All Resources for 'Public Health'

Drug Misuse and Hepatitis C Virus Infection Profiles for Three Generations of Patients Being Monitored for Prescription Drug Adherence

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health

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Objectives: Two epidemics in the United States are related: opioid drug injection and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This study quantifies the relationship between illicit/prescription drug misuse and HCV infection in 3...

Substance Use and the Maldives

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

There are decades’ worth of evidence from around the world to guide us; we need to follow it. Given the importance of the issue, I say let’s do all interventions that have shown promising results. But what does this mean for drug use in...

Media Guide for Journalists

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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Partner Organisation

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new guide for journalists in the field of drug abuse and treatment. The purpose of this guide is to provide journalists with fast and user-friendly access to the latest scientific...

College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives

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Video and audio recordings
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Public Health
Partner Organisation

A recent video produced by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration highlights the harmful consequences of underage and excessive alcohol consumption, and provides evidence-based strategies that can be used in a university...

Opioid Treatment Resources

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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health
Partner Organisation

Emergency departments are often the first point of contact for individuals who have overdosed or suffering from the effects of opioids. Despite the vital role practitioners within this service provide, there has been, up until now, little...

Teaching Teens about Drugs

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Prevention
Public Health
Partner Organisation

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has released a series of lesson plans and suggested activities that can be used within the classroom with teenagers. The aims of the lesson plans are to educate young people, in an engaging and fun way...

Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Dementia

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Public Health

It is believed that the number of people living with dementia will triple by 2050. There is yet no cure for the disease therefore prevention is key. There are several modifiable lifestyle risk factors that are thought to be associated with...

Top 5 Studies to Read about Drug Education

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Scientific article
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Prevention
School-Based
Public Health

Drug and Alcohol Findings have announced the top five studies in the field of drug education. 

The five studies describe drug prevention curriculum and techniques that have been tried and tested, with varying degrees of success, in Western...

Native American Teens at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse

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Scientific article
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Data
Prevention
Public Health

A recent study has found that Native American adolescents are at greater risk of alcohol and drug abuse than other American teens.

Survey results were collected from 1,700 Native American students at 31 schools across the United States and...