FRESH School Health and Nutrition (SHN) Webinar: Multilevel Parenting Package for Life Skills Promotion in Challenged and Humanitarian Settings – June 2019

• What evidence-based approaches to reduce risky behaviors and promote positive mental health are available in challenged and humanitarian settings?
• How can caregivers be better parents and strengthen positive age-appropriate family functioning and general interactions?
• What open-access packages exist for a tiered approach to family skills promotion?

Join us to learn more about family skills interventions promoted by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), as FRESH commemorates the “International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking”.

Speakers:

• Dr. Wadih Maalouf, Global Programme Manager, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC, Vienna-Austria
• Dr Aala El-Khani,  Consultant at Drug Prevention and Health Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Honorary Research Associate, University of Manchester, Manchester-United Kingdom

 

Presentation downloads:

1. Caregiving for children through conflict and displacement: a pilot study testing feasibility of delivering and evaluating a light touch parenting intervention for caregivers in the West Bank. (2019)
2. Strengthening a Culture of Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Balancing Scientific Expectations and Contextual Realities. (2018)
3. The Influence of family skills programmes on Violence indicators: Experience from a multi-site project of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in low and middle income countries. (2014)
4. Good policy and practice in health education: Educational sector response to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs. (2017)
5. International Standards on Drug Use Prevention. (2013)

The School Health and Nutrition webinar series monthly presentations by leading policy-makers, researchers and implementers engaged in improving the health and education of children in low and middle-income countries across the globe.