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Drug treatment and the conditionality of HIV treatment access: a qualitative study in a Russian city

ABSTRACT Aims  We explored social factors affecting access to antiretroviral HIV treatment (ART) among people who inject drugs (PWID) in a Russian city with a large HIV burden. Design  Qualitative interview study. Setting  Community settings in Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation

Common data elements for substance use disorders in electronic health records: the NIDA Clinical Trials Network experience

ABSTRACT Aims  Electronic health records (EHRs) are essential in improving quality and enhancing efficiency of health-care delivery. By 2015, medical care receiving service reimbursement from US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must show meaningful use’ of EHRs.

Involvement of general practitioners in managing alcohol problems: a randomized controlled trial of a tailored improvement programme

ABSTRACT Aims  To assess the effect of a tailored multi-faceted improvement programme on general practitioners’ (GPs’) behaviour towards prevention of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption.

Misconceptions predict dropout and poor adherence prospectively among newly admitted first-time methadone maintenance treatment clients in Guangzhou,…

ABSTRACT Aims  To investigate the incidence of dropout and the prevalence of poor adherence among newly admitted first-time clients of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinics, and the associations between MMT-related misconceptions and these two treatment outcomes. Design  A cohort study (maximum follow-up period = 17.6 months) was conducted. Setting  Three of the nine MMT clinics in Guangzhou, China participated in the study

Methadone and perinatal outcomes: a prospective cohort study

ABSTRACT Aims  Methadone use in pregnancy has been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). This study aimed to examine perinatal outcomes and NAS in relation to (i) concomitant drug use and (ii) methadone dose. Design  Prospective cohort study.

Implicit and explicit alcohol cognitions and observed alcohol consumption: three studies in (semi)naturalistic drinking settings

ABSTRACT Aims  Dual-process models imply that alcohol use is related to implicit as well as explicit cognitive processes. Few studies have tested whether both types of processes are related to ad libitum drinking

Controversial tobacco research program left aside in science reward application

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Evaluating the impact of community-based treatment options on methamphetamine use: findings from the Methamphetamine Treatment Evaluation Study…

Abstract Aims To evaluate the impact of community-based drug treatment on methamphetamine use using inverse-probability-of-treatment weighted (IPTW) estimators to derive treatment effects. Design A longitudinal prospective cohort study with follow-ups at 3 months, 1 year and 3 years

Can needle and syringe programmes and opiate substitution therapy achieve substantial reductions in HCV prevalence? Model projections for different…

Aim Investigate impact of scaling-up opiate substitution therapy (OST) and high coverage needle and syringe programmes (100%NSP – obtaining more sterile syringes than you inject) on HCV prevalence amongst injecting drug users (IDUs). Design HCV transmission modelling using UK estimates for effect of OST and 100%NSP on individual risk of HCV infection. Setting Range of chronic HCV prevalent (20/40/60%) settings with no OST/100%NSP, and UK setting with 50% coverage of both OST and 100%NSP

Tobacco award bid shelved amid controversy

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Tobacco award bid shelved amid controversy