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Alcohol Diagnostic Validation for Injury-Related Trauma study workshop.




            in these areas could have a devastating effect on   Youth Advisory Boards: MASTRU established
            staffing and would need a radical downsizing of the   advisory boards to co-develop stigma awareness and
            unit. The unit is slightly protected by the fact that   education training for communities on substance
            we have productive partnerships with countries in   use, HIV, gender-based violence, peer influence, and
            the global south and the fact that we have funding   family challenges through skits and drama.
            from European countries.
                                                               Community Advisory Boards. We hosted virtual
                                                               and in-person meetings with Community Advisory
            Research Translation Through Arts                  Boards, facilitating open dialogue and incorporating

            and Science                                        feedback to shape our studies.
            MASTRU staff employed various innovative strategies   Protect Our Next (PON) Campaign Collaboration:
            to  effectively  communicate  their  research  findings   MASTRU collaborated with a think tank to
            and engage  stakeholders.  This included:  Social   communicate and disseminate research through
            Media Outreach. Using social media announcements   community    engagements,    including  school
            to celebrate the launch of our studies and increase   presentations and youth group sessions.
            stakeholder engagement; Innovative Storytelling:
            MASTRU incorporated narrative-based interviews     Media  Engagement:  In  the  2024-25  financial
                                                               year, MASTRU staff gave more than 10 media
            capturing the lived experiences of pregnant women   interviews on topics related to alcohol, drug use,
            receiving an intervention, enhancing the relatability   suicide  prevention,  and  mental  health  helping  to
            and impact of the research.
                                                               disseminate our research findings to the public.
            Community  Engagement:  MASTRU  used  creative     These efforts demonstrate MASTRU's commitment
            ethnographic research methods to document the      to creatively and effectively communicating their
            real-life experiences of intervention participants,   research to diverse audiences.
            making the findings more accessible and engaging.



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