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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].
Health at a glance: Ireland 2023.
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
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
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
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
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International publications
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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
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.
Opioid-related overdose deaths among people experiencing homelessness, 2017 to 2021: a population-based analysis using coroner and health administrative data from Ontario, Canada
Booth, Richard G et al (2023) Addiction, Early online. doi: 10.1111/add.16357
EU drug market: cannabis — in-depth analysis
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
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