Moving from feasible to essential: Progress and future directions for promoting the implementation of substance use services for forcibly displaced populations in humanitarian settings

Addiction. 2024 Mar;119(3):408-410. doi: 10.1111/add.16386. Epub 2023 Nov 15.

Abstract

Recent research demonstrates that implementing evidence-based substance use interventions in humanitarian settings is feasible. Further evidence regarding the effectiveness, scalability and implementation of these interventions, including context-specific priorities, must be generated to ensure they are adopted as essential components integrated into the humanitarian health and social response.

Keywords: displacement; implementation; refugee; services; substance use; substance use disorder.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Refugees*
  • Substance-Related Disorders* / therapy