Preventing Substance Abuse With Data-Driven Coalitions.

Comparison of Residential and Therapeutic Community Centers in Preventing Substance Abuse Recurrence and Reducing Self-destructive Behaviors of Substance Users

رابطه مولفه‌های هوش هیجانی و سبک‌های فرزندپروری با گرایش به سوءمصرف مواد در دانش‌آموزان

This study aimed to investigate the correlations of the components of emotional intelligence and parenting styles with the tendency to substance abuse in students. The present study was a descriptive-correlational research. The research sample consisted of 312 secondary school students of district 1 of the city of Zanjan who were selected by a convenient sampling method. To collect data, the Pa...

پیشگیری از سوءمصرف مواد: نقش بهزیستی معنوی

Substance abuse can be considered as a biological, psychological, social and spiritual phenomenon. Unfortunately, contemporary youth may turn to substance abuse to escape from individual and social problems. Substance abuse is one of the social and public health problems that imposes considerable burden on the community. Substance dependence leads to unemployment, crime, family problems, and tr...

Testing a Comprehensive Community Problem-solving Framework for Community Coalitions

Community problem solving is believed to help coalitions achieve community changes and subsequent population-level reductions in targeted community health problems. This study empirically examined a community problem solving model used by CADCA, a national coalition training organization, to determine if the model explains how coalitions become effective community change agents and the extent t...

Evaluating community coalitions for prevention of substance abuse: the case of Project Freedom.

In the United States alone, there are more than 2,000 community coalitions to address local concerns about abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. This article describes an evaluation system used to examine the process, outcome, and impact of coalitions for the prevention of substance abuse. The evaluation addresses five key questions: (a) Was the community mobilized to address substance ab...