Interventions: Prevention |
| Cannabis and mental health - schools resource March 2010 |
| A new schools resource has been developed to assist teachers in discussing issues around cannabis use and mental health [Victorian State Government, Department of Health, Australia] |
| Take-homenaloxone January 2010 |
| Welcome to take-homenaloxone.com. This is a website run by independent academics and healthcare professionals aimed at raising the awareness and profile of the use of take-home naloxone as a mechanism for reducing drug-related death, and to provide a forum for discussing innovation, training and practice developments [Take-homenaloxone] |
| A Process Evaluation of Celtic Against Drugs and Rangers Positive Choices January 2010 |
| A report on the design and implementation of the Celtic Against Drugs and Rangers Positive Choices schemes and their suitability and value for money as vehicles for drugs education and prevention [Scottish Government, UK] |
| A Process Evaluation of Celtic Against Drugs and Rangers Positive Choices: Key findings January 2010 |
| Key findings on the design and implementation of the Celtic Against Drugs and Rangers Positive Choices schemes and their suitability and value for money as vehicles for drugs education and prevention [Scottish Government, UK] |
| Improving health, supporting justice November 2009 |
| The national delivery plan of the Health and Criminal Justice Programme Board. 68-page PDF [DoH, UK] |
| Equality Impact Assessment of Improving Health, Supporting Justice November 2009 |
| The findings from this EIA have been fed into the policy development stage and should be recognised as key areas for development to ensure equality of access for all. 86-page PDF [DoH, UK] |
| Combating HIV/AIDS in the European Union and neighbouring countries, 2009 -2013 October 2009 |
| A new Commission communciation was approved on 26 October 2009 which sets out priorities to tackle HIV/AIDS across Europe in the coming years [Europa] |
| Evidence of the efficacy of interventions October 2009 |
| Evidence-based information on the effectiveness of interventions attempts to integrate available individual expertise (i.e. expert opinions) with the best available external evidence from systematic research [EMCDDA] |
| Director's Report to the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse - September October 2009 |
| Research findings, program activities, congressional affairs, international activities etc. [NIDA, USA] |
| The Dawn of a New Era: Transforming our Domestic Response to Hepatitis B & C. October 2009 |
| This national forum focusing on viral hepatitis was held in in Washington, DC, on 10-11 September 2009. The multi-stakeholder forum aimed to develop a coordinated national response to chronic viral hepatitis through improved prevention, detection and patient care. 1MB PDF [Via Hep C org, Australia] |
| The Scottish Health Survey 2008 September 2009 |
| Including alcohol consumption [Scottish Government, UK] |
| Welsh Health Survey 2008 September 2009 |
| Including alcohol consumption [Welsh Assembly Government, UK] |
| Blueprint drugs education: the response of pupils and parents to the programme September 2009 |
| This executive summary (which comes from the final report), focuses on the second stage of the Blueprint evaluation. It sets out to assess how pupils and parents responded to the programme, pupils’ awareness and knowledge of drug use, their perception of drug use and acceptability of drug use among same-age peers, and the quality and frequency of parent-child communication on drugs [Home Office, UK] |
| FEAD (Film Exchange on Alcohol and Drugs) August 2009 |
| A resource that brings short video presentations from leading figures in the alcohol and drugs field direct to your screen. The contributors cover a range of topics honestly and directly - including: achievements, problem areas, and reflections on the field's history. Many people have found the website useful in helping discussions and expanding on practice and theory. Please feel free to use the material to enrich your events, seminars, groups, teaching etc |
| Development of a Parents’ Resource Manual Booklet to equip parents/guardians to provide early and appropriate responses to young people’s substance use August 2009 |
| A comprehensive review of international and national research and literature in order to: Identify and document best practice with regard to primary and secondary prevention of substance use (completed in part 1) - Identify and document the range and levels of current programmes, strategies, interventions and resources available for parents in this regard (completed in part 2). 50-page PDF [Crosscare, Ireland] |
| Provision of Injecting Equipment in Scotland, 2007/08 June 2009 |
| This report presents the findings of a survey, carried out by Information Services Division (ISD), on injecting equipment provision (IEP) to injecting drug users in Scotland in 2007/08 72-page PDF [ISD, Scotland] |
| National Education and Prevention Action Plan on Illicit Drugs in Sport June 2009 |
| The Australian Government’s $20.1 million Illicit Drugs in Sport - National Education and Prevention Action Plan to help tackle illicit drug use in sport and in the broader community. PDFs [Department of Health, Australia] |
| Guide to implementing family skills training programmes for drug abuse prevention May 2009 |
| A review of family skills training programmes and the evidence of their effectiveness worldwide [UNODC] |
| To reduce health risks from Drinking Alcohol March 2009 |
| Australian Guidelines. 179-page PDF [NHMRC, Australia] |
| Thematic paper on indicated prevention (full paper) March 2009 |
| This review on indicated prevention adds to the current knowledge and understanding of risk factors in the development of later drug problems and dependence, focusing on the mental health and behavioural problems that develop during childhood. 88-page PDF [EMCDDA] |
| New EMCDDA thematic paper on indicated prevention February 2009 |
| Preventing later substance use disorders in at-risk children and adolescents: a review of the theory and evidence base of indicated prevention. Word or PDF [EMCDDA] |
| Addressing the needs of children of substance using parents January 2009 |
| An evaluation of Families First’s Intensive Intervention. 94-page PDF [Centre for Public Health, UK] |
| Effective Dissemination report [September 2008] |
| A Systematic Review of Implementation Strategies for the AOD Field. 11MB [NCETA, Australia] |
| Effective Dissemination report [September 2008] |
| An Examination of the Costs of Implementation Strategies for the AOD Field. 4MB [NCETA, Australia] |
| Volatile Substance Misuse: A Review of Interventions [June 2008] |
| Examining literature about interventions designed to combat volatile substance misuse. 182-page PDF [Department of Health and Aging, Australia] |
| Focus on Gender [June 2008] |
| A National Survey of Canadians' Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs [Health Canada] |
| The benzylpiperazine (BZP) / trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP) and alcohol safety study [June 2008] |
| An estimated 20 million doses of these party pills have been sold legally in New Zealand over the past six years. 38-page PDF [National Drug Policy New Zealand] |
| ANCD research paper 16 - Drug testing in schools [March 2008] |
| Drug testing in schools: evidence, impacts and alternatives. 202-page PDF [ANCD, Australia] |
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Findings and Recommendations from a Survey of Educators. 1.75MB PDF [Join Together, USA] |
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Presents and grades the evidence in relation to drug prevention in young people across the four tiered model of services.. 60-page PDF [National Colaborating Centre Drug Prevention, UK] |
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This past week the government issued a report that questioned the effectiveness of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign ... Why might this one study produce a counter-intuitive finding? Perhaps because it attempts to prove something that isn’t provable – that advertising operates in a vacuum to shape our attitudes and behavior [Partnership for a Drug-Free America] |
Monograph #7 School based drug prevention: A systematic review of the effectiveness of illicit drug use [December 2005] |
| This Monograph (No. 07) outlines a systematic review of school based drug education. Whilst the Griffith team started with the broad brief of prevention, it became clear that a focus on school based drug education would be most useful, particularly as a systematic review in relation to its impact on illicit drugs had not been previously conducted. The review identified 58 relevant studies, and both a qualitative (narrative) and quantitative (meta-analytic) review was undertaken. Those programs demonstrating most effectiveness were social influence and competency enhancement programs. Less promising and iatrogenic effects were found for affective education and knowledge dissemination. In contrast to previous research on school based drug education, this review found that professionals were less effective than teachers, that multifaceted programs did not demonstrate substantially greater efficacy; and involvement of peers or booster session had minimal impact. Programs with a greater number of sessions were more effective, and interactive programs were associated with greater effectiveness. |
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Random drug testing of schoolchildren: A shot in the arm or a shot in the foot for drug prevention? [February 2005] |
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The idea of randomly drug-testing UK schoolchildren to see if they have used illegal drugs has received supportive comments recently from both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition. But is school-based random drug-testing a development we should welcome in the UK, or is it something we should seek to avoid? |
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JoesephRowntree Foundation 23 February 2005 ISBN 1 85935 282 0 (FREE PDF) |
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Drug testing in the workplace: The report of the Independent Inquiry into Drug Testing at Work [June 2004] |
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The report of an independent Inquiry examining what role, if any, drug testing should play in the workplace |
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JoesephRowntree Foundation 28 June 2004 ISBN 1 85935 211 1 (FREE PDF) |
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Estimating the Relative Efficiency of Various Forms of Prevention at Different Stages of a Drug Epidemic [July 2002] |
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Drug use and problems change dramatically over time in ways that are often described as reflecting an epidemic cycle. We use simulation of a model of drug epidemics to investigate how the relative effectiveness of different types of prevention varies over the course of such an epidemic. Doris A. Behrens, Jonathan P. Caulkins, GernotTragler, Doris Winkler Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School 2002-9, Jul 2002 |
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Making Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators Are Saying No |
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The authors of this booklet, the Drug Policy Alliance and the American Civil Liberties Union, have analyzed, researched and litigated issues related to student drug testing for many years. We have listened to the experts – from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association to hundreds of concerned educators, parents and students across the country. The experts agree, and the evidence is clear: random drug testing does not effectively reduce drug use among young people 36-page PDF [drugtestingfails.org] |
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Presents and grades the evidence in relation to drug prevention in young people across the four tiered model of services.. 60-page PDF [National Colaborating Centre Drug Prevention, UK] |
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Recommendations fall under five key prevention priorities: reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors across the life course, community centred prevention, addressing impacts on communities, legislative and public policy change and regulated markets. 98-page PDF [City of Vancouver Drug Policy Program, Canada] |
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Clarifying a Cloudy Issue Research brief RB-6007, 1999 RAND |