Telehealth

Overcoming barriers to traditional care delivery and pharmacy challenges: a qualitative study of buprenorphine, telehealth, and a digital therapeutic for opioid use disorder

Scientific article

18 February 2025

Background The opioid epidemic in the U.S. contributes to increased morbidity and mortality from drug overdoses, but barriers to traditional opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment limit access to care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Public...

NIAAA Webinar Series: Harnessing Technology and Social Media to Address Alcohol Misuse in Adolescents and Emerging Adults

13 December 2023

Online

Presenters will cover new prevention and intervention research involving telehealth, social media, and other methods. Various interventions will be highlighted.

Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19

Scientific article

13 October 2022

Background The COVID-19 emergency has tested the public health, medical, and public safety infrastructure of the United States (U.S.) in unprecedented ways. As the focal point for public health in their communities, local health departments...

Data-Driven Substance Use Prevention Plus Wellness Program Implementation: Free Webinar

2 November 2022

St. Augustine/Florida

United States

Session Objectives:

Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs

Scientific article

15 July 2022

Background In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly. At...

National Institutes of Health Digital Health Interventions Workshop

12 July 2022

Online

Workshop Dates and Times:

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 - 12:00pm ‒ 5:30pm ET
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - 1:00pm ‒ 4:35pm ET

The goal of this workshop is to explore the issues around the design, development, and dissemination of digital health interventions.

The Effectiveness of Telemedicine to Prevent Relapse among a Clinical Sample of Substance-Use Disorder Patients: an Experience from a Developing Country during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Kristiana Siste, MD, PhD, Day 5, 11:00-12:31

ISSUP Event

16 May 2022

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 16th May, 2022 Presentation: The Effectiveness of Telemedicine to Prevent Relapse among a Clinical Sample of Substance-Use Disorder...

Innovative approach for smartphone applications to share trustworthy information on parenting and family skills – the scaling of Children Immunization App (CIMA) in Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa - Dr. Ziad El-Khatib, Day 4, 11:00-12:30

ISSUP Event

15 May 2022

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 15th May, 2022 Presentation: Innovative approach for smartphone applications to share trustworthy information on parenting and family...

Strategies Adopted by Addiction Facilities during the Coronavirus Pandemic to Support Treatment for Individuals in Recovery or Struggling with a Substance Use Disorder: A Scoping Review

Scientific article

18 November 2021

This review aimed to identify and synthesize strategies and actions adopted by addiction facilities to support and maintain treatment during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Recommendations "Web outreach for people who use drugs"

Book

The UNODC Regional Program Office for Eastern Europe (Kiev, Ukraine), in collaboration with the Humanitarian Action Fund (St. Petersburg, Russia), issues recommendations on web outreach for people who use drugs (PWUD), including people who...