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Training of Trainers on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) in Pakistan

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From 17 - 21 June 2019, UNODC trained a total of 16 trainers in Pakistan on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) Course-5 which covers school-based interventions. The training of trainers (ToT) of UPC in Pakistan consists of 3 selected...

Trained Trainers in Pakistan on UPC Course 5

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: ‘No Effect’ from Targeting Child Drinking via the Parents

Scientific article

20 May 2019

Findings of this comprehensive review seem to almost entirely deflate what in the mid-2000s was a bubble of enthusiasm for parental programmes as a way to prevent or reduce drinking among teenagers - but despite this overall verdict, some...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Alcohol Harm Reduction Education Gains Credibility in UK

Scientific article

17 January 2019

Trialled in schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland, an alcohol harm reduction curriculum for secondary schools plus a parental component led to fewer pupils drinking heavily at a single sitting. Bolstered by this study, school programmes...

Differential Intervention Effectiveness of a Universal School-Based Resilience Intervention in Reducing Adolescent Substance Use within Student Subgroups

Scientific article

29 August 2018

Abstract Objectives: Interventions addressing the individual and environmental protective factors of adolescents are suggested to have potential for reducing adolescent substance use. While universally delivered school-based substance use...

After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, & Suicide Prevention Resource Center. (2018). After a suicide: A toolkit for schools (2nd ed.). Waltham, MA: Education Development Center. After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools assists schools in...

PROSPER Community-University Partnership Delivery System Effects on Substance Misuse

Scientific article

10 January 2013

Evaluated prevention programmes are typically implemented by research teams, raising questions over real-world applicability, but a groundbreaking US trial is said to have produced a ‘robust’ demonstration of the potential of a system in...

Universal School-Based Implementation of Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment to Reduce and Prevent Alcohol, Marijuana, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use

Scientific article

19 December 2017

Abstract Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to reducing substance use in adolescents. An emerging literature shows the promise of school-based SBIRT. However, most school-based...

Effectiveness of School-Based Smoking Prevention Curricula

Scientific article

1 March 2015

Abstract Objective: To assess effectiveness of school-based smoking prevention curricula keeping children never-smokers. Design: Systematic review, meta-analysis. Data: MEDLINE (1966+), EMBASE (1974+), Cinahl, PsycINFO (1967+), ERIC (1982+)...

What Are Kids Taking?

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21 September 2016

The results are in. The 2014 – 15 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs Survey shows that, on the one hand, smoking rates are generally down, while on the other, experimentation with synthetic and prescription drugs is increasing...