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The Process of the Implementation of Quality Standards in Drug Prevention in Croatia: A Case Study
INTRODUCTION: Prevention science and quality standards of drug prevention in the EU and in the world have developed in recent decades. Progress has been made in quality development in Croatia, but the experience of the process of improving...
Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders
BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...
The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community
BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.
METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Quality Standards in Lithuania 1992–2022: From Grassroots Initiatives to Nationwide Strategies
BACKGROUND: The implementation of quality standards in the treatment of substance use disorders in Lithuania is not well documented in the literature. AIMS: To describe the process of the development of quality standards from grassroots...
Highlights from the 2023 UNODC World Drug Report
Análisis de Cannabis incautada en Chile
La droga más consumida a nivel mundial es el Cannabis, Chile es parte de esta realidad, para establecer las concentraciones de los principales componentes de esta droga se realizó un estudio de 490 muestras de incautaciones de todo el país...
د روانی نسخې درملو ناوړه ګټه اخیستنه: د روږدی درملنې کې غوره روانی نښې او د ژوند کیفیت. د مطالعې پروتوکول
۳: په افغانستان کې د نشه یی توکو د قاچاق په وړاندې د مبارزې په برخه کې د مخدره توکو کارول په زیاتېدونکې توګه عام شوی دی. پدې درملو کې sedatives، hypnotics، anxiolytics (benzodiazepines او Z-hypnotics) ، او اپیایډز شامل دی. هغه ناروغان چې د...
The COVID-19 Global Pandemic and Changes in Preference and Behaviour Regarding Selected Anabolic Androgenic Substances and Steroids – A Comparative Study
BACKGROUND: The SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) and the ensuing global public health emergency situation have led to restrictions, changes, and measures in the daily life of society as a whole. The situation culminated in a global pandemic. A...
د بنګ کارولو په اړه د ملی استازی سروې د عامې روغتیا پورې اړوند د محصول توضیحات نلری
چکیده
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د متحده ایالاتو ډیری کلنی ، ملی استازی سروې چې د بنګ کارولو ارزونه کوی د مختلف روغتیا خطرونو او ګټو سره سره د محصول ځانګړتیاو په اړه معلومات نه راټولوی. په ابتدایی ډول د طبی کاروونکو بډایه ډاټا سیټ باندې پانګه اچونه ، د دې...
Test of Impulsivity in Adolescence
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is one of the most important stages in a human life. This period is full of different stimuli and types of influence – from parents, peers, and society. It is related to greater susceptibility to problematic...
Online Instructor-Led Pilot Course on Monitoring and Evaluation of Substance Use Prevention Interventions and Policies: Experiences and Perceptions of International Participants
INTRODUCTION: As the prevalence of substance use continues to rise all over the world amidst the ongoing pandemic, substance use prevention professionals are challenged to find alternative ways to enhance their knowledge and competence to...
Nature and Course of Clinician and Self-Rated Depressive Features in Persons with Alcohol Use Disorders: A Preliminary Prospective Study among Men Seeking Treatment
INTRODUCTION: The trajectory and nature of depression in patients with alcohol use disorder as they enter treatment needs to be understood better. This study assessed the nature and course of depressive features among male patients with...
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...
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...
د درملنې ښکیلتیا او د مراجعینو پایلو سره تړاو: د بنګ د استعمال اختلال درملنې لپاره د نابیسیمولونو د تصادفی کنټرول شوی محاکمې پایلې
معرفی شرکت
د بنګ کارولو اختلال درملنې کې د کینابینوایډ درملو کارولو لپاره ډیر علاقه او شواهد شتون لری ، مګر د بریالی درملنې اړیکو لږ معاینه. دا مقاله د بنګ د کارولو اختلال (CUD) درملنې لپاره د نابیسیمولونو د تصادفی پلیسبو کنټرول محاکمې...
Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada
Background
Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...
تورې نجونې او راجع کول: د عدالت کې ښکیل ماشومانو ترمنځ د مخدره توکو کارولو اختلال ارزونې ته د ځان راپور شوی راجع کولو کې نژادی او جنډر توپیرونه
شالید
د عدالت ښکیل ماشومانو (JIC) په مینځ کې د موادو کارولو اختلال (SUD) لوړه کچه شتون لری. دا خورا مهم دی چې ډاډ ترلاسه شی چې JIC څوک چې د اوسنی کارونې راپور ورکوی د SUD ارزونې او احتمالی ژوند ژغورنې درملنې خدماتو لپاره راجع کیږی...
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...
Experiences of frontline healthcare workers and their views about support during COVID-19 and previous pandemics: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis
Background
Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the potential mental...
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) Bulletin: An Update on Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada and the United States
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a pan-Canadian network of community partners co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The network has sites in British Columbia, Manitoba...
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