
Public Health

Analyses have found a direct link between the number of cigarettes smoked during one's lifetime and the number of mutations in tumour DNA. Commenting on these findings, Prof. Sir Mike Stratton from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute notes...

Specialised Drug Education Programmes Are Growing in Popularity

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Specialised programmes that look to educate and prepare a new professional workforce have increased in number