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Psychological factors and the use of psychoactive substances in relation to sexual orientation: A study on Israeli young adults.
In the context of sexual minorities and the distress they may experience, recent years have witnessed a trend emphasizing the idea that protective factors may curb risk behaviors, while stressing that not all sexual minorities do experience...
Gender, employment, and continuous pandemic as predictors of alcohol and drug consumption during the COVID-19.
Aims
This study aims to assess the impacts of the continuous pandemic state, gender and employment status on changes in substance use during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Methods
A sample of 828 Israelis participated in an online survey...
Substances use between early and later stages of the COVID 19 pandemic in Israel
Aims
Only several empirical studies have examined substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic in general populations. Most of these studies compared self-reported substances use before the pandemic and during the pandemic's early stages...
د خطر ماټریكس : د انګلستان او ویلز په جېل كې په نشه یی توکو پورې تړلی مړینې ، ۲۰۱۵ – ۲۰۲۰
Drug use and associated factors in a North Eastern region of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
The article ‘Drug use and associated factors in a North Eastern region of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study’ published in the PanAfrican Medical Journal’ on 11/10/2022 by a number of authors coordinated by Dr Harrieth Peter and Castory...
Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Introduction
There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary...
Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada
Background
Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...
تورې نجونې او راجع کول: د عدالت کې ښکیل ماشومانو ترمنځ د مخدره توکو کارولو اختلال ارزونې ته د ځان راپور شوی راجع کولو کې نژادی او جنډر توپیرونه
شالید
د عدالت ښکیل ماشومانو (JIC) په مینځ کې د موادو کارولو اختلال (SUD) لوړه کچه شتون لری. دا خورا مهم دی چې ډاډ ترلاسه شی چې JIC څوک چې د اوسنی کارونې راپور ورکوی د SUD ارزونې او احتمالی ژوند ژغورنې درملنې خدماتو لپاره راجع کیږی...
Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19
Background
COVID-19 dramatically limited the scale and scope of local health department (LHD) work, redirecting resources to the response. However, the need for essential public health services—including substance use prevention—was not...
Experiences of frontline healthcare workers and their views about support during COVID-19 and previous pandemics: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis
Background
Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the potential mental...
Roles of parental smoking and family structure for the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in adolescent smoking
Abstract
Background and aims
Among European countries, France is particularly concerned by adolescent tobacco smoking, especially in disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds (SES). We measured the respective contributions of parental...
Exploring arts-based interventions for youth substance use prevention: a scoping review of literature
Experts’ views on how to design a tobacco control fund in the UK
Abstract
Objective To explore expert views on the potential value, and approaches to establishing and administering a tobacco control fund in the UK.
Design Semistructured interviews and follow-up discussion groups.
Subjects Twenty...
Understanding injecting drug use in Afghanistan: A scoping review
Background
Several reports have described a growing prevalence of illicit drug use in Afghanistan, with recognition of a recent shift from traditional modes of consumption involving inhalation and oral ingestion to injecting drug use.
...د درملنې ښکیلتیا او د مراجعینو پایلو سره تړاو: د بنګ د استعمال اختلال درملنې لپاره د نابیسیمولونو د تصادفی کنټرول شوی محاکمې پایلې
پیژندنه او اهداف
د بنګ کارولو اختلال درملنې کې د کینابینوایډ درملو کارولو لپاره ډیر علاقه او شواهد شتون لری ، مګر د بریالی درملنې اړیکو لږ معاینه. دا مقاله د بنګ د کارولو اختلال (CUD) درملنې لپاره د نابیسیمولونو د تصادفی پلیسبو کنټرول...
Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada
Background
Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...
د COVID-19 په جریان کې د نفوس پراساس موادو کارولو مخنیوی او ځواب ویلو کې د متحده ایالاتو سیمه ایز عامه روغتیا رول ته خنډونه
شالید
د COVID-19 بیړنی حالت د متحده ایالاتو (متحده ایالاتو) عامه روغتیا ، طبی او عامه خوندیتوب زیربنا په بې ساری ډول ازموینه کړې. د دوی په ټولنو کې د عامې روغتیا مرکزی ټکی په توګه ، د ځایی روغتیا څانګې (LHDs) په ځانګړی توګه د وبا له پیل...
Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency
Background
Relatively little is known about how risky drinkers attempt to moderate their drinking in the absence of specialist support. The broader literature has identified multiple potential strategies that people use to cope with...
Mortality and life-years lost following subsequent physical comorbidity in people with pre-existing substance use disorders: a national registry-based retrospective cohort study of hospitalised individuals in Czechia
Summary
Background
Substance use disorders constitute a major global public health problem, attributable largely to their subsequent comorbidity with other health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all-cause death...
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