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Public Health
The organised efforts of governments, health systems, and communities to prevent substance-related harms, promote wellbeing, and improve population health outcomes. A public health approach focuses on prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support, and harm reduction, while also addressing the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence substance use. It relies on surveillance data, evidence-based interventions, policies, and cross-sector collaboration to reduce the overall burden of substance use disorders and promote healthier communities.
Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs
Background
In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly...
The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis
Background
Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...
Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria
Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.
Webinar Dua Bulanan: Seri Pembaruan Pengetahuan ISSUP Nigeria (Sesi Ketiga Belas)
ISSUP Nigeria ingin mengundang Anda untuk menghadiri Webinar Dua Bulanan berikutnya dalam Seri Pembaruan Pengetahuan. Topik Webinar adalah Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.
Capaian Pembelajaran:
• Kepekaan terhadap...
Kenya akan memasukkan obat berhenti merokok sebagai obat esensial
Kementerian Kesehatan telah disarankan untuk menambahkan dua obat non-nikotin ke Daftar Obat-obatan Esensial Kenya, untuk membantu perokok berhenti merokok dan kecanduan nikotin.
Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia mengatakan kedua obat itu membawa...
Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s
All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority.
The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in a...
Harga Unit Minimum alkohol di Skotlandia
Di sini Anda dapat membaca makalah pengarahan yang disusun oleh Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems yang meneliti harga satuan minimum di Skotlandia.
Makalah ini memberikan gambaran tentang:
- Bahaya alkohol di Skotlandia
- Apa itu...
The impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among sexual minorities
This paper aimed to review the literature regarding the impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among Sexual Minorities, with a focus on alcohol, opioids, stimulants, polydrug use, chemsex, cannabis and tobacco, as well as...
Penggunaan rokok elektrik di kalangan anak muda di Inggris Raya, 2022
Ringkasan temuan utama
Penggunaan rokok elektrik yang berkembang oleh kaum muda di Inggris dipantau menggunakan survei ASH Smokefree GB terhadap anak berusia 11-18 tahun 2013-2022 (lihat Lampiran 2 untuk metodologi), dalam konteks...
New psychoactive substances (NPS) - the Irish situation.
This factsheet summarises information and statistics on new psychoactive substances gathered from recent reports on prevalence, treatment, mortality and legislation in Ireland.
Mapping prevention systems in the European Neighbourhood Policy area
Between March and May 2021, the EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project supported the mapping of national prevention systems in European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) area countries.
This briefing describes the rationale and methodology of the...
Risiko kardiovaskular dan manfaat dari obat-obatan berhenti merokok
Dalam presentasi ini, para pembicara melaporkan hasil dari serangkaian tiga studi kohort berbasis populasi yang berkaitan dengan penggunaan dan efek farmakoterapi berhenti merokok. Yang pertama dari studi ini memberikan bukti tentang...
Costs of an Alcohol Measurement Intervention in Three Latin American Countries
Abstract
Alcohol measurement in health care settings is an effective intervention for reducing alcohol-related harm. However, in many countries, costs related to alcohol measurement have not yet been transparently assessed, which may...
Hubungan Paparan Prenatal terhadap Minum dan Merokok Ibu dengan Risiko Lahir Mati
Abstrak
Pentingnya Merokok prenatal adalah faktor risiko yang dapat dimodifikasi untuk lahir mati; Namun, kontribusi minum prenatal atau kombinasi merokok dan minum tidak pasti.
Tujuan : Untuk memeriksa apakah paparan prenatal terhadap...
Combining the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) in a Master’s Degree in Addictions
INTRODUCTION:
The European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) are paradigms of the efforts to achieve an international standardised training for drug demand reduction. Both curricula are based on...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
‘Ten Years Later’ – Developing Institutional Mechanisms for Drug Demand Reduction and Addictology Education in Georgia – A Case Study
BACKGROUND:
During the last ten years, Georgia made several important accomplishments in responding to the country’s drug problem. Specifically, in 2011, an interagency national drug coordinating body was established within the Ministry of...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
Adaptasi Kurikulum Perawatan Universal dengan Konteks Filipina dan Lingkungan Online
LATAR:
Kurikulum Perawatan Universal (UTC) ditawarkan kepada komunitas akademik untuk mengintegrasikan pengetahuan, keterampilan, dan praktik berbasis bukti khusus penggunaan zat ke dalam pengembangan profesional berkelanjutan dari...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
Accreditation of Study Programs on Addictions in Nigerian Universities: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Need for Advocacy
INTRODUCTION:
Access to drug treatment services in Nigeria remains low due to a severe shortage in the drug treatment workforce. Plans are underway to address the workforce shortage by introducing drug addiction training programs in...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Webinar Series
Various NPS have significantly changed the picture of drug use in different countries. They are now very prominent in the drug market. Indeed, many of these substances are intended to circumvent drug laws and are sold as ‘legal’...
Sorotan dari Laporan Obat Dunia UNODC 2022: Implikasi untuk pencegahan, pengobatan, dan respons perawatan obat
ISSUP mempresentasikan webinar pada hari Kamis, 7 Juli 2022, menampilkan Giovanna Campello, Kepala Bagian Pencegahan, Perawatan dan Rehabilitasi, Kantor PBB untuk Narkoba dan Kejahatan (UNODC) yang menyajikan sorotan dari Laporan Obat...