Prevention Support for People Leaving Jail
HIV InfectionsSexually Transmitted Diseases3 moreThis study will provide HIV prevention and related support services to men who have sex with men and transgender women who have substance use disorders and are either leaving jail or recently released from jail. The researchers will compare the utilization of HIV prevention and other support services between individuals who receive routine case management provided following enrollment to those who have access to GeoPassport, a global position service (GPS)-based mobile app, incentives, and peer mentor support.
Relationship of Addictions to Obesity, Physical Activity and Vascular Ageing in Young Adults
Drug AddictionTechnology Addiction1 moreThis is a cross-sectional observational study whose objective is to analyse the relationship between behavioural addictions and drug addictions with obesity, physical activity, sedentary lifestyle, arterial stiffness and vascular ageing in young adults, since many of the lifestyles of adulthood are established early in life, and it is easier to prevent them before they start than to achieve their abandonment once they are established as unhealthy lifestyles
VR as a Facilitator for Participation in Society Among Persons With MHD/SUD
Substance Use DisordersMental DisorderThis study is the first part of a larger project called "Virtual Reality (VR) as a facilitator for participation in society among persons with mental health/substance use disorders" in which aims to explore,develop and evaluate a VR-based paradigm that facilitates social participation and promotes social recovery of individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders (MHD/SUD). The overall project comprises three work packages: an exploration study, a development study, and an evaluation study. This study will make up work package 1. The primary aim of this study (WP1) is to explore facilitators and barriers for participation in society among person with MHD/SUD, and to provide an understanding of mechanisms of social participation and social cohesion among persons with MHD/ SUD that may be affected by VR-based interventions. The investigators will derive a socio-emotional learning domain to facilitate key interpersonal and social processes among persons with MHD/SUD in VR-based interventions. To achieve the purpose of this study, the invistigators conduct 10 indepth interviews with service-user with MHD/SUD, 2 focus group interviews with 14 service-providers and an interview-survey with 100 service users. This gives the investigators the possibility to explore facilitators and barriers for social participation as experienced as by individuals with MHD/SUD and identify key interpersonal and social processes suitable to be addressed by tailored VR based interventions.
A Cross-Sectional Observational Study on Retained Drug Needle Fragments in People Who Use Intravenous...
Drug AbuseIntravenous4 moreIn addition to the well-known toxicological harms of intravenous drug (IVD) use, there can also be local tissue complications, including infections, venous sclerosis, tissue necrosis, and drug needle fragment retentions. Drug needle fragments in subcutaneous tissue may cause local symptoms (usually pain and infections), but they have also been identified as causing emboli to organs. The literature has described numerous case reports of people who inject drugs (PWIDs) and have retained needle fragments. The prevalence of the condition is not known, and the researchers therefore aim to perform the first cross-sectional study of PWIDs to estimate how common needle fragment retentions are and what their risk factors are in this population.
ASSIST: A Surveillance Study of Illicit Substance Toxicity
OverdoseDrug7 moreThere is a drug-related death crisis in Scotland. This study aims to collaborate with Public Health Scotland in order to assess the feasibility of introducing a surveillance system to the Emergency Department to highlight illicit drug-related attendances. This will utilise both clinical data and toxiclogical analysis of anonymised samples. The data will inform of prevalence, trend data and utcome of ED patients attending with acute illict drug toxicity.
Prevalence of Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders Among People in Precarious Situations in...
Psychiatric DisorderSubstance Use DisordersThis is an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, single-center study. The main objective of the study is to estimate the prevalence of the main psychiatric disorders and substance abuse disorders among people living in precarious, excluded and/or wandering on Cayenne and its surroundings
Technology-Based Intervention for Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Substance Use During...
Sexually Transmitted InfectionAlcohol Use Complicating the Puerperium3 moreThis proposed study is to test whether Health Check-up for Expectant Moms (HCEM), a computer-delivered screening and brief intervention (SBI) that simultaneously targets sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk and alcohol/drug use during pregnancy, reduces antenatal and postpartum risk more than an attention, time, and information matched control condition among pregnant women seeking prenatal care.
Cognitive Functioning in Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid UseCognitive Change1 moreThis outpatient study is designed to examine the potential relationship between non-fatal opioid overdose and cognitive functioning. This study will also examine the impact of computerized working memory training on relevant outcomes (cognition, psychosocial functioning, quality of life, drug use). The training component of the study lasts 1 month, with follow up visits and 1-month and 3-months post training.
Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship Program for American-Indian Youth
Depressive SymptomsSubstance UseThis study will use a randomized controlled design to evaluate whether a youth entrepreneurship/life-skills intervention for reservation-based American Indian adolescents (ages 13-15) improves psychosocial, behavioral health, educational, and economic outcomes from baseline for up to 3 years follow-up as compared to a recreational sports league control condition.
New Psychoactive Substances in Intoxicated Patients During the Winter Activities
Acute IntoxicationPsychoactive Substance UseThe purpose of this research is to identify the New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) that are responsible for intoxicating patients in ski resort during winter activities.