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Substance Use Monitoring and Surveillance: Challenges faced by LMICs
Substance use surveillance has emerged as a crucial public health strategy across Africa, particularly in light of the alarming rise in substance use among adolescents (1). This trend poses significant health risks that require a...
The Power of Collaboration Project: Substance Use Disorder treatment for women
The Power of Collaboration is a joint project between ISSUP and the GWN. This initiative delves into three critical areas in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for women:
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MIND THE GAP: GLOBAL SURVEY EXAMINING ACCESS FOR SUBSTANCE...
The Process of the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Prevention in Croatia: A Case Study
INTRODUCTION:
Prevention science and quality standards of drug prevention in the EU and in the world have developed in recent decades. Progress has been made in quality development in Croatia, but the experience of the process of improving...
Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders
BACKGROUND:
Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...
The ASPIRE Standards: Taking a Step Towards Quality Assurance in Drug Prevention in France – A Case Study
INTRODUCTION:
In the favourable political climate of the mid-2010s, the standards for Assessment & Selection of Prevention programmes Issued from the Review of EDPQS (ASPIRE) were developed to support project planning in drug prevention.
...The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community
BACKGROUND:
Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.
METHODS:
A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...
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...
“I’m almost opioid-a-phobic”: family medicine residents’ perceptions of enhancing opioid analgesic and agonist treatment training in a Canadian setting
Purpose
As deaths from the illicit drug poisoning crisis continue to rise in Canada, increasing the number of healthcare professionals qualified to effectively prescribe opioids could be beneficial. The willingness of family medicine...
WAVE Bursaries to attend Lisbon Addictions 2024
“Safer Drug Supply” Measures in Canada to Reduce the Drug Overdose Fatality Toll: Clarifying Concepts, Practices and Evidence Within a Public Health Intervention Framework
In North America, there's a serious problem with drug overdose deaths, mainly due to users encountering very strong and dangerous illegal opioids like fentanyl. Although various efforts have been made in Canada to address this issue, the...
Cannabis and amphetamine use among school-going adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis of prevalence and associated factors
Who Helps The Helper? A Skills Transfer Program for Behavioural and Substance Use Professionals
Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Type 2 Diabetes: Integration of Evidence-Based Diabetes Care to Promote Quality Health Outcomes
The absence of data on driving under the influence of alcohol in road traffic studies: a scoping review of non-randomized studies with vote counting based on the direction of effects of alcohol policies
Background
Data concerning driving under the influence of alcohol (DUIA) are frequently characterised by their lack of availability, accuracy, or reliability. This inherent limitation poses challenges in the examination of the influence of...
Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
The guide specifically focuses on tools and strategies for implementing a trauma-informed approach. This guide highlights the need for organizational assessment of readiness and capacity before implementing trauma-informed approach and...
Τα πρότυπα ASPIRE: Κάνοντας ένα βήμα προς τη διασφάλιση της ποιότητας στην πρόληψη των ναρκωτικών στη Γαλλία – Μια μελέτη περίπτωσης
ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ: Στο ευνοϊκό πολιτικό κλίμα των μέσων της δεκαετίας του 2010, αναπτύχθηκαν τα πρότυπα για την αξιολόγηση και την επιλογή των προγραμμάτων πρόληψης που εκδόθηκαν από την αναθεώρηση του EDPQS (ASPIRE) για την υποστήριξη του...
Εθνική Εφαρμογή Προτύπων Ποιότητας στις Υπηρεσίες Πρόληψης και Θεραπείας για Χρήση Ουσιών/Εξαρτήσεις – Μελέτη Περίπτωσης της Κύπρου
ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ: Η Εθνική Αρχή Τοξικομανιών Κύπρου (NAAC) είναι ο κύριος συντονιστικός φορέας για όλα τα θέματα που σχετίζονται με νόμιμες και παράνομες ουσίες καθώς και παθολογικά τυχερά παιχνίδια στην Κύπρο και είναι υπεύθυνη, μεταξύ άλλων, για...
Πρότυπα ποιότητας για τη θεραπεία της διαταραχής χρήσης ουσιών στη Λιθουανία 1992–2022: Από τις πρωτοβουλίες βάσης στις εθνικές στρατηγικές
ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ: Η εφαρμογή προτύπων ποιότητας στη θεραπεία των διαταραχών χρήσης ουσιών στη Λιθουανία δεν τεκμηριώνεται επαρκώς στη βιβλιογραφία. AIMS: Να περιγράψει τη διαδικασία ανάπτυξης προτύπων ποιότητας από πρωτοβουλίες βάσης έως την...
Economic Evaluations of Pharmacologic Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review
Abstract
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...
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