“Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk” is one of the most well-attended courses offered by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC, says director Jerry Reed.
Peer support groups in Vietnam can effectively help reduce both heroin relapse and HIV/AIDS infections among recovering heroin users.
Thirty support group leaders from across Vietnam sat in a circle of chairs at the beginning of the final day of a five-day training, honing their skills to facilitate groups for recovering heroin addi
This project is funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, USAID, and SAMHSA. EDC is a sub-grantee of Family Health International, EDC’s partner for this project. For more information, please contact Jim Vetter at jvetter@edc.org
This curriculum uses skills-based health education to help students acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that are necessary to make informed decisions and understand the consequences of tobacc
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Young people in many countries are affected by HIV and AIDS in their families, schools, and communities, so they need to acquire skills to prevent HIV infection and to cope with all aspects of HIV and
This online course is designed to support local leaders throughout the Americas as they prepare for and respond to the global (H1N1) 2009 influenza health crisis.
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) provides valuable training to mental health and health care professionals to help reduce suicide risk in the United States.
Only in the last decade has suicide been recognized in the U.S. as a significant public health problem. In 2001, the U.S.
The Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk curriculum was designed in partnership with the American Association of Suicidology, in cooperation with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). For more information about the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, please visit www.sprc.org or contact Xan Young at xyoung@edc.org.
