All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Coronavirus COVID-19 Information Summary

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Website
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Data

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers this situational summary and latest updates page for Coronavirus COVID-19.

The page includes information regarding:

  • How coronvirus is spread
  • Symptoms
  • Prevention and...

Updates and Resources on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Website
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Data
Public Health

Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, the American Hospital Association has worked closely with the CDC, and other federal, state and local partners to respond to this challenge and to make sure hospitals and health systems have the most up-to...

Increased Alcohol Advertisement Regulation in Kenya

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News
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Policy
Prevention
Public Health

One of the key recommendations to reduce alcohol related harm is for countries to introduce policies that regulate how companies advertise their alcohol products. 

This measure, along with adjustments in alcohol taxation, is a measure that...

First Alcohol Treatment Institutions in Today's Czech Republic and Slovak Republic

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Theories and Science
Data

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Objective:

Drawing on qualitative analysis of selected historical documents, the paper seeks to provide a definition of the general characteristics of the first institutional alcohol treatment facilities in today's Czech Republic...

Associations of Psychosocial Factors with Multiple Health Behaviors: A Population-Based Study of Middle-Aged Men and Women

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women

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Background: The health behaviors smoking, risky alcohol consumption, insufficient physical activity, and poor diet constitute the main contributors to non-communicable diseases. Clustering of risk behaviors is common and...

Providing Youth Substance Use Prevention During an Epidemic: Free Webinar

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Video and audio recordings
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Prevention

Webinar Objectives:

  1. Explore the protocol and options to provide single-session Prevention Plus Wellness programs online.
  2. Review the protocol and options to provide Prevention Plus Wellness programs by telephone.
  3. Examine the protocol...

Providing Prevention Plus Wellness Programs During an Epidemic

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Book
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Prevention

The following is a list of protocols for providing the unique single-session evidence-based Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) programs via distance-learning in the event of an epidemic such as the novel coronavirus, poor weather conditions...

Association of Alcohol Screening Scores With Adverse Mental Health Conditions and Substance Use Among US Adults

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Scientific article
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Men

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Importance: Alcohol screening may be associated with health outcomes that cluster with alcohol use (ie, alcohol-clustering conditions), including depression, anxiety, and use of tobacco, marijuana, and illicit drugs.

Objective: T...

WEBINAR: Cary Hopkins Eyles on Authentic Self-Care for Addiction Professionals

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

This webinar focuses on the issue of self-care for addiction professionals and was delivered by ICUDDR Deputy Director Cary Hopkins Eyles.

Many of us are drawn to work in the field of substance use disorders due to our history, family, and...