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Em todo o mundo, o tabagismo é um dos principais contribuintes para mortes evitáveis e anos de vida com incapacidade. No entanto, pouco se sabe sobre os fatores que influenciam o hábito tabágico das mulheres. Este estudo avaliou os fatores que influenciam o tabagismo e a frequência de tabagismo entre mulheres nigerianas em idade reprodutiva.

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Este estudo usa informações do Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) de 2018 (n = 41.821). Os dados foram ajustados para peso amostral, estratificação e desenho amostral por conglomerados. O status e a frequência...

O Dr. Jaleh Gholami apresentou na série de webinars NDARC na quinta-feira, 9 de março de 2023.

O Irã, localizado no Oriente Médio, tem uma alta taxa de consumo de opioides e diferentes padrões de uso de drogas. Neste webinar, apresentaremos a epidemiologia e as tendências do uso de metadona, buprenorfina e tramadol no Irã, bem como os impactos negativos do uso de opioides prescritos na saúde, como toxicidade e mortalidade. Esta apresentação foi baseada em três revisões sistemáticas publicadas e discutiu o significado e as implicações de seus achados.

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Jaleh Gholami é...

INTRODUCTION: Individuals who visit nightclubs and electronic dance music (EDM) festivals tend to use psychoactive substances, often multiple substances, in this setting and are at risk of serious negative health effects. This paper aims to explore respondents’ experiences and perceptions in order to have a better understanding of patterns and motives related to psychoactive substance use and high-risk behaviours in EDM event attendees.

METHODS: In-depth and focus group interviews with 30 EDM event attendees who reported psychoactive substance use at nightlife events. The data was analysed...

Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (MATTC) partnered with the Ethnic Communities Opioid Response Network in Missouri, the Addiction Policy Forum, and the Opioid Response Network (ORN in IA, KS, MO, and NE) to translate 5 different evidence-based prevention products "Prevention of Opioid Use Education Materials"  into 12 different languages, and ensure they are culturally appropriate, including Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Dari, French, Mandarin Chinese, Pashto, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog (Filipino) and Ukrainian.

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A close relationship between a parent and a child and parental acceptance can mediate the appropriate self-acceptance of an adolescent, which is an important variable related to personality and a pillar of emotional health. In the paper we present the conclusions of a research study about the quality of the attachment towards parents and self-acceptance of adolescents at Czech secondary schools.

AIMS:

The aim of the study was the exploration of the relation between the attachment style and self-acceptance.

SAMPLE:

The research sample consists of 3,239 adolescents aged 15–19 in...

BACKGROUND:

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) generate an aerosol by vaporising e-liquids that usually consist of propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), and other ingredients (water, nicotine, and flavours). The chemical and physical properties of these components have a significant effect on aerosol formation and must be identified in order to improve product attractiveness and assess the degree of health risks.

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The aim of this article is to provide a description of the composition of the e-liquid base and its impact on the physical properties of the liquid used...

The European Web Survey on Drugs1 collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Lebanon. In this period, the populations in many European and neighbouring countries were experiencing COVID-19-related lockdown or restrictions. Unless otherwise indicated, the data presented here refer to the 274 respondents who reported having used at least one illicit drug in the 12 months prior to the survey (last 12 months of use) and live in Lebanon.

In summary

• Most survey respondents (93 %) reported using...

Background

When used in combination with other therapies for drug use disorders, neurofeedback (NF) has been classified as "probably effective," according to recent research in the community of people with opioid use disorder. Despite these encouraging results, the severity of the opioid crisis, and the high risk of relapse even with the most effective medication-assisted maintenance therapy, NF remains a little-studied therapeutic option. The possibility of incorporating Alpha/Theta Neurofeedback into standard opioid addiction therapy in an outpatient urban treatment facility is examined in...