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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Posttraumatic growth following a drug-related death: A family perspective
This paper explores the experience of posttraumatic growth in families who have lost a family member to a drug-related death.
Seven family units (17 participants) were interviewed, and interviews were analysed.
Analyses revealed themes...
Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study
Background
In somatic health care settings, interdisciplinary collaborations (where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are considered to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary...
Perspectives of service providers on aftercare service provision for persons with substance use disorders at a Rural District in South Africa
Background
Aftercare programs for people with substance use disorders (PWSUD) are frequently challenged with a number of overlapping obstacles, including uncertain policy consequences and a lack of resources. Despite demographic variety...
No place for cheap alcohol: the potential value of minimum pricing for protecting lives
Overview
The WHO European Region has some of the highest levels of alcohol consumption and corresponding rates of alcohol-related harm in the world. Pricing policies and taxation are among the most effective measures that policy-makers...
Vulnerable Children: Substance use among young people and caregivers in child protection systems
In this webinar, the speakers take a look at substance use among young people, focusing on the 'crossover' of children at the nexus of the youth justice and child protection systems, and the implications of caregiver substance abuse in...
Bilancio di un decennio di politiche in materia di droga: progressi e sfide
Introduzione Secondo l'ultimo Rapporto Mondiale sulla Droga pubblicato dall'Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite contro la Droga e il Crimine (UNODC) per l'anno 2022, circa 284 milioni di persone di età compresa tra i 15 e i 64 anni hanno fatto uso di droghe.
Adolescents with substance use problems in outpatient treatment: a one-year prospective follow-up study focusing on mental health and gender differences
Background
Although several studies have found a high incidence of coexisting mental health problems among adolescents with substance use problems, follow-up studies addressing how these conditions change over time are rare. The study will...
Migliorare l'equità e l'accesso al trattamento con buprenorfina attraverso la telemedicina nei programmi di servizi di siringa
Sfondo
Negli Stati Uniti, l'accesso alla buprenorfina rimane basso e sono emerse disparità riguardo a chi riceve il trattamento. Le leggi federali hanno regolamentato la somministrazione di buprenorfina, limitandone in ultima analisi l...
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 bimestrale: Serie di aggiornamento delle conoscenze ISSUP Nigeria (tredicesima sessione)
ISSUP Nigeria vorrebbe invitarti a partecipare al loro prossimo webinar bimestrale nella serie di aggiornamento delle conoscenze. L'argomento del webinar sarà Oltre la dipendenza: disturbi indotti dall'alcol.
Obiettivi formativi:
• Sen...
Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.
The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in the...
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...
Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol in Scotland
Here you can read a briefing paper put together by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems that examines minimum unit pricing in Scotland.
The paper provides an overview of:
- Alcohol harm in Scotland
- What is MUP and why was it...
L'impatto della discriminazione sui disturbi da uso di sostanze tra le minoranze sessuali
Questo documento mirava a rivedere la letteratura riguardante l'impatto della discriminazione sui disturbi da uso di sostanze tra le minoranze sessuali, con particolare attenzione ad alcol, oppioidi, stimolanti, policonsumo di droghe...
Uso di sigarette elettroniche tra i giovani in Gran Bretagna, 2022
Sintesi dei principali risultati
L'evoluzione dell'uso giovanile di sigarette elettroniche in Gran Bretagna è monitorata utilizzando il sondaggio ASH Smokefree GB sugli 11-18 anni 2013-2022 (vedi Appendice 2 per la metodologia), nel...
Nuove sostanze psicoattive (NPS) - la situazione irlandese.
La presente scheda informativa riassume le informazioni e le statistiche sulle nuove sostanze psicoattive raccolte dalle recenti relazioni sulla prevalenza, il trattamento, la mortalità e la legislazione in Irlanda.
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...
The cardiovascular risks and benefits of quit smoking medicines
In this presentation, the speakers reported the results of a series of three population-based cohort studies relating to the use and effects of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. The first of these studies provided evidence on how the...
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...