All Resources for 'Public Health'

Increase access to hepatitis C (HCV) testing and care in drug services- a toolkit

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Website
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Policy
Partner Organisation

People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population for the elimination of hepatitis C in Europe, and increasing their access to HCV testing and care is a goal in European and national hepatitis C policies. Despite this, HCV testing remains...

Listen First- What the Experts are Saying

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News
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

'Listen First' is an initiative to increase support for the prevention of drug use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities. 

Listen First...

Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2020

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News
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Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
Public Health
Policy

In 2020,1339 drug-related deaths were registered in Scotland.

This is a 5% increase compared to figures from 2019.

Other key findings show:

  • The number of drug-related deaths has increased substantially over the last 20 years – there...

Urdu translation and adaptation of the HIV stigma scale in Pakistani injectable drug users with HIV

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health

Abstract


Objective: To translate and adapt the human immunodeficiency virus stigma scale into Urdu language,
and to determine its psychometric properties.
Method: The study was conducted at the Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired...

Manual: increasing access to hepatitis C testing and care for people who inject drugs

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Guide
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Partner Organisation
This manual provides a step-by-step guide for those involved in planning and managing infectious diseases and drug services, focusing on how to identify barriers to and opportunities for improving provision of HCV testing and access to treatment for people who use drugs.

Gender disparities in opioid treatment progress in methadone versus counselling

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Women
Quality Assurance
Public Health

The high dropout rate (75%) in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment among women and racial/ethnic minorities in the United States necessitates a better knowledge of the factors that contribute to treatment success. While therapy and...

Biochemical mechanisms associating alcohol use disorders with cancers

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
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The World Health Organization identifies alcohol as a cause of several neoplasias of the oropharynx cavity, esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, larynx, liver, or female breast. We review ethanol’s nonoxidative and oxidative...

Call for Abstracts: Society For Research On Nicotine and Tobacco

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News
Themes
Addiction
Public Health

The Annual Meeting will be held on March 2-5 2022, and is currently scheduled to take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Center in Edinburgh, Scotland.  

The SRNT 2022 Annual Meeting may be a hybrid (part in person, part...