All Resources for 'Media, Advocacy, and Communications original'

Cultural Adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program in Brazil

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Clarisse Moreira Alo, Marina Pedralho, Juliana Seidl, Mariana Russo Voydeville Damasceno, Viviane de Paula Rocha, Camila de Aquino Morais

Introduction: The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) was originally developed at the University of...

The Role of Health Literacy in Quitting Tobacco in Indonesia

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Men
Partner Organisation

Nicole Johnson, Sri Handayani, John Parrish-Sprowl

Introduction: Within the past few years, Indonesia Ministry of Health and government have begun to push toward more anti-tobacco initiatives by sponsoring mass media campaigns and...

Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Adolescent Binge Drinking & Implications for Interventions

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

Alcohol use, particularly binge drinking (BD), is a major public health concern among adolescents. Recent national data show that the gender gap in alcohol use is lessening, and BD among girls is rising. Considering the increase in BD among...

Psychological Distress, Family Functioning and Use of Psychoactive Substances in Administrative Workers of an Institution of Higher Education in Nicaragua

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Women
Partner Organisation

Alinka Patricia Avendaño Balladares

Introduction: Professionals in the field of mental health and addictions try to identify situations that cause psychoactive substances use in the population, especially the working population, due to...

UK Biobank: An Open Access Population-Based Prospective Study of 500,000 Participants

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Jo Holliday, Thomas Littlejohns, Ligia Adamska, Cathie Sudlow, Nicola Doherty, Naomi Allen

Introduction: UK Biobank was created as an open-access resource for the investigation of the genetic, environmental and lifestyle determinants of a...

Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Measuring Alcohol-Related Harm: Politics and Science

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Format
Book
Themes
Policy
Public Health

At national level alcohol-related harm and especially the net cost of harm versus benefits are slippery concepts. Malleability and policy salience combine to make the estimates contested territory, seen as justifying reduced alcohol taxes...

Correlates of Substance Use in Male Pakistani Adolescents

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Salman Shahzad, Wendy Leigh Kliewer, Muzafar Ali, Nasreen Begum

Substance use is a significant problem in Pakistan, particularly among male adolescents, yet there are few studies of the correlates of use in this population. As a first step...

Predictors of Treatment Response Following Parent Management Training: Child, Context, and Therapy Factors

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Terje Gunnar Ogden, Kristine Amlund Hagen

Parent Management Training- the Oregon model (PMTO) was introduced as a treatment alternative to families in both child welfare services and child psychiatric out-patient clinics in Norway, in 2001...