جستجو
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.
Drug-Treatment Systems in Prisons in Eastern and South-East Europe
This research project on drug-treatment systems in prisons in Eastern and South-East Europe looks in detail into the situation of drug users among criminal justice populations and the corresponding health-care responses in nine countries in...
Identifying and Treating Patients Who Use Tobacco
'Million Hearts' is an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by promoting evidence-based intervention through communities, health systems, non-profit...
Reviewing Inclusion Health: An Intervention Programme for At-Risk Populations
Inclusion Health is a framework for action that helps find ways of improving the health and well-being for socially excluded groups. These populations, who have in common adverse life experiences and risk factors, such as poverty and...
The Adolescent Brain – Wired for Taking Risks
‘The Adolescent Brain – Wired for Taking Risks’ is a briefing paper from Mentor ADEPIS and forms part of a series of such resources on drug and alcohol education and prevention for teachers and practitioners. It takes a look at the role...
Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Does It Matter If Addiction Is a Brain Disease?
Seizing on the theory’s propaganda value, in 1997 the head of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse proclaimed, “Addiction Is a Brain Disease, and It Matters.” His contention has been hailed as a breakthrough or condemned as a...
Positive and Negative Parenting Associated with Severe Problems of Child Behavior
Abstract
Introduction: Certain child rearing practices are associated with severe behavioral problems in children.
Objective: To assess the relationship between child rearing practices and severe behavioral problems in children.
Results...
Tobacco and Its Environmental Impact: An Overview
Overview
This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation, production, distribution...
Are Political Views Related to Smoking and Support for Tobacco Control Policies? A Survey across 28 European Countries
Abstract
Background
General political views are rarely considered when discussing public support for tobacco control policies and tobacco use. The aim of this study was to explore potential associations between political views, smoking...
No Clear Role for Medications in Less Dependent Drinkers
In 2013 nalmefene was authorised for moderating drinking among patients not in need of detoxification, extending pharmacotherapy to less dependent drinkers. Though uniquely authorised for this purpose, this review found other (and probably...
Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use in High-Risk Populations
There tends to be an increase in prevalence of substance use issues within populations living in urban areas and where poverty levels are high.
Certain risk factors, more common in deprived areas, are particularly associated with substance...
Analysis of the Chemical Composition of Smokable Cocaine Substances
This Compendium of the Chemical Composition of Smokable Cocaines is part of the Project on Smokable Cocaines in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, coordinated by the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs of the Inter-American...
آیا سیگار الکترونیکی واقعا سالم تر از سیگار سنتی?
بحث های زیادی در مورد اینکه آیا سیگار الکترونیکی در واقع برای شما بهتر از سیگار سنتی است وجود دارد زیرا اثرات نامطلوب بالقوه آنها تنها شروع به تحقیق می کند. این موضوع را با این واقعیت ترکیب کنید که بین سال های 2011 و 2015، استفاده از سیگار...
"Effects of Drugs on Socio-Economic Conditions of Union Council Shoghore District Chitral, Pakistan"
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
Drug addiction is a pathological or abnormal condition which arises due to frequent or abnormal use of substances which affects human senses and decreased...
The Economic Burden of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Canada in 2013
Aim
To estimate the economic burden and cost attributable to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Canada in 2013.
Methods
This cost-of-illness study examined the impact of FASD on the material welfare of the Canadian society in 2013...
Alcohol and Cancer: A Statement of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Abstract
Alcohol drinking is an established risk factor for several malignancies, and it is a potentially modifiable risk factor for cancer. The Cancer Prevention Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) believes that...
Consensus Validation of the POSAMINO (POtentially Serious Alcohol–Medication INteractions in Older adults) Criteria
Abstract
Objectives: Older adults are particularly vulnerable to adverse effects from concurrent alcohol and medication use. However, there is limited evidence regarding the prevalence of these adverse outcomes among older adults, and...
مواد مخدر سوء استفاده: راهنمای منابع مبارزه با مواد مخدر، 2017 نسخه
آموزش و پرورش نقش مهمی در جلوگیری از سوء مصرف مواد دارد. مواد مخدر سوء استفاده، راهنمای منابع مبارزه با مواد مخدر، طراحی شده است به یک منبع قابل اعتماد در مواد مخدر اغلب مورد آزار قرار گرفته و سوء استفاده در ایالات متحده است. این راهنمای...
سیگار کشیدن، نوشیدن و مصرف مواد مخدر در میان جوانان در انگلستان
یافته های کلیدی
در سال ۲۰۱۶:
- 19٪ از دانش آموزان 11 تا 15 ساله تا به حال سیگار کشیده بودند, که شبیه به 2014.
- 44 درصد از دانش آموزان تا به حال الکل مست است که قابل مقایسه با بررسی های قبلی نیست.
- 24٪ از دانش آموزان گزارش دادند که تا به...
Perceptions and Experiences with Flavored Non-Menthol Tobacco Products
Abstract
Although a few countries have banned flavored cigarettes (except menthol), flavors in most tobacco products remain unregulated across the globe. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies examining perceptions of and...
سطح کورتیزل مو، استرس روانی و علائم آسیب شناسی روانی به عنوان پیش بینی کننده افسردگی پس از بارداری
آبستره
افسردگی پس از مرگ تعداد زیادی از زنان را تحت تاثیر قرار می دهد و عواقب مضری دارد. دانستن عوامل مرتبط با افسردگی پس از بارداری در دوران بارداری می تواند به پیشگیری از آن کمک کند. اگرچه شواهدی در مورد پیش بینی کننده های رفتاری یا...