All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Drug and Alcohol Findings Focus on Women

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Women

Drug and Alcohol Findings bridges the divide between research on the effectiveness of responses to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions.

The Drug and Alcohol Finding Focus on Women aims to explore...

Association of Cannabis Retailer Proximity and Density With Cannabis Use Among Pregnant Women in Northern California After Legalization of Cannabis for Recreational Use

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Scientific article
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Women

This cross-sectional study found that, after the state-level legalization of cannabis for recreational use in California, greater retail availability was associated with higher odds of cannabis use among pregnant women; these results were...

Office-Based Addiction Treatment Retention and Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness

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Scientific article
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Men
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Importance  People experiencing homelessness have been disproportionately affected by the opioid overdose crisis. To mitigate morbidity and mortality, several office-based addiction treatment (OBAT) programs designed for this...

Recovery Community Centers: Characteristics of New Attendees and Longitudinal Investigation of the Predictors and Effects of Participation

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Recovery Support
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Men
Women

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Recovery community centers (RCCs) have expanded across the U.S., serving as social “recovery hubs” that increase recovery capital (e.g., employment, housing) by providing resources that clinical care does not provide...

Criminal Justice Therapy: Melding Care with Control. Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell D5

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Family
Theories and Science
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

CRIMINAL JUSTICE THERAPY: MELDING CARE WITH CONTROL

In theory the great advantage of treatment ordered by the criminal justice system is that it can ‘hold’ patients in treatment and get them to comply with the programme sufficiently to...

Effect of Cigarette Constituent Messages With Engagement Text on Intention to Quit Smoking Among Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Women

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Importance: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is required to communicate the risks of tobacco constituents to the public. Few studies have addressed how FDA media campaigns can effectively communicate about cigarette smoke...

Webinar | Preventing and Treating Substance Use Disorders: A Focus on Females Across the Life Course

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
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Family
Women
As part of International Women's Day 2021, ISSUP Lebanon are pleased to have presented their Webinar with Dr. Hendrée Jones on the topic of treatment and prevention of substance use disorders among females across the life span.

The Demand for Alcohol in South Africa during the National Lockdown

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The Demand for Alcohol in South Africa

The sale, dispensing and distribution of liquor was prohibited in the nationwide lockdown on levels 5 and 4 (DMA, 2002; Amendment Regulations 2020:22). The alcohol ban that was imposed during these...