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National Implementation of Quality Standards in Prevention and Treatment Services for Substance Use/ Addictions – A Case Study of Cyprus
INTRODUCTION: The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) is the main coordinating body for all matters related to licit and illicit substances as well as pathological gambling in Cyprus and it is responsible, inter alia, for the...
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Quality Standards in Lithuania 1992–2022: From Grassroots Initiatives to Nationwide Strategies
BACKGROUND: The implementation of quality standards in the treatment of substance use disorders in Lithuania is not well documented in the literature. AIMS: To describe the process of the development of quality standards from grassroots...
Política de Garantia da Qualidade em Serviços de Redução de Danos na República Tcheca: Um Estudo de Caso de um Sistema Nacional
FUNDAMENTO: No campo da redução de danos (RH), um sistema de garantia de qualidade estabelecido com padrões de qualidade implementados é bastante raro na prática. Juntamente com evidências limitadas nessa área, isso leva a um desequilíbrio...
Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Demand Reduction: Preliminary Findings from the FENIQS-EU Project
INTRODUCTION: Quality Standards (QS) are an important priority in European drug policy, although the extent of their application remains unclear. The FENIQS-EU project (Further ENhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in drug...
Association Between Daily Alcohol Intake and Risk of All-Cause Mortality A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses
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Importance A previous meta-analysis of the association between alcohol use and all-cause mortality found no statistically significant reductions in mortality risk at low levels of consumption compared with lifetime nondrinkers...
Treinamento Online INEP Plus da Indonésia
O ISSUP Indonesia organizou o Curso Online de Introdução à Prevenção Baseada em Evidências (INEP) como um treinamento de nível nacional na Indonésia com 17 participantes. O treinamento, conduzido pela Dra. Kristiana Siste, SpKJ, e pela Dra...
Atitudes de adoecimento mental na educação médica: avaliando o estigma em estudantes de medicina
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Introdução. Os fatores que afetam a qualidade do atendimento médico incluem a falta de pessoal treinado, o estigma e a discriminação.
Objetivo. O objetivo foi comparar a intensidade da estigmatização antes e após um curso de...
Avaliação da Cannabis Medicinal e Qualidade de Vida Relacionada à Saúde
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Importância O uso da cannabis como medicamento está se tornando cada vez mais prevalente. Dada a gama diversificada de condições que estão sendo tratadas com cannabis medicinal, bem como a vasta gama de produtos e formas de...
UNODC supported delegations from four Central Asian countries in a high-level study tour to the United Kingdom
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) together with the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) organized a study tour for high-level representatives, including senior officials, policymakers and substance...
Economic Evaluations of Pharmacologic Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review
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Objective
The crisis of opioid use puts a strain on resources in the United States and worldwide. There are 3 US Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for treatment of opioid use disorder: methadone, buprenorphine...
Situation of Homelessness and Substance Use in India and the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
Availability of safe and comfortable shelter is one of the elementary human needs essential for both an individual’s survival as well as social development. However, even in the 21st century, about one fifth of the world’s population...
Abuso de Drogas com Prescrição Psicoativa: Sintomas Psicológicos Selecionados e Qualidade de Vida no Tratamento da Dependência. Protocolo do Estudo
CONTEXTO: O abuso de medicamentos psicoativos tem se tornado cada vez mais comum na República Tcheca. Essas drogas incluem sedativos, hipnóticos, ansiolíticos (benzodiazepínicos e Z-hipnóticos) e opioides. Pacientes com dependência desses...
Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from setback in Recovery: The PEER Perspective
Profiles of quality of outpatient care use, associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and adverse outcomes among patients with substance-related disorders
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Background
This study identified patient profiles in terms of their quality of outpatient care use, associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and adverse outcomes based on frequent emergency department (ED)...
Correlatos do envolvimento com o tratamento e desfechos do cliente: resultados de um ensaio clínico randomizado e controlado de nabiximols para o tratamento do transtorno do uso de cannabis
Introdução
Há crescente interesse e evidências para o uso de medicamentos canabinoides no tratamento do transtorno por uso de cannabis, mas pouco exame dos correlatos do tratamento bem-sucedido. Este artigo é uma análise secundária de...
Black girls and referrals: racial and gender disparities in self-reported referral to substance use disorder assessment among justice-involved children
Background
There is a higher prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) among justice-involved children (JIC). It is critical to ensure that JIC who report current use are referred for SUD assessment and potentially life-saving treatment...
Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19
Background
COVID-19 dramatically limited the scale and scope of local health department (LHD) work, redirecting resources to the response. However, the need for essential public health services—including substance use prevention—was not...
Experiences of frontline healthcare workers and their views about support during COVID-19 and previous pandemics: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis
Background
Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the potential mental...
Supporting Government of Pakistan’s in its efforts to ensure standardized, adequate, and evidence-based drug dependence treatment and care
UNODC in collaboration with the Ministry of Narcotics Control (MoNC) and the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (MoNHSR&C) and with the generous support from US/INL, is developing National Standards and...
National policymakers and key stakeholders in Kyrgyzstan enhance their knowledge on drug use disorder system Quality Assurance through UNODC training
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) conducted a National Training “UNODC Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems Quality Assurance (QA)” which took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 28-30 November 2022.
This capacity building...
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