Download or read book Alcohol Use Abuse in South Africa written by M. V. Gumede and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa written by George Ellis and published by Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Substance abuse is an enormous social problem in South Africa, as elsewhere. But in South Africa in particular, tik (crystal meth, or methamphetamine) and alcohol are devastating society, aggravating poverty and crime, and contributing to child abuse and gender violence. Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa has arisen out of the thriving Brain-Behaviour Initiative (BBI) at the University of Cape Town, which relates neuroscience and behavioural science to social issues. This ground-breaking book looks at the problem of substance abuse from multiple perspectives and particularly in the light of recent discoveries in brain and behavioural science, but also takes a public health view. Its focus ranges from brain imaging and dopaminergic neurocircuitry to policy and prevention, and is written by local researchers at the cutting edge.
Download or read book Alcohol Policy and Public Health in South Africa written by Charles David Heber Parry and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume sketches the terrain for policy-makers, health care workers, and business by showing how they are all implicated in the impact alcohol has on public health in South Africa.
Download or read book Addiction in South and East Africa written by Yamikani Ndasauka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores both the existence and prevalence of addiction in South and East Africa, departing from traditional assumptions about addiction in the region. The authors employ an interdisciplinary approach to understand the actual prevalence of addiction and the forms it takes in South and East Africa. The book also addresses the perceptions and conceptualisation of addiction in the region, in addition to discussing specific issues related to drug and alcohol abuse and addiction, social media addiction, and sex addiction.
Download or read book The Personality and Treatment of the Alcoholic in South Africa written by Frederik Willem Blignaut and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alcohol No Ordinary Commodity written by Thomas F. Babor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a public health perspective, alcohol is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality, and impacts on many aspects of social life. This text describes advances in alcohol research with direct relevance to the development of effective policies at local, national and international level.
Download or read book Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, the harmful use of alcohol kills 2.5 million people, including 320,000 young people between 15 and 29 years of age. It is the eighth leading risk factor for deaths globally, and harmful use of alcohol was responsible for almost 4% of all deaths in the world, according to the estimates for 2004. In addition to the resolution, a global strategy developed by WHO in close collaboration with Member States provides a portfolio of policy options and interventions for implementation at the national level with the goal to reduce the harmful use of alcohol worldwide. Ten recommended target areas for policy options include health services' responses, community action, pricing policies and reducing the public health impact of illicit alcohol and informally produced alcohol. WHO was also requested to support countries in implementing the strategy and monitor progress at global, regional and national levels.
Download or read book Reducing Underage Drinking written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-26 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.
Download or read book Adolescent Substance Abuse written by Howard A. Liddle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was first published in 2006. Adolescent drug abuse is one of the most challenging disorders to treat. It impacts on schools, community-based programs, mental health and medical facilities, and juvenile justice settings. This book provides practitioners, program developers and policy makers with practical information for improving outcomes in adolescent substance abuse. The authors cover a range of issues, including empirically based treatment development protocols, how to incorporate innovative treatment models into diverse clinical settings; research advances; interventions with special populations, culturally based intervention guidelines, and recommendations for practice and policy.
Download or read book Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report provides an overview of alcohol consumption and harms in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Chapter 1) presents global strategies action plans and monitoring frameworks (Chapter 2) gives detailed information on: the consumption of alcohol in populations (Chapter 3); the health consequences of alcohol consumption (Chapter 4); and policy responses at national level (Chapter 5). In its final chapter 6 the imperative for reducing harmful use of alcohol in a public health perspective is presented. In addition the report contains country profiles for WHO Member States and appendices with statistical annexes a description of the data sources and methods used to produce the estimates and references.
Download or read book Alcohol Research Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drugs and Drug Abuse in Southern Africa written by Sylvain De Miranda and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Publications on Sociocultural Aspects of Alcohol Use and Alcoholism written by National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Information and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nature and Extent of Drug Use and the Prevalence of Related Problems in South Africa written by Lee Rocha-Silva and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project was motivated by a prevailing concern among national policy makers and service providers with preventing an expected increase in drug-related health and socioeconomic problems in South Africa (e.g. diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB and Foetal Alcohol Syndrome; traffic accidents; crime; violence; and loss of productivity). Cognizance was taken of the fact that comprehensive and integrated information, critical for a cost-effective and co-ordinated prevention strategy in the RSA, was lacking, mainly because of limited, to some extent unrefined and especially fragmented research infrastructure. Consequently, at the end of 1995 and under the leadership of the Centre for Alcohol/Drug-related Research (HSRC), a number of stakeholder agents mobilized national surveillance of the nature/extent of drug use and related problems to inform and monitor the impact of preventive policy/actions in South Africa. (Collaborators represented policy makers, service providers and research houses from a wide array of contexts, linked through the South African Researcher-Practitioner Association (SARPA). During 1996 the foundation was laid for national surveillance.
Download or read book Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Behaviour written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The link between alcohol use and sexual behaviour has serious implications for the health of populations due to the advent of HIV infection. WHO coordinated a multi-country study to identify factors related to risky sexual behaviour among alcohol users in diverse cultural settings. The countries involved included: Belarus, India, Mexico, Kenya, Romania, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Zambia."--Back cover.
Download or read book Substance Use and Misuse in sub Saharan Africa written by Magen Mhaka-Mutepfa and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together scholars from across the behavioural sciences and public health to examine substance use in Sub-Saharan Africa. Divided into two parts, the first chapters examine aetiology, signs and symptoms, risk factors, impact, and psychosocial challenges relating to use of conventional drugs, among others. The second section focuses on prevention and intervention strategies to curtail substance abuse. The authors provide a research-informed, practical resource on sustainable community health concepts, procedures and practices for addressing substance use for the health and wellbeing of partner communities. The prevention and intervention strategies discussed include a comprehensive consideration of context-specific behavioural, environmental, psychosocial and cultural factors that may affect substance use. The chapters examine various aspects of use including, dependency, intoxication, and withdrawal in tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and other substances. The book provides a research-informed, practical resource that will appeal to students and scholars of psychology, psychiatry and public health; as well as to policymakers and practitioners in the fields of addiction, development and allied health.
Download or read book Lifestyle and Epidemiology written by Kotsedi Daniel Monyeki and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lifestyle and Epidemiology - The Double Burden of Poverty and Cardiovascular Diseases in African Populations examines the profile of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the rural South African population. The burden of diseases in South Africa is characterized by a combination of poverty-related diseases with emerging NCDs associated with urbanization, industrialization, and a Westernised lifestyle. Chapters in this book examine the effects of poverty, COVID-19, and other social factors on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, reproductive health, and diabetes in rural South Africa.
