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Edie

EMCDDA Webinar: Teens and substance use — what can parents do?

Shared by Edie - 3 May 2023
Event Date
8 May 2023
Location:
Online

Objective: To help adults manage risks relating to adolescent substance use in line with evidence-based prevention principles.

Background: Smoking and drinking among 15–16-year-old school students are showing signs of decline, but there...

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James Harvey

Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit

Shared by James Harvey (ISSUP staff) - 27 April 2023
Rome Consensus 2.0 humanitarian drug policy harm reduction
Event Date
2 May 2023
Location:
Rome
Italy
Join the upcoming Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit taking place from 2-5 May, 2023. The Summit is a unique opportunity to gather and engage in discussions with leading experts, professionals, activists, and Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders in a participatory meeting designed based on participants' national and international experiences.
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Olivia Woodrow

Parenting interventions in the context of prevention: New guidelines and a call for action

Shared by Olivia Woodrow - 26 April 2023
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Event Date
18 May 2023
Location:
Beirut
Lebanon
ISSUP Lebanon would like to invite you to their upcoming Webinar on Parenting interventions in the context of prevention. 
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Edie

Normalisation of Prevention Principles and Practices to Reduce Substance Use Disorders Through an Integrated Dissemination and Implementation Framework

Shared by Edie - 18 April 2023
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Sloboda, Z., Johnson, K.A., Fishbein, D.H. et al. Normalization of Prevention Principles and Practices to Reduce Substance Use Disorders Through an Integrated Dissemination and Implementation Framework. Prev Sci (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01532-2

Major research breakthroughs over the past 30 years in the field of substance use prevention have served to:

(1) enhance understanding of pharmacological effects on the nervous systems and the health and social consequences of the use of psychoactive substances, particularly for children and adolescents;

(2) delineate the processes that increase vulnerability to or protect from initiation of substance use and progression to substance use disorders (SUDs) and, based on this understanding,

(3) develop effective strategies and practices to prevent the initiation and escalation of substance use...

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Edie

The Annual Planet Youth Conference 2023: Creating a better future for youth

Shared by Edie - 13 April 2023
Event Date
3 May 2023
Location:
Rome
Italy

The Annual Planet Youth Conference 2023: Creating a better future for youth, will take place in the beautiful city of Rome, Italy May 3-4 2023.

The Icelandic model is an evidence-based prevention method developed for the last 20 years in...

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Edie

Helping Youth Live an Active, Healthy & Drug-Free Lifestyle: Free Webinar

Shared by Edie - 8 April 2023
Event Date
13 April 2023
Location:
St. Augustine/Florida
United States

Session Objectives:

  1. Identify the physical and mental health risks associated with youth substance use.
  2. Explore the physical and mental health risks associated with other youth health behaviors.
  3. Examine the mental, physical and social...
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Edie

Better Than Well- Recovery Programme to Support Students in England

Shared by Edie - 2 April 2023
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The consequences of addiction to substances like drugs and alcohol, or engaging in certain behaviours like gambling, gaming, or sex, can be severe. Addiction is often a response to underlying trauma and social stressors, and continued use of these substances or behaviours can create additional physical, psychological, and social problems.

In July 2021, the University of Birmingham launched a peer-led support program for students wishing to maintain abstinence-based recovery (Better Than Well; BTW).

The programme aims to provide:

- support during the admission and early development of...

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14th EUSPR Conference

Shared by Edie - 23 March 2023
Event Date
4 October 2023
Location:
Sarajevo

EUSPR 2023 is being held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in October 5th and 6th 2023, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the pre-conference day, October 4th. 

Our theme this year is ‘Optimizing Prevention...

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Edie

The Changing Status of Marijuana and It's Implications for Prevention

Shared by Edie - 11 March 2023
Event Date
16 March 2023
Location:
Online

In this Prevention Talk, APSI will address the implications that the changing status of marijuana has for prevention and how prevention science can help us address these issues through family, media and environmental interventions.  During...

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James Harvey

UPC School and Family Pilot Examination

Shared by James Harvey (ISSUP staff) - 27 January 2023
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The Global Centre for Credentialing and Certification (GCCC) is looking for volunteers to participate in the pilot testing of the ICAP examination for School and Family Prevention.
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Rasha Abi Hana

Online Instructor-Led Pilot Course on Monitoring and Evaluation of Substance Use Prevention Interventions and Policies: Experiences and Perceptions of International Participants

Shared by Rasha Abi Hana - 27 January 2023
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Melgar, M. I., Usman, A., Rabajante, D. J. L., & Cañedo, F. G. (2022). Online instructor-led pilot course on monitoring and evaluation of substance use prevention interventions and policies: Experiences and perceptions of international participants. Adiktologie, 22(3), 184–192. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2022-003-0004

INTRODUCTION: As the prevalence of substance use continues to rise all over the world amidst the ongoing pandemic, substance use prevention professionals are challenged to find alternative ways to enhance their knowledge and competence to use the best practices in the field. In the present global health situation, in which running face-to-face training seminars is extremely difficult, the most feasible option is through online learning. The aim of this study is to explore how the different aspects of a substance use prevention online course affected the overall effectiveness of the programme. ...

AddictologyIssue 3/2022
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Teacher attitudes toward evidence-based practices: Exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the school-adapted evidence-based practice attitude scale

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 26 January 2023
Source: Merle, J. L., Cook, C. R., Locke, J. J., Ehrhart, M. G., Brown, E. C., Davis, C. J., & Lyon, A. R. (2023). Teacher attitudes toward evidence-based practices: Exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the school-adapted evidence-based practice attitude scale. Implementation Research and...
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Rasha Abi Hana

ISSUP Oral Presentation for Lisbon Addictions 2022: Facilitating an Introduction to Evidence-based Prevention: INEP Plus

Shared by Rasha Abi Hana - 11 January 2023
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The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23-25 November 2022.

Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise, understand and respond to addiction and addictive behaviours today. 

ISSUP Team participated in an oral presentation highlighting the main outcome of the INEP Plus "Introduction to Evidence-based Prevention" programme; the facilitated online training programme led by ISSUP trainers to support the delivery of the INEP content provision.

The training was...

AddictologyIssue 2/2023
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James Harvey

Exploring arts-based interventions for youth substance use prevention: a scoping review of literature

Shared by James Harvey (ISSUP staff) - 7 December 2022
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Maina, G., Li, Y., Fang, Y. et al. Exploring arts-based interventions for youth substance use prevention: a scoping review of literature. BMC Public Health 22, 2281 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14714-4
This scoping review explores various arts-based substance use prevention interventions for youth.
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Community Engagement: An Essential Component of an Effective and Equitable Substance Use Prevention System

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 29 November 2022
Source: https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/pep22-06-01-005.pdf Community engagement is often cited as a tool to improve the health of the community and its members. This guide will review evidence related to leveraging community engagement to support the implementation and scale-up of...
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Olivia Woodrow

Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward

Shared by Olivia Woodrow - 28 November 2022
Event Date
24 January 2023
Location:
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

ISSUP Malaysia would like to invite you to their upcoming webinar on Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward.

Time: 5PM Malaysia Time | 9AM UK Time | 10AM Czech Republic Time | 12PM...

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James Harvey

Attend INDRA: dialogues for an international didactic repository for addictions

Shared by James Harvey (ISSUP staff) - 15 November 2022
INDRA Lisbon Addictions

Are you attending Lisbon Addictions 2022 and want to learn more about the addiction workforce training that is available, and discuss how to enhance it?

Then please attend ‘INDRA: dialogues for an international didactic repository for addictions.’ Chaired by Marica Ferri, Head of Sector Support to Practice, EMCDDA.

Wednesday 23rd November 15:00 - 16:30. Insights Zone 2 (I2)

The aim is to represent the main international training experiences, their target groups, and learning objectives for finding synergies to meet the increasing demand for training. Presentations:

  • European initiatives...
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Diana Crossan

Prevención del uso problemático de alcohol en contextos de ocio de la población juvenil

Shared by Diana Crossan - 11 November 2022
updated flyer 15 Nov 2022
Event Date
17 November 2022
Location:
Santiago
Chile
On the occasion of World No Alcohol Day, ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar to share visions, strategies or opportunities to promote low-risk alcohol consumption in nighttime recreational spaces in our youngest population.
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Olivia Woodrow

Substance Use Prevention: A review of what it means and requires through the language of football/soccer

Shared by Olivia Woodrow - 4 November 2022
Event Date
29 November 2022
Location:
London
United Kingdom
ISSUP invites you to an upcoming two-part webinar on the topic of Substance Use Prevention.
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Diana Crossan

Dois Paises e um mesmo Problema: Prevenção na Pediatria

Shared by Diana Crossan - 25 October 2022
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Event Date
22 November 2022
Location:
Sao Paulo
Brazil

ISSUP Brasil invites you to participate in a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.

The webinar will take place on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 19h (Sao Paulo/Argentina...

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