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Applied Prevention Science International Celebrate Prevention Week
May the 8th-14th is National Prevention Week!
Every day APSI will be highlighting one of their Prevention Nuggets, Prevention Talks and Prevention Portraits, all focused on one specific prevention theme.
Head on over to APSI website t...
Implementing Adolescent SBIRT
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to early intervention of substance use.
This mixed-methods evaluation assessed the implementation of an adolescent SBIRT change package across...
Words Matter Language Guide
The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use takes many...
Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: The role of injection-related tissue damage
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In the context of the current U.S. injection drug use epidemic, targeted public health harm reduction strategies have traditionally focused on overdose prevention and reducing transmission of blood-borne viral...
Assessing the feasibility, usability and acceptability of the MySafeRx platform among individuals in outpatient buprenorphine treatment: Lessons learned from a pilot randomized controlled trial
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Background
Increasing buprenorphine/naloxone (B/N) access for opioid use disorder (OUD) is essential yet ensuring adherence and preventing diversion remains challenging. This study examines the feasibility, usability, and...
Věznice a drogy: zdravotní a sociální reakce
Tento miniprůvodce je jedním z většího souboru, který dohromady zahrnuje zdravotní a sociální reakce na drogové problémy: evropský průvodce. Poskytuje přehled o tom, co je třeba vzít v úvahu při plánování nebo poskytování zdravotních a...
Úloha specializovaných adiktologických sester v léčbě alkoholu
White House Releases 2022 National Drug Control Strategy that Outlines Comprehensive Path Forward to Address Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic
Today, President Biden sent his Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy to Congress at a time when drug overdoses have taken a heartbreaking toll, claiming 106,854 lives in the most recent 12-month period. The Strategy del...
Školy a drogy: zdravotní a sociální reakce
UNODC Training for Albanian Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders
UNODC organized a training for 19 Albanian policymakers on the Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders from 12-14 April 2022 in Tirana, Albania. Participants from the Ministries of Health and Social Protection, Education...
Výzva pro hlavní školitele pro projekt řízení péče o případy
Stručný popis:
Výkonný sekretariát Meziamerické komise pro kontrolu zneužívání drog (ES-CICAD) hledá vyjádření zájmu odborníků v oblasti alternativ k uvěznění a sociální integraci, kteří by byli vyškoleni jako hlavní školitelé pro...
Kenya introduces tax on alcohol advertising
A 15% tax on fees charged by television stations, print media, billboards, and radio stations for advertisements of alcohol products, gaming, and gambling has been proposed in the 2022/23 budget.
Here you can read the news article...
Pokroky v oblasti závislosti a zotavení
Advances in Addiction & Recovery, oficiální publikace NAADAC, je čtvrtletní digitální časopis zaměřený na poskytování užitečných, inovativních a včasných informací o trendech a osvědčených postupech v profesi, které jsou přínosné pro...
DAM Report of Recovery Get-Together 2022
National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment in Uzbekistan
On 25 March 2022 the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders’ diagnostics and treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The meeting was attended by...
New European mini guides on responding to drug use in specific settings by EMCDDA
Focusing treatments on specific settings where problems may develop is an important approach to implementing health and social responses to drug problems. As a result, the EMCDDA's Health and social solutions to drug problems: a European...
Soubor nástrojů prevence – nové jednotné kontaktní místo pro materiály EMCDDA týkající se prevence
Centrum EMCDDA spustilo nový soubor nástrojů prevence, který shrnuje všechny její dosud klíčové materiály týkající se prevence. Tento nový zdroj, který je součástí série nástrojů agentury, je zaměřen na každého, kdo se podílí na utváření...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - Quality standard
Latest quality standard published sets out how health and care services can improve the diagnosis, assessment, and prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
The quality standard highlights five key areas for improvement:
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