The Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development is a valuable resource that offers a comprehensive registry of scientifically validated and scalable interventions. The programme's mission is to prevent antisocial behaviour and encourage positive youth development while championing evidence-based practices at local and national levels. Through their publications, they emphasise the importance of rigorous scientific standards when evaluating the effectiveness of prevention interventions.

Many programmes implemented in communities often fail to deliver the expected...

The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) launched a new prevention initiative to address the need for competent professionals involved in drug use prevention across Central Asia. The first training aimed at prevention practitioners titled, “UPC 10 – Introduction to the Universal Prevention Curriculum Series for Practitioners”, convened in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 15 – 20 April 2024.

In line with the framework for expanding INL-sponsored DDR capacity enhancement interventions in the region, DAP expanded the "UPC Practitioners Series" and organised a second regional Training of Trainers...

INTRODUCTION:

The European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) are paradigms of the efforts to achieve an international standardised training for drug demand reduction. Both curricula are based on evidence-based knowledge and practice and follow the quality standards established by important international institutions such as the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). In addition to training directly aimed at professionals...

خلفية:

من خلال نشر مناهج الوقاية الشاملة (UPC) ، تسعى خطة كولومبو (CP) إلى تضييق الفجوة بين المعرفة العلمية حول الوقاية الفعالة من تعاطي المخدرات وتطبيقها في هذا المجال. في عام 2020 ، قام الإنتاج الأنظف بتكييف أساليب التدريب هذه للتقديم عبر الإنترنت.

يهدف:

تهدف دراسة التنفيذ هذه إلى تكييف الإرشادات التفصيلية لسلسلة منسقي UPC مع وسيط التعلم عبر الإنترنت والتعلم عن بعد وتطوير دراسة تقييم العملية التي تركز على تنفيذ الدورة التدريبية.

أساليب:

جمعت طريقة الفصل الدراسي المعكوسة 32 جلسة عبر الإنترنت مع مهام غير متصلة بالإنترنت. باستخدام العديد من التطبيقات عبر الإنترنت ، قام فريق...

BACKGROUND

There has been a growing need to improve the knowledge and skills of addiction practitioners worldwide. The development of the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) is one effort to address these needs. This paper is the first to report findings from the implementation of the Core: Introduction to the Universal Prevention Curriculum.

AIMS

The aims of this study were to:

(1) consider the feasibility of implementing UPC in Nigeria;

(2) determine whether the programme was delivered as designed;

(3) determine whether training objectives were met;

(4) highlight...

A seminar and two day training workshop were conducted for Faculty and Senior Students at the Department of Psychology, Bahria University, Islamabad on August 29, 2019.