Virtual 'Experiential Expert' Communities of Practice in Sharing Evidence-Based Prevention of Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Use: the Portuguese Experience.
We present findings from a unique virtual community of practice piloted to support a programme of prevention evidence and knowledge sharing among professional prevention practitioners as 'experiential experts' around tackling novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use in Portugal. A mixed-methods appro...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 469 - 480 |
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