All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases Public Dashboard

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Website
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Data

Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) offers this public dashboard of worldwide confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths aggregating WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC and DXY data in real time.

This source is unique...

Codependency on Drug Abusers' Mothers

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

Desirée Molina, A. Villalobos. José Félix Ribas Foundation, Venezuela

Codependency has been described as a significant health risk behavior, particularly for women, because codependent women are often involved in abusive and harmful...

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...

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...

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Drawing on qualitative analysis of selected historical documents, the paper seeks to provide a definition of the general characteristics of the first institutional alcohol treatment facilities in today's Czech Republic...

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...

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...