药物使用障碍和COVID-19:反思国际研究和实践在"多重危机"期间的变化
Hannah Carver1, Teodora Ciolompea2, Anna Conway3
1Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom.
Frontiers in public health
|August 2, 2023
概括
COVID-19大流行刺激了创新的物质使用障碍治疗方法,包括扩大远程医疗和更安全的供应选择. 学习的经验可以为应对未来的公共卫生危机提供信息.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 疫情加剧了现有的社会问题,如收入不平等和无家可归.
- 易受伤害的人群经历了与酒精和毒品有关的死亡率不成比例的高.
- 多重危机给物质使用障碍 (SUD) 服务提供带来了独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 思考多危机及其对SUD研究和实践的影响.
- 在疫情期间识别和描述对SUD治疗的创新反应.
- 探索对未来公共卫生危机和成服务的影响.
主要方法:
- 采用了定性方法,收集了来自会议与会者的信息.
- 数据收集的重点是全球SUD治疗的COVID-19相关变化.
- 对远程医疗,治疗阿片类药物使用障碍 (MOUD) 的药物,减少酒精危害和研究实践进行了分析.
主要成果:
- 远程医疗的采用增加,改善了获得护理的机会.
- 有转向增加提供更安全的供应和灵活的MOUD.
- 减少酒精危害的策略得到了扩大.
- 调整了研究实践,更多地涉及生活/生活经验,并支持LMIC研究.
结论:
- 疫情催化了成领域的重大,积极的变化.
- 影响包括在技术访问和数据安全方面提高公平性.
- 需要更广泛地实施更安全的供应,灵活的MOUD和规模化的酒精危害降低.
- 增加患者参与研究和支持全球研究能力对于未来的危机至关重要.
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