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Towards Comprehensive Sexuality Education in the Czech Republic: A Qualitative Study of Practitioners‘ Perspectives on Key Themes and Methods
INTRODUCTION: This study explores the perspectives of Czech practitioners on sexuality education (SE) for upper primary school students (ISCED level 2). It focuses on the topics they consider relevant, including those currently...
Alcohol Labelling: Czech Expert Perspectives and Recommendations
INTRODUCTION: Consumption of alcohol has significant influence on the physical and mental health of the Czech population. Nevertheless, public awareness of alcohol-related consequences in the Czech Republic remains inadequate. One potential...
UNODC World Drug Report
Effectiveness of nurse-initiated smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background
Smoking is one of the top causes of preventable death and is linked to many serious health problems, including cancer and chronic diseases. Nurses can play a big role in helping people quit smoking by offering support through...
IntNSA Annual Conference 2025: Call for Abstracts
Submission Deadline: Extended to October 31, 2024 at 11:59pm Central Time
The International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) invites you to submit an abstract for oral and/or poster session at the Annual Educational Conference!
The...
La Perspectiva de Género en el Ámbito de las Sustancias y las Adicciones
UNODC World Drug Report 2024
Spanish Project of Best Practice Portal in Drug Demand Reduction and Behavioural Addictions
INTRODUCTION:
In Spain, the offer of prevention programmes is very varied and structured, but today the challenge remains how to put evidence into practice. European Commission define a best practice as “a relevant policy or intervention...
Spanish University Postgraduate Training on Addictions: The Historic Development and its Current Situation
BACKGROUND: Drug dependence is a public health problem that requires trained professionals to effectively address this issue. The aim of this study was to analyse postgraduate university training programs specialising in addictions in Spain...
Prescribed safer supply during dual public health emergencies: a qualitative study examining service providers perspectives on early implementation
Background: Over the past decade, drug-related overdoses have seen a significant rise both in North America and globally. The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasised the urgent need for safer supply programs to replace unregulated...
Rehabilitation of Executive Functions in Users of Addictive Substances. Study Protocol
BACKGROUND:
Substance use increases the risk of damage to executive and cognitive functions. Manifested by a range of clinical symptoms, such impairments may affect people’s coping with everyday activities and their abilities to establish...
DIMS Annual Report 2022
The DIMS annual report 2022 covers the concentrations, adulterations, and other relevant information produced by DIMS in the past year, and in doing so forms a topical image of the Dutch drug market. Spread out over all Dutch provinces, the...
Experiencias autoinformadas con xilacina: un estudio de métodos mixtos de suscriptores de Reddit
Abstracto
Objetivos
La xilacina es un agonista α2 cada vez más frecuente en el suministro de drogas ilícitas. Nuestros objetivos fueron recopilar información sobre la xilacina a través de las redes sociales de personas que usan drogas...
ISSUP POSTER FOR LISBON ADDICTIONS 2022: STUDY ON SUBSTANCE USE AND THE ROLE OF FAMILIES IN KAZAKHSTAN, PAKISTAN AND UKRAINE
The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23–25 November 2022.
Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise...
Proyecto Español de Portal de Buenas Prácticas en Reducción de la Demanda de Drogas y Adicciones Comportamentales
INTRODUCCIÓN: En España, la oferta de programas de prevención es muy variada y estructurada, pero hoy en día el reto sigue siendo cómo poner en práctica la evidencia. La Comisión Europea define una buena práctica como "una política o...
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 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...
Estándares de calidad del tratamiento de los trastornos por consumo de sustancias en Lituania 1992-2022: de las iniciativas de base a las estrategias nacionales
ANTECEDENTES: La aplicación de normas de calidad en el tratamiento de los trastornos por consumo de sustancias en Lituania no está bien documentada en la bibliografía. OBJETIVOS: Describir el proceso de desarrollo de estándares de calidad...
Análisis de Cannabis incautada en Chile
La droga más consumida a nivel mundial es el Cannabis, Chile es parte de esta realidad, para establecer las concentraciones de los principales componentes de esta droga se realizó un estudio de 490 muestras de incautaciones de todo el país...
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