Substance Use Prevention Education

This document attempts to provide a simple, evidence-based guide for implementing drug-use-prevention interventions in schools. It is in two parts.

This guide offers strategies from the best available evidence to assist in planning to prevent or delay substance use initiation, decrease substance use, and encourage substance use cessation.

Behavioural interventions implemented in schools can be effective in preventing substance use among young people in Ghana; however, these interventions are currently lacking.

The draft strategy aims to support Member States working to enhance the health and well-being of children and adolescents from infancy to adulthood, improving their lives and thereby their life opportunities.

This implementation brief addresses rising substance use among youth (10–24) in East and Southern Africa (ESA) by promoting evidence-based, multi-sectoral strategies.

The current state of adolescent rights, protection, and health behaviors in Mongolia was assessed through a collaborative study employing the “Global School-based Student Health Survey” methods developed in 2001 by the WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A comprehensive situational analysis is essential to understanding the scope, prevalence, and underlying drivers of adolescent substance use in Belize.

This guidance supports countries in strengthening and using data on adolescent health and well-being for effective decision-making and action.

The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (‎HBSC)‎ study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

This brief is part of a set of 13 provided by UNDP that map out roles and first steps different parts of government can take to help achieve the SDGs by reducing tobacco use. Ministries of education can take key steps to advance tobacco control and accelerate progress towards the SDGs.