gender

Drug and Alcohol Findings Focus on Women

Website

Drug and Alcohol Findings bridges the divide between research on the effectiveness of responses to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions. The Drug and Alcohol Finding Focus on Women aims to explore...

Women and gender issues related to drugs

Website

EMCDDA has developed a variety of resources on women and drug use including publications, data, news, events and reports. You can also access the best practice portal, which provides an overview of the European picture and options to tailor...

Through a gender lens: women and tobacco in the WHO European Region

Book

This report provides a brief summary of some of the challenges, old and new, that women and girls face in the context of the tobacco epidemic in the WHO European Region, outlining the gendered nature of tobacco use and exposure and how the...

Gender-Informed Virtual Interventions Addressing Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence

20 January 2021

Online

Canada

This webinar will describe technology-based approaches in substance use prevention and health promotion. It will include information on how technology-based interventions can address sex, gender, and intersectional equity considerations.

Gender Matters? How Does Gender Shape Risk Environment for Syringe Sharing among People who Inject Drugs in Northern Mexico. Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey

Scientific article

Abstract Introduction. HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) is 5%. Studies have found an HIV prevalence of around 10% among women who inject drugs (WWID) and 5% among men. Objective. To describe characteristics of risk...

Sex and Gender Effects in Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder

Scientific article

19 November 2020

The current article provides a summary of biopsychosocial gender differences in alcohol use disorder (AUD), then reviews existing literature on gender differences in treatment access, retention, outcomes, and longer-term recovery. Among...

Gender Differences and Stimulant Use

Video and audio recordings

23 October 2020

TIP 51: Substance Abuse Treatment: Addressing the Specific Needs of Women

Book

1 November 2015

Publication This guide assists providers in offering treatment to women living with substance use disorders. It reviews gender-specific research and best practices, such as common patterns of initial use and specific treatment issues and...

When More Isn’t Enough: Women and Addiction, with Stephanie Covington

23 October 2019

Webinar

United States

Wed, Oct 23, 2019 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

To register, please visit:

https://forum.issup.net/t/webinar-when-more-isnt-enough-women-and-addiction-with-stephanie-covington/5349

8th European Alcohol Policy Conference Report

Book

28 August 2019

SHAAP and Eurocare have published a summary report covering the discussions that took place during the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference (8EAPC) at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scotland, on 20th and 21st November 2018...