primary health care

Implementation and workflow strategies for integrating digital therapeutics for alcohol use disorders into primary care: a qualitative study

Scientific article

8 May 2023

Abstract Background Alcohol use disorders (AUD) are prevalent and often go untreated. Patients are commonly screened for AUD in primary care, but existing treatment programs are failing to meet demand. Digital therapeutics include novel...

Patterns of Health Care Use 5 Years After an Intervention Linking Patients in Addiction Treatment With a Primary Care Practitioner

Scientific article

10 November 2022

Abstract Importance Substance use disorders are associated with high rates of emergency department (ED) use and challenges engaging with primary care services. Objective To examine 5-year health care engagement and utilization outcomes for...

Effect of Community Support on the Implementation of Primary Health Care-Based Measurement of Alcohol Consumption

Scientific article

15 January 2022

Abstract Alcohol measurement delivered by health care providers in primary health care settings is an efficacious and cost-effective intervention to reduce alcohol consumption among patients. However, this intervention is not yet routinely...

Managing Drug & Alcohol Problems in Primary Care Conference

25 March 2021

Online

The 25th Managing Drug and Alcohol Problems in Primary Care Conference will take place digitally on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 March 2021.

This conference will be recorded live and the sessions will be available for delegates to access freely for six months from the conference date.

A Structural Competency Curriculum for Primary Care Providers to Address the Opioid Use Disorder, HIV, and Hepatitis C Syndemic

Scientific article

5 June 2020

The interrelated epidemics of opioid use disorder (OUD) and HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have been identified as one of the most pressing syndemics facing the United States today. Research studies and interventions have begun...

Web-Based Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test Results for the General Spanish Population

Scientific article

16 February 2018

ABSTRACT Background: Information technology in health sciences could be a screening tool of great potential and has been shown to be effective in identifying single-drug users at risk. Although there are many published tests for single-drug...

Mental Health Training for Primary Health Care Workers and Implication for Success of Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care

Scientific article

12 October 2017

Abstract Background Mental disorders remain a neglected public health problem in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), most people with mental disorders never receive effective care and there is a large treatment gap. In order to solve...

Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Brief Interventions for Heavy Drinking in Primary Health Care across Europe

Scientific article

24 August 2016

Background Screening and brief interventions for alcohol are an effective public health measure to tackle alcohol-related harm, however relatively few countries across the European Union (EU) have implemented them widely. This may be due to...