scholarly journals The Contribution of Online Social Networks for Drug Abuse Treatment Referral: a Pilot Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diogo Barbosa ◽  
Luciana Tricai Cavalini ◽  
Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Psychoactive Drug ◽  
Drug Abuse Treatment ◽  
Psychoactive Drugs ◽  
Healthcare Centre ◽  
Abuse Treatment

Background: The consumption of psychoactive drugs is growing in Brazil, as well as the access of social networks. This study is a preliminary short report about the contribution of online social networks for drug abuse treatment. The study aimed to evaluate the role of an online social network to engage psychoactive drug users in treatment. Methods: A descriptive study was undertaken from July to September 2015. The study population were psychoactive drugs users who accessed voluntarily the webpage “Stay Free of Drugs” (SFD) from the social network Facebook. Results: A total of 25 psychoactive drug users were enrolled in the study, and 16 (64%) accessed a healthcare centre seeking treatment. The average from the users’ online contact to their visit to the healthcare centre was 8.4 days. Half of the participants were exclusive alcohol users and accessed the webpage at night (65%). Conclusions: The use of a social network showed a potential importance in referring drug users to treatment, also acting as health education strategy.

Accessing Drug-Abuse Treatment: Perceptions of Out-of-Treatment Injectors

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Farabee ◽  
Carl G. Leukefeld ◽  
Lon Hays
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Drug Abuse Treatment ◽  
Treatment Access ◽  
Treatment Perceptions ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Abuse Treatment

The Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic (1988) developed a 10-year plan in 1987 that recommended: “Expanded drug abuse treatment programs sufficient to admit all IV drug users who desired services and, until that occurred, short-term detoxification and low-dose methadone for those on waiting lists.” This study presents data collected from a sample of 2,613 out-of-treatment and non-incarcerated injection drug users in 21 U.S. cities to examine their drug-treatment access during the past year. Analyses on injectors who tried but were unable to enter treatment revealed that program-based reasons (e.g., no room, too costly, or stringent admission criteria) are the most commonly given barriers to drug treatment (72%). However, a notable number of injectors (20%) also reported that individual-based reasons are important for not accessing drug treatment. Injectors giving program- and individual-based reasons for not entering treatment are profiled using logistic regression.

AIDS and HIV Infection - Implications for Drug Abuse Treatment

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry S. Brown ◽  
George M. Beschner
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Drug Abuse Treatment ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Program Administrators ◽  
Treatment Techniques ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Risk Reducing

A review of recent study in drug abuse treatment suggests that by the 1980s there had developed a concern about melding drug abuse treatment techniques with strategies drawn from the field of mental health. The emergence of AIDS has made it necessary to augment treatment objectives to include containment of HIV infection as an appropriate goal and develop innovative strategies appropriate to achieving that goal. There is a review of new models of service delivery that can be initiated and/or have been initiated in three areas: outreach/recruitment of IV drug users and their cohabitants, education/counseling with regard to risk-reducing behaviors, and extending the period of treatment influence. The impact of AIDS on program administrators and line staff is also discussed.

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