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[News] [Department of Children, Disability and Equality] Minister for Children Disability and Equality Norma Foley announces €330,000 in funding to support Ireland’s Prevention and Early Intervention programmes for children and young people. (02 Jul 2025)

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[Article] Dillon, Lucy (2025) Review of Prevention Systems in Ireland. Drugnet Ireland, Issue 91, Spring 2025. pp. 22-23.

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[Report] Scottish Government. (2025) Learning from 25 years of preventative interventions in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

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[Article] Fernández-León, Pablo and Lima-Serrano, Marta and Fagundo-Rivera, Javier and Martínez-Montilla, José Manuel (2025) Planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainment of digital health interventions for adolescent substance use prevention: a systematic review of influencing factors based on the RE-AIM framework. Health Education Research, 40, (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyaf021

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[Article] Meherali, Salima and Nisa, Saba and Aynalem, Yared Asmare and Ishola, Adeyinka G and Lassi, Zohra (2025) Safe spaces for youth mental health: a scoping review. PLoS ONE, 20, (4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321074

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[Webpage] United Kingdom. Office for Health Improvement & Disparities. (2025) Alcohol and drug misuse prevention and treatment guidance collection. URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/alcohol-...

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[Article] Janes, Joseph (2025) Welfare first: transforming harm reduction at UK festivals. Harm Reduction Journal, 22, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01184-1

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[News] [RTE News] , Ó Curraighín, Shane New initiative to reduce and prevent alcohol harm. (17 Jan 2025)

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[Webpage] European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Prevention topics overview. URL: https://www.euda.europa.eu/topics/prevention_en

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[Webpage] HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme. (2025) Tobacco Free Ireland Programme: resources. URL: https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/tobaccocontrol/re...

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[Webpage] Social Care Institute for Excellence. (2025) Person-centred care. Co-production hub. URL: https://www.scie.org.uk/co-production/

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[Article] Abimanyi-Ochom, Julie and Wanni Arachchige Dona, Sithara and Bohingamu Mudiyanselage, Shalika and Mehta, Kanika and Kuklinski, Margaret and Rowland, Bosco and Toumbourou, John W and Carter, Rob (2024) Australian Communities That Care (CTC) intervention: benefit-cost analysis of a community-based youth alcohol prevention initiative. PLoS ONE, 19, (11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314153

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[Webpage] European Union Drugs Agency. (2024) Xchange prevention registry. URL: https://www.euda.europa.eu/best-practice/xchange_e...

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[News] [Department of Health] Minister of State Colm Burke announces additional €40 million in funding for drug and alcohol services and inclusion health. (06 Oct 2024)

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[Article] Allen, Jacqueline and Homel, Ross and Vasco, Daniela and Freiberg, Kate (2024) Family support, enriched preschool and serious youth offending. Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (700). https://doi.org/10.52922/ti77567

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[Article] Dillon, Lucy (2024) Drug prevention training in Ireland. Drugnet Ireland, Issue 89, Autumn 2024. pp. 20-21.

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[Article] Dillon, Lucy (2024) Review of Prevention Systems (RePS). Drugnet Ireland, Issue 89, Autumn 2024. pp. 22-25.

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[Audio] Prior, Darren J (2024) Near FM audio interviews with people working in Task Forces and other alcohol and drug areas in Ireland 2024.

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[Article] Elgán, Tobias H and Andréasson, Sven and Gripenberg, Johanna (2024) Long-term effects of an alcohol prevention program at licensed premises: a Swedish 20-year follow-up study. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1423708

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[Audio] Quinn, Marian (2024) PEIN podcast: Perspectives on prevention. Dublin: Prevention and Early Intervention Network.

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[Report] Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being. (2024) National Family and Prevention Summit: meeting summary report. Ottawa: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.

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[Report] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2024) CHildren AMplified Prevention Services: the CHAMPS initiative. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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[Webpage] Blueprints for healthy youth development. (2024) Blueprints for healthy youth development. URL: https://www.blueprintsprograms.org/

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[Article] Ledlie, Shaleesa and Garg, Ria and Cheng, Clare and Kolla, Gillian and Antoniou, Tony and Bouck, Zachary and Gomes, Tara (2024) Prescribed safer opioid supply: a scoping review of the evidence. International Journal of Drug Policy, 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104339

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[Conference or Workshop Item] Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force, Planet Youth. (2024) Planet Youth in Ireland 2023 presentation videos. In: Planet Youth in Ireland Conference – 2023, 17 November 2023, Galway.

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[Article] Ballard, Parissa J and Kennedy, Heather K and Collura, Jessica J and Vidrascu, Elena and Torres, Chelsey Garcia (2023) Engaging youth as leaders and partners can improve substance use prevention: a call to action to support youth engagement practice and research. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00582-7

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[Article] Millar, Sean (2023) E-SHEILD : Enabling Students and Higher Education Institutions to Lead the response on Drugs. Drugnet Ireland, Issue 86, Summer 2023. p. 10.

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[Article] Dillon, Lucy (2023) Evaluation of Planet Youth in Western Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force. Drugnet Ireland, Issue 86, Summer 2023. pp. 19-24.

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[Article] Dillon, Lucy (2023) Launch of new drug prevention and education funding scheme. Drugnet Ireland, Issue 86, Summer 2023. pp. 5-9.

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[Article] Dillon, Lucy (2023) Launch of What Works Ireland Evidence Hub. Drugnet Ireland, Issue 86, Summer 2023. pp. 55-57.

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[News] [Department of Health] Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Minister of State James Browne announce new Youth Diversion Projects. (22 Aug 2023)

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[Article] Faller, Jan and Le, Long Khanh-Dao and Chatterton, Mary Lou and Perez, Joahna Kevin and Chiotelis, Oxana and Tran, Huong Ngoc Quynh and Sultana, Marufa and Hall, Natasha and Lee, Yong Yi and Chapman, Cath and Newton, Nicola and Slade, Tim and Sunderland, Matt and Teesson, Maree and Mihalopoulos, Cathrine (2023) A systematic review of economic evaluations for opioid misuse, cannabis and illicit drug use prevention. BJPsych Open, 9, (5). doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.515

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[Article] Walsh, Eibhlin H and Herring, Matthew P and McMahon, Jennifer (2023) Perspectives of youth in Ireland on school-based mental health and suicide prevention: the MYSTORY study. Health Promotion International, 38, (3). https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad049

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[News] Ireland. Department of Health. [Department of Health] Minister Naughton announces successful projects for €1.5 million drug prevention and education funding scheme. (18 May 2023)

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[Webpage] European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2023) Prevention toolkit. URL: https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/toolkit/prevention-to...

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[Report] Research Matters LTD. (2023) Evaluation of youth diversion projects. Dublin: Department of Justice.

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[Webpage] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2023) UNODC youth initiative. URL: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/prevention/youth-ini...

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[Article] Maina, Geoffrey and Li, Yiyan and Fang, Yiting and Amoyaw, Jonathan and Pandey, Mamata and Herzog, Thea and Nkrumah, Daniel and Sherstobitoff, Jordan and Mousavian, Ghazal (2022) Exploring arts-based interventions for youth substance use prevention: a scoping review of literature. BMC Public Health, 22. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14714-4

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[Report] Dowling, Aoife (2022) Needs analysis for young people in Dublin south inner city. Dublin: South Inner City Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force.

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[Article] Winer, James Michael and Yule, Amy M and Hadland, Scott E and Bagley, Sarah M (2022) Addressing adolescent substance use with a public health prevention framework: the case for harm reduction. Annals of Medicine, 54, (1), pp. 2123-2136. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2104922