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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.
Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders
BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community
BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.
METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Quality Standards in Lithuania 1992–2022: From Grassroots Initiatives to Nationwide Strategies
BACKGROUND: The implementation of quality standards in the treatment of substance use disorders in Lithuania is not well documented in the literature. AIMS: To describe the process of the development of quality standards from grassroots...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals
Sexual and gender minority individuals face marked disparities in substance use.
This narrative review explores research on substance use in sexual and gender minority communities. The authors define the sexual and gender minority...
The social context of drinking among LGBT+ people
Professor Carol Emslie and David Barbour discuss research on gender, identity and drinking, and the disproportionate impact of substance use in the LGBT+ community.
European Drug Report 2023: Trends and Developments
The European Drug Report 2023: Trends and Developments presents the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national...
Webinar: "People First: Stop Stigma and Discrimination, Strengthen Prevention"
ISSUP Bahamas Chapter is Preparing for World Drug Day Webinar on June 26, 2023. 2023 Theme: “People first: stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention.”
Highlights from the 2023 UNODC World Drug Report
ISSUP are pleased to present our Webinar on highlights from the 2023 edition of the UNODC World Drug Report.
Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare and substance use service access among women who inject drugs: a qualitative study
Abstract
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare and substance use services engagement, including primary and mental health services as well as residential and outpatient drug treatment. Women who inject drugs (WWID) face...
The Role of Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Use Prevention within School Settings A Guiding Document
In the context of law enforcement, the UNODC has developed a guiding document to help support a change of culture on how to make use of the science of prevention for the betterment of the health and safety development of youth.
The UNODC...
Increase in driving after cocaine use in Spain: a cross-sectional dataset analysis for 2021
Objective: Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs impairs skills essential for safe driving, increases the risk of being involved in a traffic accident and is particularly prevalent in Spain. The aim is to assess the prevalence...
Association between exposure to secondhand aerosol from heated tobacco products and respiratory symptoms among current non-smokers in Japan: a cross-sectional study
Abstract
Objectives To investigate the association between secondhand-aerosol exposure from heated tobacco products (HTPs) and respiratory symptoms among current non-smokers.
Design Cross-sectional study.
Setting Internet survey...
WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository
On Thursday, June 1st, the WHO launched the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository, which provides health professionals and drug policy experts with a single searchable database to freely access all technical reports on over 450 substances reviewed by the ECDD.
Reducing stigma towards people living with HIV and people who inject drugs
Despite extensive evidence regarding the negative effects of stigma experienced by people living with HIV (PLHIV) and people who inject drugs within health care settings, comparatively little evidence exists regarding the effectiveness of...
د کینیا په ښوونځیو کې د ابتدایی ځوانانو لپاره د شواهدو پر بنسټ د مخنیوی مداخلې مطالعه (دا واقعیا وساتئ)
موخه:
که څه هم په کینیا کې د لومړنی ښوونځی ډیری زده کونکی د الکول او نورو مخدره توکو کارولو راپور ورکوی ، د ښوونځیو لپاره د شواهدو پراساس مخنیوی مداخلې عموما شتون نلری. په نړیواله کچه ، د څیړنې ترسره کولو لپاره مخ په زیاتیدونکی فرصتونه...
د LGBTQ+ خلکو لپاره د الکول بازارموندنه
د SHAAP / SARN 'الکول کله ناکله' ویبینار ویډیو وګورئ ، چې د 24 می په 2023 کې د زوم په اړه ترسره شوی: "LGBTQ + خلکو ته د الکول بازارموندنه: د هویت په نښه کولو لپاره ستراتیژیانې رامینځته کول"، د ډاکټر ډیویډ وایټلی لخوا.
د الکولی مشروباتو د استعمال اغېزې
هغه مداخلې چې د الکول شتون محدودوی د زیان خطر کموی. خو تر دې دمه روښانه نه ده چې ولې داسې کېږی.
پدې څیړنه کې ، د عامې روغتیا ټیمونو ، پولیسو ، د ځایی چارواکو جواز ورکولو ټیمونو او وکیلانو ، او د الکول ځایونو جواز ورکولو کمیټو نظریات وپلټل...
د اندونیزیا د INEP پلس انلاین روزنه
ISSUP انډونیزیا د 17 ګډون کونکو سره په انډونیزیا کې د ملی کچې روزنې په توګه د شواهدو پراساس مخنیوی (INEP) انلاین کورس معرفی کول تنظیم کړل. د روزنې، د ډاکټر کریسټیانا سیسټ، SpKJ، او ډاکټر Elvina K. Sahusilawane، SpKJ لخوا ترسره شوی، موخه یې...
څنګه د الکول څښل د مزمن درد لامل کیږی
یوې ډلې وښودله چې څنګه د الکول مصرف او د الکول وتلو دواړه کولی شی د درد او حساسیت زیاتوالی لامل شی.
د الکول اوږدمهاله مصرف ممکن خلک د دوه مختلف مالیکول میکانیزمونو له لارې درد ته ډیر حساس کړی - یو د الکول مصرف او بل د الکول وتلو له لارې.
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د لاتین امریکا او کارابین هیوادونو څخه د مخدره توکو ملی څارونکی په لیزبون کې د COPOLAD اونۍ لپاره سره ګوری
د لاتین امریکایی او کیریبین (LAC) هیوادونو څخه د مخدره توکو ملی څارونکی (NDOs) د COPOLAD III برنامې لاندې د یوې اونۍ فعالیتونو لپاره د می له 22 څخه تر 26 پورې په لیزبون کې راټول شوی.
د دې نوښت اصلی موضوع به د NDOs تخنیکی ظرفیت او بنسټیز...