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Recommendations "Web outreach for people who use drugs"
The UNODC Regional Program Office for Eastern Europe (Kiev, Ukraine), in collaboration with the Humanitarian Action Fund (St. Petersburg, Russia), issues recommendations on web outreach for people who use drugs (PWUD), including people who...
Is telemedicine the answer to rural expansion of medication treatment for opioid use disorder? Early experiences in the feasibility study phase of a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Trial
Abstract
Telemedicine (TM) enabled by digital health technologies to provide medical services has been considered a key solution to increasing health care access in rural communities. With the immediate need for remote care due to the...
Virtual Twelve Step Meeting Attendance During the COVID-19 Period A Study of Members of Narcotics Anonymous
Abstract
Objectives:
Face-to-face meetings are key components of Twelve Step (TS) fellowships’ support of members’ abstinence. Home confinement during COVID-19 made this less feasible. Our objective was to ascertain whether a...
Use of Technology in Psychosocial Treatment for Methamphetamine Use
This webinar describes how telephone, mHealth (text-messaging and apps), and computer-based interventions are used in the treatment of methamphetamine use. Key elements of the webinar include
- the research supporting each modality ...
At the forefront of a pandemic: COVID-19 through the eyes of psychotherapist at a drug treatment facility
The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions associated with it have changed people’s lives in almost all countries. However, very few realize how the lives of people with drug use disorders – who are among the most vulnerable and in need of...
Telehealth Reading List
Experiences of Clinicians Transitioning to Telemedicine
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many practitioners to shift their practice online, using telemedicine to treat Opioid Use Disorder. This has allowed for the continuity of essential care whilst adhering to the social distancing guidelines...
Telehealth Learning Series for SUD Treatment and Recovery Support Providers
The Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network, the Center for Excellence on Protected Health Information (CoE-PHI), the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers, and the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse...
ڈبلیو ایچ او گائیڈ لائن: صحت کے نظام کو مضبوط بنانے کے لئے ڈیجیٹل مداخلت پر سفارشات
اس گائیڈ لائن کا بنیادی مقصد ابھرتی ہوئی ڈیجیٹل ہیلتھ مداخلتوں پر شواہد کے تنقیدی جائزے پر مبنی سفارشات پیش کرنا ہے جو صحت کے نظام کی بہتری میں حصہ ڈال رہے ہیں ، فوائد ، نقصانات ، قبولیت ، فزیبلٹی ، وسائل کے استعمال اور برابری کے خیالات کی...
ڈیجیٹل ہیلتھ: کوویڈ 19 کے دوران غیر متعدی بیماریوں کے ساتھ رہنے والے لوگوں کے لئے صحت کی دیکھ بھال کو برقرار رکھنے کی حکمت عملی
غیر مواصلاتی بیماریاں (این سی ڈی) دنیا بھر میں اموات اور معذوری کی بنیادی وجہ ہیں۔ ان دائمی حالات کا مؤثر انتظام بڑی حد تک مسلسل ، جوابدہ ، قابل رسائی ، اور معیار کی خدمات اور کامیاب مریضوں کی مصروفیت اور خود انتظام پر منحصر ہے۔
ڈیجیٹل...
How Can Telehealth Help in the Provision of Integrated Care?
The World Health Organisation defines telehealth as:
The use of telecommunications and virtual technology to deliver health care outside of traditional health-care facilities.
Well-designed telehealth schemes can improve health care...
Extending the Reach of Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders into Rural Areas
A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...
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