HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 19, issue 11

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Our newsletter includes links to Irish and international publications related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

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Irish-related publications

Healthy Ireland survey 2023 - summary report

Ipsos B&A. (2023) Dublin: Healthy Ireland, Department of Health

National Drugs Forum 2023. Building bridges for evidence informed public policy – presentations.

National Drugs Forum. (2023) Dublin: Health Research Board.

Statistical spotlight #11. Children and young people's indicator set outcome 'activity and health': an international comparison.

(2023) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Young Ireland: the national policy framework for children and young people (0-24) 2023-2028.

(2023) Dublin: Government of Ireland

Report on governance in the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force

(2023) Dublin: Department of Health

Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Best practices and lessons for Ireland

Perry, Ivan J and Gallagher, Kerrie (2023) Dublin: Irish Heart Foundation.

Ireland’s health led approach to drugs use.

Duffin, Tony (2023) Drugreporter

HSE vaping and e-cigarettes: a HSE information booklet for parents, guardians and young people

HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme. (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive

HSE health and wellbeing: information and guidance on e-cigarettes for schools

HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme. (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Vaping and e cigarettes: get the facts webinar 2023.

(2023) HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme

The associations of parental smoking, quitting and habitus with teenager e-cigarette, smoking, alcohol and other drug use in GUI Cohort '98

Sunday, Salome et al (2023) Scientific Reports, 13, 20105. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47061-4

Teenage problem gambling in Ireland – shared risk factors with tobacco, e-cigarette and cannabis use

Sunday, Salome et al (2023) European Respiratory Journal, 62, (suppl 67). DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2023.PA5323

Odds of gambling among adolescents: a secondary analysis of the cross-sectional European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Reynolds, Ciara Marie Edel et al (2023) The Lancet, 402 Suppl 1

Health survey (NI) first results 2022/23

Corrigan, Deirdre et al (2023) Belfast: Public Health Information & Research Branch, Information Analysis Directorate

Drug overdoses and drug related deaths in NI: a synthesis of NISRA, ED admissions & ambulance service data

Campbell, Anne et al (2023) Belfast: Queen's University Belfast and NIADA.

Public health responses to homelessness during COVID-19 in Ireland: implications for health reform.

Parker, Sarah et al (2023) International Journal on Homelessness, 3, (3), pp. 36-52. /10.5206/ijoh.2023.3.14967

Eurostat regional yearbook – 2023 edition.

Eurostat. (2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

Positive health and ageing policies for older Irish travellers and older people who have experienced homelessness in Ireland: life-course meanings and determinants

Carroll, Brídín et al (2023) Social Science & Medicine, 336. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116264

Characteristics of public health approaches for youth violence prevention

Walsh, Colm et al (2023) Belfast: Queen's University Belfast

The resonance factor training programme evaluation report

CCS Consultants. Dolan, Breege (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Pobal maps [Dataset].

Pobal (2023)

Health at a glance: Ireland 2023.

(2023) OECD Publishing

GREVIO’s (baseline) evaluation report on legislative and other measures giving effect to the provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul convention) Ireland.

Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (2023) Strasbourg: GREVIO

Irish Prison Service drugs strategy 2023-2026

(2023) Dublin: Irish Prison Service

Who we need to be… The strategic plan of Ana Liffey drug project 2024 to 2029

(2023) Dublin: Ana Liffey Drug Project

Impact measurement tool for drug and alcohol services 2021/22

Public Health Information & Research Branch, Information Analysis Directorate. (2023) Belfast: Department of Health

Forensic Science Ireland annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: Forensic Science Ireland

Bray Community Addiction Team report and financial statements 2022

(2023) Dublin: Bray Community Addiction Team CLG

Western Region Drugs Task Force annual report and financial statements 2022

(2023) Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force

Finglas Addiction Support Team annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: FAST

Activity of acute public hospitals in Ireland 2022 annual report

Healthcare Pricing Office, Health Service Executive. (2023) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth annual report 2022.

(2023) Dublin: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

Ruhama annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: Ruhama

Irish Penal Reform Trust annual review & financial statement 2022 – 2023

(2023) Dublin: Irish Penal Reform Trust

An Garda Síochána annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: An Garda Siochana.

Youth Justice Strategy implementation statement for 2022

(2023) Dublin: Department of Justice

Recorded crime detection 2022.

2023) Dublin: Central Statistics Office

The Coombe hospital annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: The Coombe hospital

Health Products Regulatory Authority annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: Health Products Regulatory Authority

Mental Health Reform annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: Mental Health Reform

National action plan to prevent and combat human trafficking 2023 - 2027

Department of Justice (2023) Dublin: Government of Ireland

Jigsaw annual report and financial statements 2022

(2023) Dublin: Jigsaw

Water Safety Ireland 2022 annual report

(2023) Galway: Water Safety Ireland

Marine Casualty Investigation Board annual report 2022

(2023) Dublin: Marine Casualty Investigation Board

National Review Panel annual report 2022

National Review Panel (2023) Dublin: Tusla

International publications

Risk and protective factors for self-harm in adolescents and young adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.

McEvoy, David et al (2023) Journal of Psychiatric Research, 168. pp. 353-380. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.10.017

RADAR A to Z: a guide to common drug names in Scotland.

RADAR (2023) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs: 2023 update.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2023) Stockholm: EDC.

Evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to prevent infections among people who inject drugs. Drug treatment, needle and syringe programmes and drug consumption rooms for preventing hepatitis C, HIV and injecting risk behaviour.

(2023) Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

Health risk communication strategies for drug checking services: a manual.

EMCDDA (2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

HIV, hepatitis & drug policy reform.

(2023) Global Commission on Drug Policy

Joint briefing paper on women who use drugs living with HIV.

Women and Harm Reduction International Network, International Community of Women Living with HIV. (2023) WHRIN and ICW

Stigmatization of people with addiction by health professionals: current knowledge. A scoping review

Cazalis, Anthony et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 9. doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2023.100196

Social media use and health risk behaviours in young people: systematic review and meta-analysis

Purba, Amrit Kaur et al (2023) BMJ, 383, e073552. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-073552.

A practical handbook on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Delivering prevention, building resilience and developing trauma-informed systems A resource for professionals and organisations

Wood, Sarah et al (2023) Wrexham: Policy and International Health, WHO Collaborating Centre on Investment for Health and Well-being, Public Health Wales

Editorial: Drug decriminalisation: grounding policy in evidence.

(2023) The Lancet, 402, (10416), p. 1941. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02617-X

Achieving consensus, coherence, clarity and consistency when talking about addiction.

West, Robert et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16393

National Collaborative call for evidence – analysis report. Experiences of human rights in relation to substance use.

(2023) Scotland: National Collaborative

Commentary: The unacceptability of evidence on acceptable risks

Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16381

A UK national study of prevalence and correlates of adopting or not adopting a recovery identity among individuals who have overcome a drug or alcohol problem

Day, Ed et al (2023) Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 18, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00579-2

OHID and NHS England’s Drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce transformation programme. Briefing #2

United Kingdom. Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, NHS England. (2023) London: NHS England

HBSC England national report: findings from the 2021-2022 HBSC study for England

Hulbert, Sabina et al (2023) University of Kent.

Measuring school staff confidence and worries to deliver mental health content: an examination of the psychometric properties of two measures in a sample of secondary school staff

Dwan-O’Reilly, Maeve et al (2023) School Mental Health, doi.org/10.1007/s12310-023-09616-8

Position paper. People who use drugs and mental health

(2023) Amsterdam: Civil Society Forum on Drugs

Low dead space syringes: analysis and benefits for people who inject drugs

Csak, Robert (2023) London: Harm Reduction International.

Global state of harm reduction: 2023 update to key data

(2023) London: Harm Reduction International

Health at a glance 2023: OECD indicators

(2023) Stockholm: OECD

School-based law enforcement strategies to reduce crime, increase perceptions of safety, and improve learning outcomes in primary and secondary schools: a systematic review

Fisher, Benjamin W et al (2023) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, (4). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1360

Prevalence of drug use before and during imprisonment in seven European countries (2014-2018).

Montanari, Linda et al (2023) Journal of Community Psychology, Early online. doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23053

Recent incarceration, substance use, overdose, and service use among people who use drugs in rural communities

Hoover, Daniel B et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (11). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.42222

No prescription? No problem: a qualitative study investigating self-medication with novel psychoactive substances (NPS).

Holborn, Tayler et al (2023) International Journal of Drug Policy, 118. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104109

Does nitrous oxide addiction exist? An evaluation of the evidence for the presence and prevalence of substance use disorder symptoms in recreational nitrous oxide users

Back, Sammie et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16380

Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions for problematic methamphetamine use: findings from a scoping review of the literature

Hersi, Mona et al (2023) PLoS ONE, 18, (10). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292745

Old drugs and new challenges: a narrative review of nitazenes

Pergolizzi, Joseph et al (2023) Cureus, 15, (6). doi: 10.7759/cureus.40736

Guidelines and recommendations on national synthetic opioid preparedness in European countries

Viskari, Inari and Tammi, Tuukka (2023) The Netherlands: SO-PREP

Overdose prevention centres, safe consumption sites, and drug consumption rooms: a rapid evidence review

Shorter, Gillian W et al (2023) London: Drug Science

Development of an intervention to manage benzodiazepine dependence and high-risk use in the context of escalating drug related deaths in Scotland: an application of the MRC framework

Berry, Karen et al (2023) BMC Health Services Research, 23, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10201-7

Naloxone Reporting Short Life Working Group final report

Naloxone Reporting Short Life Working Group. (2023) Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland

A descriptive coronial study of heroin toxicity deaths in Australia, 2020-2022: characteristics, toxicology and survival times

Darke, Shane et al (2023) Addiction, Early online

Afghanistan opium survey 2023. Cultivation and production after the ban: effects and implications

(2023) Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Booth, Richard G et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16357

EU drug market: cannabis — in-depth analysis

(2023) EMCDDA

Health, safety, and socioeconomic impacts of cannabis liberalization laws: an evidence and gap map

Sevigny, Eric L et al (2023) Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, (4). doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1362

Changes in self-reported cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Mehra, Kamna et al (2023) BMC Public Health, 23. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17068-7

Risk factors for adolescent cannabis use in a State with legal recreational cannabis: the role of parents, siblings, and friends.

English, Faith and Whitehill, Jennifer M (2023) Clinical Therapeutics, 45, (6), pp. 589-598. doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2023.04.002

Combined use of cocaine and alcohol: a violent cocktail? A systematic review

van Amsterdam, Jan and van den Brink, Wim (2023) Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 100. doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102597

Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on road traffic accidents in Scotland after 20 months: an interrupted time series study

Manca, Francesco et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16371

Risk of suicidal behavior as a function of alcohol use disorder typologies: a Swedish population-based study

Lannoy, Séverine et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16351

Editorial. Should alcohol marketing be restricted? Scotland should follow other European countries in banning alcohol sports advertising.

MacGilchrist, Alastair (2023) Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, doi: 10.1177/14782715231207907

Change and stability in British drinking practices and culture between 2009 and 2019: a longitudinal latent class analysis of drinking occasions

Holmes, John et al (2023) SSM - Population Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101548

Alcohol and cancer in the European Union: a call to action.

(2023) World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Launch of the WHO -European Union Evidence into Action Alcohol Project: meeting report, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6 December 2022

(2023) Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe

Cancer risk based on alcohol consumption levels: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis

Jun, Seunghee et al (2023) Epidemiology and Health, doi: 10.4178/epih.e2023092

Alcohol initiation before age 15 predicts earlier hazardous drinking: a survival analysis of a 7-year prospective longitudinal cohort of Australian adolescents

Gardner, Lauren A et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/add.16376

The potential adverse effects of minors' exposure to alcohol-related stimuli via licenced venues: a narrative review

Booth, Leon et al (2023) Drug and Alcohol Review, Early online. doi.org/10.1111/dar.13769

Risk factors for stroke in the young (18-45 years): a case-control analysis of INTERSTROKE data from 32 countries

Khan, Maria et al (2023) Neuroepidemiology, 57, (5), pp. 275-283. doi: 10.1159/000530675

Factors to be considered as part of a holistic assessment for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a scoping review

Reid, Natasha et al (2023) Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 47, (11), pp. 2007-2021. doi.org/10.1111/acer.15191

Neurocognitive recovery in abstinent patients with alcohol use disorder: a scoping review for associated factors

Staudt, Jeroen et al (2023) Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 19. pp. 2039-2054. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S424017

“Availability is the poor cousin of marketing and pricing”: qualitative study of stakeholders’ views on policy priorities around tobacco and alcohol availability

Dimova, Elena et al (2023) Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy, Early online. doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2282355

A comprehensive review on the impacts of smoking on the health of an individual.

Varghese, Jerin and Muntode Gharde, Pramita (2023) Cureus, 15, (10). doi: 10.7759/cureus.46532

Identifying best modelling practices for tobacco control policy simulations: a systematic review and a novel quality assessment framework

Huang, Vincy et al (2023) Tobacco Control, 32, (5), pp. 589-598. doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056825

Using the Behaviour Change Wheel and modified Delphi method to identify behavioural change techniques for improving adherence to smoking cessation medications

Mersha, Amanual Getnet et al (2023) BMC Public Health, 23, (1). doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16278-3

Electronic nicotine delivery systems and e-liquid modifications to vape cannabis depicted in online videos

Ouellette, Rachel R et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (11). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.41075

The interaction of e-cigarette use and mental health symptoms on risk of cigarette smoking initiation among young adults in the United States

Harlow, Alyssa F et al (2023) Addiction, 118, (12), pp. 2317-2326. doi: 10.1111/add.16319

E-cigarette use among US adults in the 2021 behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey

Erhabor, John et al (2023) JAMA Network Open, 6, (11). doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40859

Introduction: towards a sociology of sports gambling

McGee, Darragh and Bunn, Christopher (2023) In: Gambling and sports in a global age. Research in the sociology of sport (18). United Kingdom: Emerald. pp. 1-8.

Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends

Ukhova, Daria et al (2023) The Lancet Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00221-9

The emerging evidence on the association between symptoms of ADHD and gaming disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Koncz, Patrik and et al (2023) Clinical Psychology Review, 106. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102343