All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

UNODC Ensuring Continuum of Care for People Who Use and Inject Drugs, Including Those in Prisons During COVID-19 in Coastal Kenya

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA) supports Kenyan counties in COVID-19 prevention efforts for key and most vulnerable populations. In the spirit of leaving no one behind...

Barriers, Facilitators, and Disparities in Retention for Adolescents in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: A Qualitative Study with Treatment Providers

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

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Background

Retention in substance use treatment is one of the strongest predictors of improved outcomes among adolescents, making retention an important goal of treatment. We examined treatment providers’ perspectives on barriers...

Better Knowledge for Better Care: Changing Substance Use Treatment and Prevention Narratives in Nigeria

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

                                 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

                                                        Better Knowledge for Better Care

                        Changing Substance Use...

22nd National Week of Drug Policy - June 22-26

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

With the theme "United for Life", event will discuss actions on prevention and combating drugs in the country

The 22nd National Week of Drug Policies will be held by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, in partnership with the...

Treatnet Family Therapy Feasibility Study in Vietnam

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Following the successful feasibility study in Indonesia on family therapy for youths with drug use disorders, Vietnam is the second country that rolls out a similar study as a way to offer more evidence-based, effective treatment...

Life Skills and the prevention of psychoactive substance use

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News
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Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family

According to Botvin (2004) and Sloboda (2004), there is empirical evidence that prevention programs, such as Life Skills, based on knowledge, identification of risk factors and development of psychosocial skills related to drugs are more...

Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period: May 2020

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Book
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Public Health

The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in alcohol consumption since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We show that the frequency of alcohol consumption during COVID-19 is slightly higher for males than it was 2-3 years previously...

Webinar: ISSUP South Africa – Cannabis and the Youth in South Africa

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
ISSUP Global and ISSUP South Africa brought Siphokazi Dada, to present on the subject of Cannabis Use amongst South African use. The trends, the policy changes and data on the impact of the decriminalisation to review the changes in demand and cannabis related problems.

Life Skills as a Form of Prevention

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News
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Populations
Family

Adolescence is one of the most important periods of people's lives. This phase of human development, in which the child becomes an adult, delimits the potential for psychological growth of the individual. Depending on how one structures...