Practice

Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2020

News

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 were 4½...

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

Guide

28 July 2021

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

Scientific article

23 June 2021

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...

High-dose buprenorphine induction in the emergency department for treatment of opioid use disorder

Scientific article

15 July 2021

In response to the rising efficacy of the illicit opioid drug supply and often observed delays in access to follow-up therapy, emergency departments (EDs) occasionally utilize a high-dose buprenorphine induction method for the treatment of...

Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: a qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centres with SBIRT services

Scientific article

14 July 2021

Brief treatment (BT) or regular outpatient alcohol use or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is a key element of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model. It can be an effective, short-term, and low...

Implementation of tobacco control measures in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, 2008–2020

Scientific article

3 July 2021

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assist nations in reducing the demand and supply of tobacco. In 2020, 182 nations joined the FCTC, approving to implement the recommended...

High-dose buprenorphine induction in the emergency department for treatment of opioid use disorder

Scientific article

15 July 2021

Abstract Importance: Emergency departments (EDs) sporadically use a high-dose buprenorphine induction strategy for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in response to the increasing potency of the illicit opioid drug supply and...

Centre for Behaviour Change (CBC) Conference 2021

1 November 2021

Online

The 7th international CBC conference brings together academia and industry to exchange developments in behaviour change and digital health to build back better.

Learning from International Smokefree Homes Research

31 August 2021

Online

This event presents two international smoke-free homes projects and discusses the learning from them for research, practice and policy.

About this event

SPEAKERS:

Professor Kamran Siddiqi, University of York, UK - What can we learn from a large trial of smoke-free home interventions (MCLASS II) in Dhaka Bangladesh?

SRNT 28th Annual Meeting

2 March 2022

Edinburgh

The Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 2022 Annual Meeting may be a hybrid (part in person, part virtual) or entirely virtual, depending on how things play out in the coming months.

The event will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland from the 2-5th of March 2022.

Abstract submissions will open on July 7, 2021, and will close on August 11, 2021.