Welcome to Effectiveness Bank alerts from Drug and Alcohol Findings, alerting you to site updates
and new evaluation research. Issue 15 of the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine published in 2006 is
now being made available as free downloadable PDFs (Adobe Acrobat files). These are the first set of
Nuggettes, each briefly analysing an evaluation study with important practice implications. To view
click on a link or paste it in to your web browser address box, being sure to enter the whole
address as a single line with no spaces.
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1 OUT OF 61 HEPATITIS C POSITIVE TREATMENT CLIENTS STARTS MEDICAL TREATMENT
Despite newly testing positive for hepatitis C at a laboratory in Nottingham in 2000-2002, just 1
out the 61 patients whose tests were requested by a drug or alcohol service ended up receiving
treatment.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nugg_15_1.pdf
CASE MANAGEMENT CUTS REPEAT DETOX BURDEN
In Philadelphia intensive case management created the kind of post-detoxification continuity of care
which dramatically cut repeated admissions for detoxification, increased treatment capacity, and
offered patients a better chance of gaining lasting stability.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nugg_15_2.pdf
HARM REDUCTION EDUCATION EXTENDED TO ILLEGAL DRUGS
A small sample of Canadian schools generally endorsed the appropriateness of harm reduction
education for older teenagers; in the two which implemented the programme, substance use and related
damage and risk were curbed compared to other local schools.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nugg_15_3.pdf
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