On July 7, 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted a virtual Ministerial-level meeting to launch a Global Coalition to address Synthetic Drug Threats.
Coughlan, E., Mckeown, P., Corrigan, N., & Harris, A. (2023). The implementation of quality standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community. Adiktologie, 23(1), 47–53. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2023-002-0003
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 planning.
CONCLUSIONS: From 2000, Coolmine embarked on a change management journey that kept the organisation at the forefront of drug and alcohol treatment in Ireland and internationally while maintaining fidelity to the Therapeutic Community. The strategy for quality assurance is replicable across similar organisations.
The people facing the most serious alcohol issues often face the greatest difficulties accessing the support they need. At this online learning event...
On Thursday, June 1st, the WHO launched the Expert Committee on DrugDependence (ECDD) Information Repository, which provides health professionals and drug policy experts with a single searchable database to freely access all technical reports on over 450 substances reviewed by the ECDD.
This year NIHR ARC South London will be co-hosting the annual implementation science research conference as a hybrid event with the University of Limerick. Participants will be able to join the conference either online or in person at the...
هدف از این کنفرانس انتشار اصول تحقیقات پیاده سازی در میان مدیران و محققان خدمات مراقبت های بهداشتی ملی و بین المللی، و به ویژه در میان شرکای RICAPPS و Osakidetza ، به منظور پرورش تحقیقات پیاده سازی و تولید پروژه های تحقیقاتی اجرای...
It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addictiontreatment and recovery.
The extra funding will enable the creation of over 50,000 high-quality places for drug and alcohol treatment.
The funding will enable local authorities to:
recruit more staff to work with people with drug and alcohol problems
support more prison leavers into treatment and recovery services
invest in enhancing the quality of treatment they provide - in turn helping make streets safer by getting...
The Global Centre for Credentialing and Certification (GCCC) is looking for volunteers to participate in the pilot testing of the ICAP examination for School and Family Prevention.
این انجمن همراه با NYNGOC و واحد جامعه مدنی UNODC در حال سازماندهی یک رویداد جانبی آنلاین در حاشیه مجمع مشارکت اکوساوک 2023 در 31 ژانویه 2023 در ساعت 8.30 صبح است. عنوان این رویداد: نقش اصلی جامعه مدنی در سیاست های مواد مخدر، COVID-19 و دستیابی به دستور کار سال 2030
وی ان جی او سی به دنبال 3-4 سخنران جامعه مدنی از مناطق مختلف است که مایل به حضور در این مراسم هستند و بر نمونه هایی از اقدامات در جهت اهداف سال 2030 و سیاست های موثر و مبتنی بر شواهد مواد مخدر تمرکز دارند.
این رویداد جانبی نقش مهم جامعه مدنی را در ارائه خدمات مرتبط با مواد مخدر و اطمینان از اجرای تعهدات سیاست...
Foreman-Mackey, A., Pauly, B., Ivsins, A. et al. 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. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 17, 66 (2022).
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 – has been implemented in some jurisdictions to provide safer alternatives to the unregulated drug supply, yet no studies to date have explored professional stakeholder perspectives on this approach.
Methods
Purposive sampling was used to recruit professional stakeholders (n = 17) from four locations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, including...
Kools, N., Dekker, G.G., Kaijen, B.A.P. et al. Correction: Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 17, 64 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00492-0
سابقه و هدف
همکاری های بین رشته ای (به عنوان عبارت دیگر، که در آن رشته های مختلف هماهنگ و به طور به هم متصل به اهداف مشترک کار می کنند) اظهار داشت به عملکرد اثر تیم بالاتر از رویکردهای چند رشته ای (به عنوان اولین بار، که در آن رشته های مختلف به موازات در مرزهای حرفه ای خود کار می کنند) در تنظیمات مراقبت های بهداشتی سوماتیک. با این وجود، تحقیقات در مورد روش های بین انضباطی برای اختلال استفاده از الکل (AUD) درمان بیماران بستری فاقد است چرا که این نوع روش ها هنوز غیر معمول است. هدف از این مطالعه ارزیابی ابتکار نوآورانه درمان بین رشته ای AUD در بخش بیمارستان عمومی توسط 1) شناسایی که و تا چه حد...
The European Implementation Event 2023 will take place in Basel, Switzerland, on June 8 & 9, 2023. The planning team is excited to announce that registration is now open and that Early Bird tickets are available until March 15, 2023.
Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (MATTC) partnered with the Ethnic Communities Opioid Response Network in Missouri, the Addiction Policy Forum, and the Opioid Response Network (ORN in IA, KS, MO, and NE) to translate 5 different evidence-based prevention products "Prevention of Opioid Use Education Materials" into 12 different languages, and ensure they are culturally appropriate, including Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Dari, French, Mandarin Chinese, Pashto, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog (Filipino) and Ukrainian.
The International USR Summit is a biennial flagship event of the University Social Responsibility Network (USRN). The Summit brings together higher education leaders, academics, students and practitioners from all continents to exchange...
