well-being
Every September the Recovery Month Campaign aims to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover. Over the years, Recovery Month has promoted and supported new evidence...
Webinar: Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioural Development in Children and Youth
Please join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for the release of the new report, Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth: A National Agenda.
Putting Health and Wellbeing at the Heart of the Educational Experience of All Children and Young People
We know that health outcomes for many children and young people are poor. When it comes to the role of education, every learning setting, working with partners, should take a holistic approach to promoting and learning about health and wellbeing.
Sober Social Networks: The Role of Online Support Groups in Recovery from Alcohol Addiction
A recent study has analysed evidence for the value of online social networks in supporting recovery from alcohol addiction.
Strong Families Programme
The Strong Families Programme is a family skills prevention programme.
Alcohol and the Sustainable Development Goals – Major Obstacle to Development
Alcohol is an obstacle to achieving 13 out of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 52 of 169 targets. A major obstacle to sustainable human development: Alcohol kills 3.3 million people worldwide every year, representing 5.9 % of all...
Nordic Youth Research Symposium (NYRIS) 14
The lives of young people are still fundamentally precarious. Unemployment rates are still high; mental health problems among young people are still endemic and new forms of marginalization and social exclusion continue to be generated.
The UN SDG Action Awards
The United Nations Development Programme is accepting nominations for the Sustainable Development Goal Action Awards.