health

Highlights from the 2022 UNODC World Drug Report: Implications for drug prevention, treatment and care responses

ISSUP Webinar

7 July 2022

ISSUP presented a webinar on Thursday, July 7, 2022, featuring Giovanna Campello, Chief of the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) presenting highlights from the 2022 edition of...

Highlights from the 2022 UNODC World Drug Report: Implications for drug prevention, treatment and care responses

7 July 2022

Vienna

Austria

ISSUP presented a webinar on Thursday, July 7, 2014, featuring Giovanna Campello, Chief of the Prevention,

Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021

Website

The Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021 was developed to support practitioners and policymakers in tackling the negative consequences of drug use. The guide is composed of four sets of miniguides that look at...

Prevention Plus Wellness Celebrates 10 Years Promoting Healthy Youth Lifestyles with Special BOGO Offer

News

Prevention Plus Wellness is celebrating 10 years of providing practical evidence-based and evidence-informed substance use prevention programs and training to prevention and health specialists that promote youth and young adult physical...

New SPORT & InShape Prevention Plus Wellness Program Brochures

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

22 August 2019

These colorful three-panel two-sided brochures describe the single-session evidence-based SPORT and InShape Prevention Plus Wellness programs for youth and young adults. Free to copy and distribute in your organization or region to inform...

Free Webinar: Prevention Plus Wellness Program Core Knowledge

Video and audio recordings

22 August 2019

Webinar Objectives: 1. Identify the critical need for effectively addressing multiple health risks in youth & young adult substance use programs as in Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) interventions. 2. Describe PPW program components. 3...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Therapy ‘Toolbox’ Helps Rescue Poorly Recovering Patients at London Maintenance Clinic

Scientific article

9 May 2019

Instead of a set programme, a clinic in London tried offering patients prescribed methadone or buprenorphine but still using heroin or cocaine a selection from a suite of well-supported psychological interventions tailored to the patient...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: “Game-Changer” Opiate Addiction Medication Proves Effective in US Trial

Scientific article

12 April 2019

Medication of the type heralded as a possible “game-changer” by one of the UK’s leading addiction treatment clinicians and researchers proved its worth in a US placebo-controlled trial. Buprenorphine injections with effects lasting a month...

The Health, Poverty, and Financial Consequences of a Cigarette Price Increase among 500 Million Male Smokers in 13 Middle Income Countries

Scientific article

11 April 2018

Abstract Objective: To examine the impact of a 50% increase in market prices of cigarettes on health, poverty, and financial protection. Design: Compartmental model study. Setting: 13 middle income countries, totalling two billion men...

11th International Conference on Nightlife, Substance Use and Related Health Issues

15 May 2019

Amsterdam

Netherlands

The 11th International Conference on Nightlife, Substance Use and Related Health Issues will be held in Amsterdam, 15-17 May 2019.

The conference hopes to bring together experts and stakeholders from a wide range of fields to present, meet and exchange experiences, evidence and views on the latest research, policy and practice relating to protecting and promoting health in urban night-time settings.