Development of Combination HIV Prevention Programs for People Who Inject Drugs through Government and Civil Society Collaboration in the Russian Federation

Population Services International (PSI) has worked collaboratively with several government institutions of the Russian Federation to develop and implement a model program to access health services for individuals who are opioid dependent, including those with HIV infection. Through the development of partnership agreements between government organizations (GOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs), a model of the continuum of care has been developed that identifies a Recommended Package of HIV Prevention Services for Injecting Drug Users (RPS-IDU). The implementation of the RPS-IDU in the Russian Federation offers a model for other countries with HIV epidemics associated with injection drug use. This paper will describe the model program and its implementation in one of the pilot program regions.

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Secondary Syringe Exchange as a Model for HIV Prevention Programs in the Russian Federation

Substance Use & Misuse ◽

10.1080/10826080600667219 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 41 (6-7) ◽

pp. 979-999 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Kevin Irwin ◽

Evgeni Karchevsky ◽

Robert Heimer ◽

Larissa Badrieva

Keyword(s):

Hiv Prevention ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Prevention Programs ◽

Syringe Exchange ◽

The Russian Federation

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Pharmacist and Pharmacy Staff Experiences with Non-prescription (NP) Sale of Syringes and Attitudes Toward Providing HIV Prevention Services for Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Providence, RI

Journal of Urban Health ◽

10.1007/s11524-010-9503-z ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 87 (6) ◽

pp. 942-953 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Nickolas Zaller ◽

Alexandra Jeronimo ◽

Jeffrey Bratberg ◽

Patricia Case ◽

Josiah D. Rich

Keyword(s):

Hiv Prevention ◽

Injection Drug Users ◽

Drug Users ◽

Injection Drug ◽

Pharmacy Staff ◽

Prevention Services ◽

Staff Experiences

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Early Detection of Substance Abuse and Prevention of Mental Deviations Among Minor Students

Psychiatry ◽

10.30629/2618-6667-2021-19-3-41-49 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 41-49

Author(s):

A. Yu. Abramov ◽

E. A. Koshkina ◽

D. I. Kicha ◽

A. O. Alekseyenko

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Drug Users ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Premature Mortality ◽

Screening Tools ◽

Medical Screening ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Statistical Survey

Background: the reduction in the premature mortality as a result of non-contagious diseases by way of the improvement measures to be adopted with the purpose of prevention and treatment of the substance abuse and general health care activities were outlined by the United Nations Organization as the primary objectives as far back as 2015 in order to work towards sustainable development (the objective № 3 “Promotion of healthy lifestyle and furtherance of wellbeing of individuals of all ages” in 2030 perspective). There is a high risks for the Russian Federation of transnational drugs expansion developing [1]. Concurrently, in order to build a national dependence prevention system, Decree № 581н as of 06.10.2014 “On the Preventive Medical Screening to be made at educational establishments” was issued by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Purpose: the research was supposed to focus on Preventive Medical Screening as a measure of prevention of illegal usage of substances and mental disorders among minor students and on the optimization of such preventive medical screening. Materials and methods: the fi ndings are based on the posthoc analysis of the data of the Federal statistical survey form and of the research and information reports (n = 491 280 students). The results: the fi ndings of the preventive medical screening made across the Russian Federation and in Moscow over the years 2016–2018 show the increase of minor students involved into such preventive medical screening, as well as the decrease of those who might use psychoactive drugs. The same fi ndings show that the majority of the illegal drug users were students of secondary vocational schools. The fi ndings can be called a trend across the Russian Federation and in Moscow. Conclusions: non-medical usage of substances among minor students can be a serious threat to the mental health of the youth. There are suggestions for improvement prevention of mental disorders among students at the results of the research. These include methodology of Brief Motivational Consulting at a time of preventive medical screening and the ways of increase effectivity toxicology screening in different educational organizations offering to add in preventive medical screening cotinine (it’s metabolite of nicotine) screening for students of primary school; it’s have to systematically update and expand types of screening tools for substances in preventive medical screening in all educations organizations.

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PROBLEMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN OFFENCE IN THE FIELD OF DRUGS TURNOVER, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR PRECURSORES

Central Russian Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.12737/14306 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 131-139

Author(s):

Болотин ◽

Igor Bolotin

Keyword(s):

Public Relations ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Drug Users ◽

Legal Regulation ◽

Administrative Law ◽

Constitutional Court ◽

Psychotropic Substances ◽

European Court ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Administrative Responsibility

The article summarizes the nature and purpose of the institution of administrative responsibility in the sphere of drugs turnover and psychotropic substances, the results of modern research in this area. The problems of its improvement are considered taking into account emerging challenges and conflicts of the implementation of changes in administrative law from the standpoint of the theory of administrative law and enforcement practices and suggestions for their resolution. The problems of applying administrative expulsion to foreign citizens and people without citizenship on the basis of positions of the European Court of Human Rights, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, generalization of the practice of the Federal courts are separately identified. The value and arising problems from the implementation of the mechanism of legal motivation of drug users to treatment and rehabilitation are provided, and suggestions on improving administrative legal regulation in this sphere of public relations are presented.

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