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Guidelines on Drug Prevention and Treatment for Girls and Women
The publication Guidelines on Drug Prevention and Treatment for Girls and Women by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) discusses alcohol and drug use prevalence and trends among girls and women globally.
The document...
Manuale pratico per affrontare l'uso di alcol
L'uso rischioso di alcol, definito come qualsiasi livello di consumo di alcol che aumenta il rischio di danni a se stessi o agli altri, è sia un disturbo da uso di sostanze che un problema medico. Riconosciuto come una delle principali...
Infant Morbidity and Mortality Attributable to Prenatal Smoking in Chile
Abstract
Objective: To estimate annual infant morbidity and mortality attributable to prenatal smoking in Chile during 2008−2012.
Methods: Population-attributable fractions (PAFs) for several infant outcomes were calculated based on...
Pubblicità dei prodotti del tabacco nei punti vendita: chi è più esposto in Brasile?
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Obiettivo: Descrivere la percezione della popolazione adulta della pubblicità delle sigarette nei punti vendita, in base al loro stato di utilizzo del tabacco e alle caratteristiche socio-demografiche come sesso, età, razza /...
Physicians’ Views on the Role of Smoking in Smoking-Related Diseases
Abstract
Background
Previous reports have shown that physicians who smoke underestimate the effects of smoking on health and this influences their practice. This study was designed to investigate the views of Estonian physicians on the...
Tobacco Use during Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors in a Mountain District of Eastern Nepal
Background: Tobacco using among women is more prevalent in Nepal as compared to other South-East Asian countries. The effect of its use is seen not only on the pregnant women, but also health of the growing fetus is compromised. Currently...
Lo staff dell'ISSUP sotto i riflettori: Joanna Travis-Roberts
Questa settimana abbiamo incontrato il vicedirettore esecutivo dell'ISSUP.
Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician’s Guide
Introduction
This Guideis written for primary care and mental health clinicians. It has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),a component of the National Institutes of Health, with guidance from...
Moderate Alcohol Consumption as Risk Factor for Adverse Brain Outcomes and Cognitive Decline
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate whether moderate alcohol consumption has a favourable or adverse association or no association with brain structure and function.
Design: Observational cohort study with weekly alcohol intake and...
Predittori specifici di genere dell'uso pericoloso di alcol da parte degli adolescenti a rischio
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Ricerche precedenti hanno trovato forti associazioni tra l'uso pericoloso di alcol da parte degli adolescenti e la loro percezione del comportamento dei coetanei, così come i propri soldi da spendere e una serie di...
Does the Effect of Alcohol on the Brain Differ between Men and Women?
New research published in the journal Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging has found that the effects of alcohol on the reward system in the brain may differ between men and women.
The reward system is a grouped structure in the brain that...
Estimation of National, Regional and Global Prevalence of Alcohol Use during Pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Background
Alcohol use during pregnancy is the direct cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and FAS in the general population and, by linking these two indicators...
Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: CDC Grand Rounds
Public Health Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...
Effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme Compared with Other Smoking Cessation Interventions in Denmark
Strengths and Limitations of this Study
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This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).
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The study was...
Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or...
Validità e affidabilità del test di screening per il coinvolgimento di alcol, fumo e sostanze (ASSIST) negli studenti universitari
L'Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), sviluppato dall'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS), è stato utilizzato con successo in molti paesi, ma ci sono pochi studi sulla sua validità e affidabilità per...
Opium Addiction Destroying Families
We are in the middle of the first quarter of the 21st century. It is a technologically advanced era, in which people across the world, and within a country are trying to excel in their lives, exploring new opportunities and trying to build...
Women Are Drinking as Much as Men
Alcohol-related disorders are traditionally seen as predominately affecting males. New research has found, however, that women now consume as much alcohol as men and, as a result, are doing increasing amounts of harm to their bodies. The...
Afghanistan National Drug Use Survey 2015
This five year survey is a global model for its rigor – the only national prevalence survey that I know of in the world where questionnaires were combined with 100% toxicology testing of three biological samples per person (hair, urine...
L'oppio conquista villaggi remoti in Afghanistan
L'Afghanistan è il principale produttore mondiale di oppio illecito. Questo video ci porta in un remoto villaggio nel nord-est dell'Afghanistan, dove le famiglie si incontrano per il loro rituale quotidiano di fumo di oppio. Le donne nel...
