All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Reimagining brief interventions for alcohol: Towards a paradigm fit for the twenty first century?

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Treatment
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Addiction

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Background: There is no longer support for the idea that brief intervention programmes alone can contribute meaningfully to the improvement of population health relating to alcohol. As a result, calls for major innovations and...

Cultural adaptation of measuring instruments on stigma and mental illness in Mexico City

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
Mental Health

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This work is part of a collaborative study involving research teams in Canada and Mexico. The general objective is to describe the process of cultural adaptation and semantic validation of three measuring instruments on stigma and...

Development of an unannounced standardized patient protocol to evaluate opioid use disorder treatment in pregnancy for American Indian and rural communities

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Addiction

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Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) disproportionately impacts rural and American Indian communities and has quadrupled among pregnant individuals nationwide in the past two decades. Yet, limited data are available about access...

Becky Vaughn opens Vth Batch of UTC course by Ecolink Institute

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

Ecolink opens its Vth International Batch on UTC training

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Becky Vaughn, Director of the Global Center for Credentialing and Certification (GCCC), US inaugurated the Vth Batch of the Universal Treatment Curriculum on 29 June 2021 under...

Plausibility of patient-centred care in high-intensity methadone treatment: Reflections of providers and patients

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Addiction

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Background: Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) often have complex health care needs. Methadone is one of the medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) used in the management of OUDs. Highly restrictive methadone treatment...

Supporting Women to Access Appropriate Treatment Study

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Book
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Treatment
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Populations
Family
Women

Supporting Women to Access Appropriate Treatment (SWAAT) is a National Drugs Strategy Strand 2 Strategic Health Initiative which aims to build community capacity to support women to access treatment and recovery from drug and alcohol use...

Tobacco Smoking and Associated Factors Among People Living With HIV in Uganda

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Mental Health

Rates of smoking among people living with HIV are greater than the number of people who smoke within the general population.

This article, published in the Journal of Nicotine and Tobacco, examines the smoking patterns and behaviours of...

Chronic care treatment for smoking cessation in patients with serious mental illness: a pilot randomized trial

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Quality Assurance

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Rates of smoking among those with serious mental illness (SMI) are two to three times higher than for the general population. Smoking is rarely addressed in mental health settings. Innovative outreach and treatment strategies...

Current Status of Violence, Suicide, Alcohol Use, and Stigma in Mexico

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Mental Health

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Studies on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) and its risk factors have shown worldwide the preponderant role of accidents and violence in the burden of disease and the role of alcohol consumption as a main risk factor in the...

Supporting Women to Access Appropriate Treatment

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women

Supporting Women to Access Appropriate Treatment (SWAAT) is a National Drugs Strategy Strand 2 Strategic Health Initiative which aims to build community capacity to support women to access treatment and recovery from drug and alcohol use...