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Minutes of the EMCDDA meeting 'Prevention systems: how to transform evidence into practice'

Minutes of the EMCDDA expert meeting 'Prevention systems: how to transform evidence into practice' that was held in Lisbon, 9-10 October 2013.

Meeting: 'Prevention systems: how to transform evidence into practice'

09.10.2013 to 10.10.2013

The original page hosting this meeting including presentations has been archived. Please contact us for more information. The final minutes from this meeting are available here in our document library. Interventions in...

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European drug prevention quality standards: a quick guide

The aim of this ‘quick guide’ is to make practical information on prevention quality standards available outside the European Union. This is a condensed version of EMCDDA Manual 7: European drug prevention...

North American drug prevention programmes: are they feasible in European cultures and contexts?

Some commentators argue that programmes developed in North America (Canada and the US) are unlikely to work in European countries, due to differing cultural contexts and because most of the evidence for...

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Can mass media campaigns prevent young people from using drugs? (Perspectives on drugs)

The use of mass media campaigns in drug prevention is both relatively common and not without controversy. Both policymakers and practitioners have hotly debated the effectiveness of such campaigns to reduce young...

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Interactive: examples of mass media campaigns in different countries in Europe

Prevention services for minority ethnic groups explored

Today we are launching our latest publication in the field of prevention. ‘Drug prevention interventions targeting minority ethnic populations’ is a Thematic paper that comes as part of the agency’s monitoring of...

Drug prevention interventions targeting minority ethnic populations: issues raised by 33 case studies

This Thematic paper contains the results of a study that examined drug prevention interventions for minority ethnic populations in 29 European countries. A total of 33 interventions were reported to the study...

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Family prevention of drug use in Europe: a critical review of EDDRA programs

Family-based prevention programs' objectives and components have a low theoretical compliance rate and the level of evaluation continues to be a challenge. Some aspects of the EDDRA functioning are reviewed.