All Resources for 'Public Health'

Prevention of Substance Use Based on Evidence and Cultural Adaptation

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Video and audio recordings
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Prevention

This presentation gives a brief summary of the meaning of evidence-based prevention, what interventions consist of, and the scope they may have. The webinar includes a review of the learnings and outcomes that both prevention practice and...

Coronavirus or Smoking - Who kills more?

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Infectious Diseases

Smoking and Coronavirus: a fatal combination

Smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death not only in the United States but also in Brazil. The current mortality perspective from cigarette use in developed and developing...

Tobacco Use After a Cancer Diagnosis Podcast

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Website
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

Tobacco use worsens the prognosis of cancer patients and can also reduce the efficacy of cancer therapy. Despite these concerns, tobacco use is often not adequately recorded in patient records or measured in cancer treatment trials or...

Primary Prevention in a Post-Covid World

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention

Webinar recording: Pall Rikhardsson, Service Development Manager, ICSRA; Emmet Major, Community Liaison, Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force, Ireland; Samantha Menezes: Program Quality and Practice Lead - Local Drug Action Team...

Access to Drug Treatment Services in Nigeria: The Challenge of Addiction Workforce

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Partner Organisation

Presentation by Drs. Chia Francis and Mashika Esther

This webinar will illuminate the level of drug use in Nigeria, efforts made so far to address access to drug abuse treatment services in Nigeria, and details of a study regarding access...

GISA to Commence Online UPC Training in Nigeria

Format
News
Themes
Prevention

Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) will on July 20th, 2020 commence online dissemination of the Universal Prevention Curriculum for substance use disorders in Nigeria.

More!

https://gisainitiative.org

Investing in Prevention: Standards and Innovation in Economic Evaluation

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Prevention

In this presentation, Dr. Crowley discusses key standards for economic evaluation as identified by a number of convergent efforts.

In particular, the video discusses important role of administrative records for mapping the costs and...