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Preventiimi - a knowledge center for youth substance abuse prevention
Preventiimi knowledge centre
Preventiimi is a national knowledge centre that operates as a specialist and support service in the implementation of youth substance abuse prevention. In that field Preventiimi aims to increase overall knowledge among professionals by promoting research, evaluation and high-quality work, and providing further training and counseling. Preventiimi is administered by University of Applied Sciences (HUMAK) since 2003 and funded by Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland.
The national Preventiimi network
Preventiimi includes also a specialist network of over 100 member organizations. These organizations represent municipalities, organizations, foundations, parishes, companies and institutions of learning. Responsible networking is encouraged, in which the member organizations commit to actively developing their own expertise, and the overall field of youth substance abuse prevention. Preventiimi arranges peer support meetings, excursions, monthly bulletins and a chance to learn more about quality in preventive work. The network members also mutually share their expertise and take part in developing new information and methods, and in preparing publications on youth substance abuse prevention.
International activities
Preventiimi has also some international engagements and co-operation. Preventiimi visits some European country each year in order to learn about the preventive work done there, and to present its work to foreign organizations as well. Visitors are also welcome to make an excursion to learn more about Preventiimi and the Finnish preventive work. For contact info, English materials and other informative links, see above.
Contact info
In case you have any questions, please feel free to contact Preventiimi.
Materials
What is youth substance abuse prevention? Support material for first-rate substance education
This publication is defining some general starting points and goals of youth substance abuse prevention that the actors in the field can use in the planning and quality assurance of their operations. You can read the publication in english above.
Reaching for the Quality star
Preventive substance abuse work in Finland is guided by quality criteria, which sets the basic standard for all the work that is done in this field. You can find the quality criteria in english here.
More information about alcohol, drugs and the various other issues connected in substance abuse prevention
An European network of bodies promoting the use of telematics
for the prevention of drugs and other substance misuse
Advocacy for the Prevention of Alcohol Related Harm in Europe
AddictionLink is for all those interested or concerned about alcohol consumption, drug abuse and the various other issues connected to addiction
The Psychonaut WEB MAPPING Project is a European Union funded project with the aim of developing a web scanning system to identify and categorise novel recreational drugs/psychoactive compounds, and new trends in drug use based on information available on the Internet.
The European school survey projects on alcohol and other drugs.
European drug prevention quality standards
A manual for prevention professionals. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) 2011.
