Among participants, 119 (9.3%) reported CPD lifetime use, and this was independently associated with education level (OR=2.71, p<0.001) and history of treatment for substance abuse (OR=2.08, p=0.018). Conclusions CPD non-medical use is common among Uganda's psychiatric patients, and more ...
Background: Homeless women who use drugs have different paths to homelessness than homeless men with substance use disorders and, therefore, have different support needs. A history of sexual and financial abuse, trafficking, and intimate partner violence, along with drug use, makes the conditions ...
Substance use is increasingly becoming prevalent on the African continent, fueling the spread of HIV infection. Although socio-demographic factors influence substance consumption and risk of HIV infection, the association of these factors with HIV infect
Studies on injecting drug use in East Africa are reviewed. The existingstudies document the spread of heroin injection in Kenya and Tanzania, both countries where HIV rates are high. No data from Uganda on injecting drug use was found by the authors. A case study of the growth of heroin in...
The Brazilian response towards AIDS epidemic is well known, but the absence of a systematic review of vulnerable populations ─ men who have sex with men (MSM), female sex workers (FSW), and drug users (DU) remains a main gap in the available literature. Our goal was to conduct a system...
have claimed an association between higher dropout rates and disruptive classroom behavior, which leads to substance abuse, poverty, unemployment in adulthood, and academic failure [29]. Given the devastating effects of teenage substance misuse on physical and mental health, there is a need to focus...
How adolescent substance use and perceived availability of substances have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic remain largely unknown. Substantial reduction in availability of substances would present a unique opportunity to consider the supply-side hypothesis that reductions in drug availability will lead...
Response to @Meg Furman: Hi Meg, I'm a consultant in Orange County CA, who provides services to start-up rehabs and quality improvement assessment programs to existing substance abuse treatment centers. I have over 10 years in the business of administration, knowledgeable with State Licensing an...
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