Authors: Ms. Patricia Martínez-Redondo and Dª. Elisabete Arostegui Santamaria
Edit and distribute: Ministry of Health. Secretary of State for Health. Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs
Year of edition: 2021
The...
It has been a long-standing debate in the research and medical societies whether alcohol consumption is linked to the risk of prostate cancer (PCa). Many comprehensive studies from different geographical areas and nationalities...
Mental health encompasses a range of mental, emotional, social, and behavioral functioning and occurs along a continuum from good to poor. Previous research has documented that mental health among children and adolescents is...
Addictions are a social and public health problem whose latest trends in Latin America show an increase in women. The objective of this study was to compare the family variables and the consumption of harmful substances of women...
We aimed to characterize the availability and promotion of alcohol at alcohol outlets in Madrid and to compare them according to the type of outlet and area-level socioeconomic status. We used the OHCITIES instrument to...
The objective was to characterize the availability and promotion of alcohol associated with the premises of sale and consumption of alcohol in Madrid, as well as to explore the differences in its distribution depending on the...
Importance Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youths worldwide, but no available means exist to identify the risk of suicide in this population.
Objective To assess whether genome-wide polygenic scores for...
Importance Some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) inhibit the enzymes responsible for the metabolism of oxycodone, a potent prescription opioid. The clinical consequences of this interaction on the risk of opioid...
Hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial designs have become increasingly prevalent in implementation research. As hybrid designs enter their second decade of widespread use, the Frontiers in Health Services’ Implementation Science section...
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in substantial burden of disease in Canada. Daily cannabis use is most strongly implicated in the cannabis-attributable burden of disease. In the context of the novel...
The Ohio Attorney General selected experts from a number of academic fields to the Scientific Committee on Opioid Prevention and Education (SCOPE) to help the State of Ohio in tackling the opioid crisis in the United States. The focus of...
Early detection of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome allows infected people to use prophylaxis against opportunistic infections and beginning immediate treatment for secondary complications. People who receive treatment benefit from...
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal substance in the world, with a global prevalence of 4% among people aged 15 to 64 years and a recent trend of growing use. Cannabis usage can have negative health consequences, such as impaired...
In Norway, overdose mortality is over 260 per year, with opioids being implicated in the majority of cases. In 2014, the Norwegian government announced a government-funded nationwide overdose prevention initiative in response to the country...
The second webinar in our series on homelessness and substances use was presented by Dr Hannah Carver who focused on the different barriers that people experience when trying to access support and the evidence base for different...
The Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH) drives a global movement to end street homelessness. Their vision is a world where everyone has a home that offers security, safety, autonomy, and opportunity.
This paper, published by IGH...
Summary:
This paper explores the evidence base for services designed to meet the needs of people who experience homelessness and use drugs. Through a delimited analysis of existing systematic and rapid evidence reviews, it considers the...
People who experience homelessness are often described as hard to reach and face marginalisation and exclusion.Peer support, which refers to the support provided by people who have lived experiences of a particular situation, has been...
People who experience homelessness experience disproportionately high rates of drug use and associated harms, yet barriers to services and support are common. This review explores the effects of interventions for this population on...
Despite people who are homeless experiencing higher rates of substance use, individuals face barriers when trying to access and engage with treatment services.
This systematic review and meta-ethnography explores the view of effective...
