Putting The Right Message Across

This page contains tools to help you plan, implement, monitor and evaluate prevention activities that are effective and that involve youth at each stage of the project.
If you have any questions about these tools, please do not hesitate to write to us. You can find three different kinds of tools.

These are tools that have been developed by the Global Youth Network project on the basis of both the experience of our Network members and of international research. They are meant to be 'how to' guides, including broad principles for action illustrated by examples. If you are interested in the hard copy of the publication, please write to us. Please understand that printed copies of these documents will only be available while supplies last and that orders for more than one copy will be prioritized for youth and organisations with limited access to the Internet. Thank you for your interest in advance!

This section includes some articles about good practices in the field of drug abuse prevention that have been sent out on the youthnet listerv. We feel that their principles and examples are still valid and interesting.

UNODC works in prevention also through our Field Offices, who often produce prevention materials suited to different countries and regions. We have tried to pull them together here, in case there is something relevant for your country and region. Moreover, like you, we are constantly looking around for interesting materials from other organisations and we provide you with a link or a scanned copy. Please note that in this case, UNODC is not responsible for the content of the site.
We have added some materials under this section with the update of July 2006!

Have you ever wondered why cannabis is more dangerous for you than cigarettes? Whether you can become addicted to ecstasy or overdose on cocaine? Or what makes heroin such a dangerous drug? These questions and more are answered in the series Drugs? Ask the experts. UNODC has teamed up with a group of international teenagers to put their questions to the experts. In this series of interviews we put cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin under the spotlight. And talk frankly about the production, trafficking, and damaging effects of these illegal drugs.

INTERNET

Using The Internet for Drug Abuse Prevention

This is an easy to use guide for those youth and youth workers who want to start using this exciting interface between young people, youth culture and technology. The publication discusses how to use internet as part of an ongoing prevention programme or how to set up a totally net based initiative.

Arabic (PDF-2,600KB), English (PDF-2,644KB), French (PDF-1,448 KB), Russian (text only PDF-512KB), Spanish (PDF-1,994 KB)

PEER TO PEER

Using Peer to Peer Strategies in Drug Abuse Prevention

What is a peer educator? What do we mean by peer to peer (P2P) or peer education programmes? Why is peer education often used as a drug prevention strategy? This publication attempts to answer these questions and many more, including how to design and run an effective peer education programme and to evaluate its effectiveness.

Arabic (PDF-976KB), Chinese (text only PDF-647KB), English (PDF-1,129KB), French (PDF-1,068KB), Russian (text only PDF-647KB), Spanish (PDF-989KB)

This section includes some articles about good practices in the field of drug abuse prevention that have been sent out on the youthnet listerv. Some of you may not be familiar with all of the terms used. Most of the time, you will be able to figure them out by looking at one of the tools in the next section. If you still do not understand, write to us at youthmail@unodc.org, and we will be happy to help you out!

Examples of Good Practices

Using the Internet for drug abuse prevention

Faith-based programmes

Youth perception of substance use

	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific - ESCAP Life Skills Training Guide for Young People: HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Prevention This is a guide to train peer educators working with youth for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and substance use. Cover, preface, acknowledgement, table of contents and introduction to training and learning (PDF-122KB) Module 1 - Peer education (PDF-86KB) Module 2 - Communication (PDF-96KB) Module 3 - Basics of growing up ? Understanding adolescence (PDF-104KB) Module 4 - Teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS (PDF-115KB) Module 5 - Basics of HIV/AIDS (PDF-163KB) Module 6 - Drugs and substance use (PDF-155KB) Module 7 - Life skills (PDF-64KB) Module 8 - Learning and practising core life skills (PDF-244KB) Module 9 - People living with HIV/AIDS (PDF-119KB) Module 10 - Action planning (PDF-81KB) Annex - Training needs assessment (PDF-59KB) References (PDF-12KB)
	United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Family Health International (FHI) The Training of Trainers Manual This is a manual to prepare peer educators that are both able to train other educators and serve as informed resources for their peers. The manual is the result of a collaboraton between the UNFPA and FHI, and is therefore mostly focused on the issues of sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention. However, the participatory techniques to strenghten the skills of peer educators as educators and trainers can be of relevance and inspiration in the context of other issues, such as substance abuse prevention.
	World Health Organisation (WHO) Young people and substance use: a manual Create, use and evaluate educational materials and activities This is a manual on how to develop health education activities that are appropriate to the needs, values and culture of the target population by involving young people in their design, utilization, dissemination and evaluation. The entire file is very large (6,700KB), you can download it here or you can download smaller sections that are of interest to you. Cover, table of contents, introduction (PDF-500KB) Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF-300KB) Chapter 2 - Working in a group with young people (PDF-600KB) Chapter 3 - Creative workshop basics (PDF-600KB) Chapter 4 - Designing materials and activities and Chapter 5 - Producing materials and activities (Introduction) (PDF-300KB) Chapter 5 - Producing materials and activities (Printed materials) (PDF-600KB) Chapter 5 - Producing materials and activities (Audiovisual materials and dramatic productions) (PDF-700KB) Chapter 5 - Producing materials and activities (Dramatic productions and drawing and painting) (PDF-700KB) Chapter 5 - Producing materials and activities (Music, street TV, cartoons, radio, games) (PDF-600KB) Chapter 6 - Testing materials and activities (PDF-200KB) Chapter 7 - Monitoring and evaluating materials and activities (PDF-600KB) Chapter 8 - Disseminating materials and activities, Chapter 9 - Mobilizing resources, Chapter 10 - Bibliography and further reading (PDF-300KB) Annex 1 - What did you think of this manual? and Annex 2 - Focus group method Annex 3 - Glossary
	Office of National Drug Control Policy - ONDCP (U.S.A) The Message Maker The Message Maker allows users to create stickers, magnets, and more celebrating the activities that stand between them and drugs.
	UNODC Regional Office for Eastern Africa Drug Counsellor's Handbook A Practical Guide for Everday Use This is a Handbook to help work effectively as a drug counsellor. As a practical guide for everyday use, it combines internationally accepted standard practices with a distinctly African Perspective English (PDF-3,370KB)
	Chimes for Freedom Under the aegis of the UNODC and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India supported "Community Wide Drug Demand Project in the Northeastern States of India", the Regional Office for South Asia, in collaboration with the State Bank of India and the Kripa Foundation Shillong Project, financially the production of a collection of music called "Chimes for Freedom ". Produced by young people from some of the most drug afflicted districts in the country, the music speaks of despair and darkness, struggle and finally, the dawning of hope. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
	Watch out! Realising the importance of music in the youth culture of the caribbean, the UNODC office in barbados, along with UNDP Trinidad, commissioned Ras shorty I also known as Garfiled Blackman, to record this CD. We hope you will enjoy it. 1, 2, 3 and 4
	The Drug Advisory Council of Australia (DACA) A Drug Free World The Drug Advisory Council of Australia (DACA) is a community-based organisation, its main objective is to reduce drug use in the community. DACA has produced a drug free song together with a video. The song promotes the message of a drug free world. Download the video