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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.
Risk Behaviour of Adolescents Aged 10–15 in Slovakia. Relation to Sex, Age, and Body Mass Index
BACKGROUND: As a theoretical base we used Jessor’s concept of the Syndrome of Risk Behaviour in Adolescence, the self-concept, and the concept of body image.
AIM: The main aim of the contribution was research on the relations between the...
AddictologyIssue 3/2022
No Good Time Without Drugs: Qualitative Study Among Nightlife Attendees in Tbilisi, Georgia
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...
AddictologyIssue 3/2022
Epidemiological Study of Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Behaviour Among Patients with Substance Use Disorders in a Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre for Addiction in Dubai
Suicide is considered a severe global phenomenon as near to 700,000 people die annually as a result of suicidal behaviours. Suicide is a major public health problem among patients with a substance use disorder.
AddictologyIssue 3/2022
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...
The need to establish the first safe consumption site in Israel
The paper presents the case for establishment of safe consumption sites (SCS) in Israel. An SCS, also known as a drug consumption room (DCR), provides a safe and medically supervised setting for people who inject drugs (PWID) to use drugs...
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 and...
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...
Recovery 101
Recovery from a substance use disorder is defined as a process of improved physical, psychological, and social well-being and health after having suffered from a substance-related condition.
The recovery research institute has put together...
Екі айлық вебинар: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Он алтыншы сеанс)
ХҚСУП Нигерия «Мектептерде субстанцияларды пайдаланудың алдын алу іс-шаралар: жазалаудың баламалары» тақырыбында келесі Екі айлық вебинарды таныстыруға қуанышты.
Resilience in Leadership: Key Behaviors for Self-Care and Caring for Others
ISSUP are pleased to present their Webinar on Resilience in Leadership.
The risk matrix: Drug-related deaths in prisons in England and Wales, 2015–2020
This article explores the factors contributing to drug-related deaths in English and Welsh prisons between 2015 and 2020.
Call for Speakers: side event at the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum
The VNGOC together with NYNGOC and the UNODC Civil Society Unit is organizing an online side event in the margins of the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum on 31 January 2023 at 8.30 AM. The event is titled: The central role of civil society in...
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...
АИТВ және субстанцияларды пайдалану: Оқу тізімі
Дүниежүзілік ЖИТС күні әр жылдың желтоқсан айында өтеді. Бұл оқу тізімі АИТВ/ЖИТС-ке қатысты тәжірибелі мамандарға арналған зерттеулердің, жарияланымдардың және ресурстардың тізбесін қамтиды. Сондай-ақ, бізде АИТВ мен ВВГ-ге арналған желі...
АИТВ және есірткі қолданатын адамдар: Фактілер парағы
2021 - 2026 жылдарға арналған ЖҚТБ-ның жаһандық стратегиясында адам құқықтарын іске асыру, стигмаларды, кемсітушілік пен зорлық-зомбылықты азайту және теңсіздікті тоқтатудың және ақырында ЖИТС-ті тоқтатудың жолы ретінде зиянды жазалау...
Дәрілік заттарға байланысты жұқпалы ауруларға ден қою: EMCDDA шағын нұсқаулығы
Дәрілік инъекциялық жабдықтармен алмасу АИТВ және В және С гепатиті сияқты қан инфекцияларының таралу және жұғу қаупін арттырады. С гепатиті есірткі (PWID) енгізетін адамдар арасында ең басым қанды вирустық инфекция болып табылса...
UNODC work relating to substance use and HIV
UNODC has put together summaries of the work that they are doing relating to Drug use and HIV.
Here, you can find out more about the work that UNODC has done relating to
Есірткіні пайдаланатын адамдарды жеткізудің қауіпсіз нұсқаларының жалғасына қарай жылжу: Канададағы кәсіби мүдделі тараптар арасында қауіпсіз жеткізу бойынша ұлттық перспективаларды зерттейтін сапалы зерттеу
Аясы
Уытты дәрi-дәрмекпен қамтамасыз ету мәселелерiн шешу және артық дозалану дағдарысы жағдайында есiрткiнi пайдаланатын адамдардың қажеттiлiктерiн қанағаттандыру үшiн халықтың денсаулығын қорғау жөнiндегi жаңа iс-шаралар қажет. Кейбір...
Black girls and referrals: racial and gender disparities in self-reported referral to substance use disorder assessment among justice-involved children
Background
There is a higher prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) among justice-involved children (JIC). It is critical to ensure that JIC who report current use are referred for SUD assessment and potentially life-saving treatment...
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...