epidemiology

Epidemiology of prescription opioid use in Iran

Video and audio recordings
Dr Jaleh Gholami presented at the NDARC Webinar Series on Thursday, 9 March 2023. Iran, located in the Middle East, has a high rate of opioid consumption and different patterns of drug use. In this webinar, we will present the epidemiology...

Epidemiology, Day 3, Track 3, 09:00-10:30

ISSUP Event
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Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 14th May, 2022 Presentations: Finding Culturally Responsive Evidence-Based Program for Latinos - Pierluigi Mancini, Ph.D. “Family...

Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Overdoses by Drug Class

Scientific article
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Abstract Importance Prior lethality analyses of suicide means have historically treated drug poisoning other than alcohol poisoning as a lumped category. Assessing risk by drug class permits better assessment of prevention opportunities...

Rapid assessment tool for critical data gathering

Book
Source: https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/53614/PAHOEIHISCOVID-19210008_eng.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y This tool is designed for rapid assessment of health and health-related institutions and evaluates their capacity to gather...

E-cigarette Use Among Adults in China

Scientific article
Despite China being the main producers of the world's e-cigarette, there is little research examining the trends in e-cigarette use. Since 2018, policies in China have restricted e-cigarette use. Therefore, it is of interest to...

State of the Nation

Book
The third edition of NZ Drug Foundation annual report on how New Zealand is dealing with alcohol and other drugs was published in December 2020. The aim of State of the Nation is to provide a backdrop against which we can assess the impact...