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How might the 'Youth in Iceland Model' for preventing substance use among young people be developed and adapted for use in Dundee, Scotland?

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Parkes T, Carver H & Tyrie P (2021) How might the 'Youth in Iceland Model' for preventing substance use among young people be developed and adapted for use in Dundee, Scotland?. University of Stirling. Stirling. https://www.stir.ac.uk/research/public-policy-hub/policy-briefings/

Abstract
The Youth in Iceland Model (YiIM)is a community-based approach aiming to delay young people’s substance use through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors. This paper considers how the approach can be adapted to for use in Dundee.

Keywords
substance use; harm reduction; drugs; alcohol; public health; young people; addiction;

StatusPublished
Publication date30/04/2021
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/33238
Publisher URLhttps://www.stir.ac.uk/…olicy-briefings/
Place of publicationStirling

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Dr Hannah Carver

Dr Hannah Carver

Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Professor Tessa Parkes

Professor Tessa Parkes

Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

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