EUSPR 2019 Board Election Results

A new Board was elected and announced during the 10th EUSPR Members’ Meeting held on 17th September 2019 in Ghent, Belgium. The Board will cover the term 2019-2022.  For details on the current EUSPR Board of Directors please see the following link: About the EUSPR

Save the date: 11th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting, October 7th – 9th 2020, Lisbon, Portugal

We are pleased to announce that the 11th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting will take place on October 7-9, 2020, in Lisbon, Portugal. The main conference takes place on the 8th and 9th, and pre-conference activities will take place on the 7th. Early-bird registration will open on Friday 6th March, and registration will close on …

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Ineffective and potentially harmful approaches in substance use prevention

Prevention methods using shock tactics are proven to be ineffective. Nevertheless, strategies based on predominantly providing information about the dangers of substance use are widespread in Europe. The European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) is concerned about those so-called prevention strategies. It calls on decisionmakers, influencers and policymakers to use scientific proof of effectiveness as a criterion for exposing our youth to prevention methods and not to spend public money on rather commercial offers, since there are better and less expensive alternatives.

2019 Keynote speakers and presentations

Presentations are available below: Plenary session 1 Kristine Sørensen – Looking over or tearing down the wall: Tapping into the unleashed potential of improving health-literacy  Gerard Hastings – Of Marketing and Human Folly: Time to Change the Narrative Sofa plenary 1 Zili Sloboda – Looking Over the Wall—The Future of Prevention Science and Prevention Sofa …

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2019 EUSPR Post-conference workshops

This year we have 3 workshops available in the morning session (9:30-12:30) and 2 workshops in the afternoon (13:30-16:30). *The workshops require a minimum of 10 participants*  For workshop registration, please visit our Eventbrite page: EUSPR 2019 Post-conference workshop registration. Closing date for online registration is 8 September 2019. Post-conference workshops will take place at the Royal Academy of …

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2019 EUSPR Presentation formats

EUSPR 2019 offers a range of different presentation styles.   Oral – 15 minutes long and a focus on high quality prevention research (including methodology, epidemiology, aetiology, intervention outcomes, implementation, evidence-based programmes and policy etc). Talks will be followed by a short Q&A session. Poster – Posters should be A0 size, and in portrait orientation. Hanging materials will be …

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