All Resources for 'Public Health'

Dissemination and Implementation Science: Risk Behavior Among Visitors at Swedish Youth Health Clinics and Organizational Readiness for Alcohol and Drug Prevention

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Pia Kvillemo STAD, Centre for Psychiatry Research

Anna StrandbergSTAD, Centre for...

Development and Testing of Interventions: Comorbidity Is the Rule, Not the Exception: Transdiagnostic Approaches to Increase the Effectiveness of Treatment

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

John Kjøbli Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern...

Application of Research Design and Methods for Optimizing Prevention Science: Multiple Meta-Analytic Strategies to Identify Essential Components of Preventive Interventions

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Frances Gardner University of Oxford

Patty Leijten University of Amsterdam; G.J. Melendez...

Dissemination and Implementation Science: Exploring Program Dissemination and Sustainability in Community-Based Participatory Research

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Ghaffar Hurtado University of Maryland

Javiera Monardez-Popelka University of Minnesota...

Development and Testing of Interventions: Promoting Positive Bystanding Among Adolescent Boys

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Populations
Men
Theories and Science
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Deinera Exner-Cortens University of Calgary 

Debb Hurlock Creative Theory Inc.; Pam Krause ...

Application of Research Design and Methods for Optimizing Prevention Science: The Multiphase Optimisation Strategy (MOST) As an Innovative and Efficient Framework to Optimize Parenting Interventions for Scalability in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.

Jamie Lachman University of Oxford

Frances Gardner University of Oxford; Judy Hutchings Ban...

Global Report on Alcohol Consumption and Health

Format
Book
Themes
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
Public Health
Statistics

The harmful use of alcohol is one of the leading risk factors for population health worldwide and causes more than 5% of the global disease burden. Over 200 health conditions are connected to excessive alcohol use and it has been linked...

The Check Your Cannabis Screener: A New Online Personalized Feedback Tool

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention

Abstract

This brief report describes the development and first year of use of an Internet-based screener for Cannabis users. Two versions of the Check Your Cannabis screener were compared, one linked to an already established harm...

Risk Thresholds for Alcohol Consumption

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Public Health

A new study examines mortality risks related to alcohol use from approximately 600,000 drinkers of differing levels, in 83 prospective studies and across 19 countries.

One important finding from the study is that the initial threshold of...