The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
Public Health
Lifelong consequences of prenatal drug exposure
This webinar explored the issues of infants withdrawing from maternal drugs of addiction, and problems beyond the newborn period. Newborn drug withdrawal is often attributed to maternal opioids, but many other drugs can cause serious...
Smoking and drinking- Selected articles from the journal of alcohol and alcoholism
The featured articles investigate the association of smoking products and alcohol consumption, identify causes and influences, and explore therapeutic avenues and cessation interventions. Free to access until 31 January! Articles Targeting...
Study: Combined treatments are the most effective to stop smoking
This is a study, led by the University of Bristol, and published in Addiction Journal. It was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care. The most effective...
Biographic Burden and Initiation into the Use of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants from the Perspective of Users: The Qualitative Arm of the ATTUNE Research Study in the Czech Republic
BACKGROUND: The Czech Republic has a long tradition of methamphetamine use. Less is known about the circumstances of initiation into its use at the level of individual users. The aim of the research was to analyse the biographic burden...
Trends in healthcare expenditures and resource utilization among a nationally representative population with opioids in the United States: a serial cross-sectional study, 2008 to 2017
One of the most serious public health concerns in recent decades has been the opioid epidemic in the United States (US). Over 9.9 million Americans aged 12 and up abused prescription pain drugs in 2018, and roughly 2 million Americans were...
ISSUP Nigeria Conference
ISSUP Nigeria Chapter has scheduled her Annual Conference/General Meeting for Tuesday the 26th of October 2021.
Panelists:
Dr Ngozi Madubuike
Professor Michael Exenwa
Ambassador Christogonus C. Ibe
Dr Bassey Edet
Guest Speakers:
Professor Michael Ezenwa
Dr Musa Shehu Dan Daura
14th European Public Health Conference 2021 Public health futures in a changing world
The European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and the European Public health Conference (EPH) are pleased to invite you to the 14th EPH conference.
The conference will address the following themes
DGHRI Seminar Series: Depression & Substance Use, A Global Gender Perspective
The Duluth Global Health Research Institute (DGHRI) and Africa and the Middle East Congress on Addiction (AMECA) at the University of Minnesota invite you to join the webinar "Depression and Substance Use Comorbidity: A Global Gender Perspective."
