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Injecting drug use is of major concern to both Western and developing nations, causing extensive associated harm at both individual and public health levels. This book provides readers with authoritative and practical information on injecting drug use and the health consequences of this behaviour. Includes topical issues such as needle fixation, transitions to and from injecting, and illicit drug use in prison settings. Documents the relationship between injecting practice and infectious diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis C. Explores harm reduction approaches such as safer injecting and supervised injecting rooms. Reflects international perspectives from expert contributors.
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 352 pages File Size : 23,59 MB Release : 1995-09-14 Category : Medical ISBN : 0309176212
This volume addresses the interface of two major national problems: the epidemic of HIV-AIDS and the widespread use of illegal injection drugs. Should communities have the option of giving drug users sterile needles or bleach for cleaning needs in order to reduce the spread of HIV? Does needle distribution worsen the drug problem, as opponents of such programs argue? Do they reduce the spread of other serious diseases, such as hepatitis? Do they result in more used needles being carelessly discarded in the community? The panel takes a critical look at the available data on needle exchange and bleach distribution programs, reaches conclusions about their efficacy, and offers concrete recommendations for public policy to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. The book includes current knowledge about the epidemiologies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use; characteristics of needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and views on those programs from diverse community groups; and a discussion of laws designed to control possession of needles, their impact on needle sharing among injection drug users, and their implications for needle exchange programs.
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is pleased to announce the availability of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th Edition or “The Pink Book” E-Book. This resource provides the most current, comprehensive, and credible information on vaccine-preventable diseases, and contains updated content on immunization and vaccine information for public health practitioners, healthcare providers, health educators, pharmacists, nurses, and others involved in administering vaccines. “The Pink Book E-Book” allows you, your staff, and others to have quick access to features such as keyword search and chapter links. Online schedules and sources can also be accessed directly through e-readers with internet access. Current, credible, and comprehensive, “The Pink Book E-Book” contains information on each vaccine-preventable disease and delivers immunization providers with the latest information on: Principles of vaccination General recommendations on immunization Vaccine safety Child/adult immunization schedules International vaccines/Foreign language terms Vaccination data and statistics The E-Book format contains all of the information and updates that are in the print version, including: · New vaccine administration chapter · New recommendations regarding selection of storage units and temperature monitoring tools · New recommendations for vaccine transport · Updated information on available influenza vaccine products · Use of Tdap in pregnancy · Use of Tdap in persons 65 years of age or older · Use of PCV13 and PPSV23 in adults with immunocompromising conditions · New licensure information for varicella-zoster immune globulin Contact [email protected] for more information. For more news and specials on immunization and vaccines visit the Pink Book's Facebook fan page
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 175 pages File Size : 21,68 MB Release : 2019-06-16 Category : Medical ISBN : 0309486483
The opioid crisis in the United States has come about because of excessive use of these drugs for both legal and illicit purposes and unprecedented levels of consequent opioid use disorder (OUD). More than 2 million people in the United States are estimated to have OUD, which is caused by prolonged use of prescription opioids, heroin, or other illicit opioids. OUD is a life-threatening condition associated with a 20-fold greater risk of early death due to overdose, infectious diseases, trauma, and suicide. Mortality related to OUD continues to escalate as this public health crisis gathers momentum across the country, with opioid overdoses killing more than 47,000 people in 2017 in the United States. Efforts to date have made no real headway in stemming this crisis, in large part because tools that already existâ€"like evidence-based medicationsâ€"are not being deployed to maximum impact. To support the dissemination of accurate patient-focused information about treatments for addiction, and to help provide scientific solutions to the current opioid crisis, this report studies the evidence base on medication assisted treatment (MAT) for OUD. It examines available evidence on the range of parameters and circumstances in which MAT can be effectively delivered and identifies additional research needed.
Background: The research proposed herein investigates factors associated with substance use trajectories leading to injection drug use (injection) and the circumstances surrounding injection within two different populations of injection drug users (IDUs). This study aims to identify factors associated with: (1) initiation of substance use through injection, (2) lifetime and current agua celeste use (an inhalant unique to Northern Mexico), and (3) time to initiation of sex work, and initiation of injection. Methods: Three manuscripts form the basis of this dissertation using existing data from two datasets. Manuscript 1 uses data from IDU from the Proyecto El Cuete phase III dataset, and Manuscript 2 and 3 use data from female sex workers who inject drugs (FSW-IDU) in the Mujer Mas Segura dataset. Results: Manuscript 1 identified a sub-group of IDUs who initiated illicit drug use by injecting the drug ('injection first'). 'Injection first' IDUs were more likely to first inject heroin and inject alone, but were not significantly riskier in their current drug use or sexual behaviors compared to IDUs who used illicit drugs prior to injection. Manuscript 2 found that only FSW-IDUs in Ciudad Juarez reported agua celeste use and prevalence overall (53%) and within the past 6 months (47%) was high. Manuscript 3 identified that early abuse and illicit drug use was associated an accelerated time to initiation of both sex work and injection. Low education and a perceived need to enter sex work to support family were associated with a shorter time to sex work initiation, and geographical migration was found to decelerate time to injection initiation. Having an intimate partner suggest sex work and injecting to deal with feelings of depression accelerated time to both sex work and injection initiation when they occurred at the same age. Conclusions: The unique populations of IDUs studied and novel research questions make the findings within this dissertation valuable to the larger field of research on substance use careers. These findings build on previous literature showing that inhalant use is an important risk factor for subsequent injection and may help identify possible avenues for intervention that can delay or prevent onset of initiation of injection drug use and/or sex work.
Sets out clear recommendations, based on the best available evidence, for healthcare staff on how to work with people who misuse drugs (specifically opioids, stimulants and cannabis) to significantly improve their treatment and care.
Author : National Research Council Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 606 pages File Size : 36,77 MB Release : 1989-02-01 Category : Medical ISBN : 0309039762
The AIDS virus is spread by human behaviors enacted in a variety of social situations. In order to prevent further infection, we need to know more about these behaviors. This volume explores what is known about the number of people infected, risk-associated behaviors, facilitation of behavioral change, and barriers to more effective prevention efforts.
Informed by the thought of Pierre Bourdieu and framed by the philosophy of harm reduction, Habitus and Drug Using Environments provides a sociological analysis of public environments affected by injecting drug use. Drawing on ethnographic research across several locations, this book offers a qualitative and phenomenological account of the social organisation of public settings used for the preparation and administration of illicit drugs, informed by interviews with both injecting drug users and those whose employment is directly affected by public injecting drug use. With attention to current policy-related questions concerning the lived experience of ‘place’ upon the health of injecting drug users, how wider social structures contribute to participation in public injecting and the manner in which participation in public injecting amplifies drug-related harm, Habitus and Drug Using Environments sheds light on the ways in which health and place interact to produce and reproduce already established hazards associated with injecting drug use. As such, it will be of interest to sociologists, geographers, criminologists and policy makers working in fields such as drug use, risk behaviours and their relation to place, and health studies.