OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
What features of drug treatment programs help, or not, with access? a qualitative study of the perspectives of family members and community-based organization staff in Atlantic Canada	44
Substance use disorder, the workforce, and treatment quality for minoritized populations: a systematic review	35
Enhancing the drug addiction treatment service by introducing a new residential treatment model in the Philippines: A qualitative study	30
Effect and acceptability of an mHealth smoking cessation intervention ‘Stopcoach’ combined with smoking cessation counseling for people from multiple levels of socioeconomic position: a multi-methods	30
Evaluation of post-discharge engagement for emergency department patients with opioid use history who received telehealth recovery coaching services	29
Challenges in substance use treatment as perceived by professionals and Arabic-speaking refugees in Germany	29
Barriers to opioid replacement therapy in pregnant women with opioid use disorder: a systematic review	27
Technology-based interventions for tobacco smoking prevention and treatment: a 20-year bibliometric analysis (2003–2022)	27
A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada	25
Exploring electronic cigarette portrayals: a content and thematic analysis of African online news coverage	25
Symptoms of posttraumatic stress partially mediate the relationship between gender-based violence and alcohol misuse among South African women	24
Digital interventions for substance use disorders in young people: rapid review	24
The impact of CARA mandates on nurse practitioner controlled substance prescribing in Oregon: a cohort study	23
Black girls and referrals: racial and gender disparities in self-reported referral to substance use disorder assessment among justice-involved children	21
Psychosocial correlates of co-workers’ responses to alcohol problems in the workplace - a cross-sectional survey among medical personnel in Poland	20
Illicit drug use in university students in the UK and Ireland: a PRISMA-guided scoping review	20
Prevalence, risk factors, and metabolic implications of alcohol use disorders among male workers in Hebei Province, China: a cross-sectional study	19
Safety considerations in the evolving legal landscape of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy	19
The path forward for substance use disorder treatment using contingency management under sect. 1115 demonstration waivers	18
Relapse to problem drinking or trading up to spirits? Using U.S. national cross-sectional survey data to highlight possible negative impacts of potential tobacco retail changes	18
Community pharmacist-administered injectable naltrexone for individuals who were formerly incarcerated: a review of Wisconsin legislation and regulations	18
Intravenous ketamine for severe alcohol use disorder at Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital, Kenya: a case report	17
Clinician’s perceptions and experiences with tobacco treatment in people who use cannabis: a qualitative study	16
Staying motivated by anchoring on values: a mixed methods study on the workplace well-being and addiction beliefs of substance use professionals in Singapore	16
Referral to and engagement in substance use disorder treatment within opioid intervention courts in New York: a qualitative study of implementation barriers and facilitators	16

Attitudes toward and training in medications for opioid use disorders: a descriptive analysis among employees in the youth legal system and community mental health centers	15
Correction to: Client satisfaction to methadone maintenance treatment program in Myanmar	14
The growth of recovery capital in clients of recovery residences in Florida, USA: a quantitative pilot study of changes in REC-CAP profile scores	14
Treatment for problematic substance use in Nordic youth: a narrative review from the viewpoint of social services	14
Tailoring dissemination of evidence to preferences of tobacco control partners: results from an academic-community partnership	14
Effectiveness of the world anti-doping agency's e-learning programme for anti-doping education on knowledge of, explicit and implicit attitudes towards, and likelihood of doping among Chinese college	14
The absence of data on driving under the influence of alcohol in road traffic studies: a scoping review of non-randomized studies with vote counting based on the direction of effects of alcohol polici	14
Overcoming barriers to traditional care delivery and pharmacy challenges: a qualitative study of buprenorphine, telehealth, and a digital therapeutic for opioid use disorder	14
Effect of a communication intervention on alcohol use during pregnancy in post conflict Northern Uganda: a quasi experimental study	14
Awareness and knowledge of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act among people at risk of witnessing an overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a multi-methods cross sectional study	13
Residential and inpatient treatment of substance use disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review	13
Exploring e-psychonauts perspectives towards cocaine effects and toxicity	13
Knowledge and experience of Kazakhstan athletes in anti-doping and the impact of past educational intervention	13
Dog ownership for people with substance use disorder: self-reported influence on substance use and mental health	13
Linkage to hepatitis C treatment in two opioid substitution treatment units in Gothenburg, Sweden: a retrospective cohort study	13
Sweden’s first Take-Home Naloxone program: participant characteristics, dose endpoints and predictors for overdose reversals	13
Daily cannabis use during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Canada: a repeated cross-sectional study from May 2020 to December 2020	12
Association between toxic drug events and encephalopathy in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional analysis	12
Correction to: Linkage to hepatitis C treatment in two opioid substitution treatment units in Gothenburg, Sweden: a retrospective cohort study	12
Patterns of service utilization among youth with substance use service need: a cohort study	12
Gender differences in physical morbidity in opioid agonist treatment patients: population-based cohort studies from the Czech Republic and Norway	12
Theory-based correlates of cannabis use and intentions among US and Israeli adults: a mixed methods study	11
Differences between men who have sex with men that use drugs and engage in chemsex and those who do not engage in chemsex in the French ANRS-PREVENIR cohort: the need to rethink harm reduction service	11
Problematic alcohol use among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada: the role of proximal stressors and anxiety	11
Prevalence, correlates, and reasons for substance use among adolescents aged 10–17 in Ghana: a cross-sectional convergent parallel mixed-method study	11
Addressing the needs for cultural adaptation of DARE-keepin’ it REAL among Brazilian students: strategies to improve implementation	11
Neurocognitive function and medical care utilization in Veterans treated for substance use disorder	10
Overdose prevention activities led by local public health departments, 2019–2023	10
Steering the energy with music: hermeneutic phenomenological study of user perspectives of music and music therapy for co-occurring ADHD and substance use problems	10
Language considerations for children of parents with substance use disorders	10
Profiles of quality of outpatient care use, associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and adverse outcomes among patients with substance-related disorders	10
Evaluating health information provided to kratom consumers by good manufacturing practice-qualified vendors	10
Navigating challenges and opportunities: perspectives on digital service development in substance use disorder treatment	10
Factors associated with take-home naloxone kit usage in British Columbia: an analysis of administrative data	10
Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada	9
Experiences of a lived experience recovery organisation for those in abstinence-based substance use recovery: a thematic analysis	9
Adolescents with substance use problems in outpatient treatment: a one-year prospective follow-up study focusing on mental health and gender differences	9
Implementation fidelity of a Brazilian drug use prevention program and its effect among adolescents: a mixed-methods study	9
The multidimensional social ecological needs and service utilization patterns of youth using non-medical prescription opioids: an observational study of routinely collected data in a provincial integr	9
Differentiating people who use cannabis heavily through latent class analysis	9
The International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) book series: a key resource globally for alcohol industry political strategies	9
Evolution of policy for the treatment of substance use disorders in Qatar	8
A self-assessment of opioid use disorder services at a Pacific Northwest County jail	8
The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial	8
Consideration of vaping products as an alternative to adult smoking: a narrative review	8
Drug use patterns and factors related to the use and discontinuation of medications for opioid use disorder in the age of fentanyl: findings from a mixed-methods study of people who use drugs	8
Intention to seek emergency medical services during community overdose events in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional survey	8
Injection cessation and relapse to injection and the associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran: The Rostam study	8
Integrated care model and point of care diagnostics facilitate Hepatitis C treatment among patients receiving opioid agonist therapy: a retrospective review of medical records	8
Inpatient care provider perspectives on the development and implementation of an addiction medicine consultation service in a small urban setting	8

A qualitative pilot study exploring the acceptability of a peer provider delivered substance use brief intervention from the perspective of youth in Kenya	8
Quadruple pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder tolerable yet insufficient: a case report	7
Global scientific research landscape on binge drinking: a comprehensive bibliometric and visualization analysis of trends, collaborations, and future directions	7
Cross-analyzing addiction specialist and patient opinions and experiences about addictive disorder screening in primary care to identify interaction-related obstacles: a qualitative study	7
Barriers of linkage to HCV viremia testing among people who inject drugs in Georgia	7
The prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment clinic in Nairobi, Kenya	7
Certificate-of-need laws and substance use treatment	6
Understanding youth and young adult cannabis use in Canada post-legalization: a scoping review on a public health issue	6
Practitioners’ perspectives on family-based intervention for illicit drug-using adolescents in Taiwan: a qualitative study	6
Clearing the smoke: experiences of patients and professionals during a one-year smoking cessation intervention in ambulatory mental healthcare – a qualitative study	6
Effectively engaging faith-based leaders on syringe services programs: U.S. pastors’ knowledge, perceptions, and questions	6
Cannabis use characteristics and associations with problematic use outcomes, quitting-related factors, and mental health among US young adults	6
Perspectives on a transitional housing program for people who use substances who experience homelessness and live with a mental health issue: a pilot study in an urban northern city in Canada	6
Patient perspectives on depot buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction – a qualitative interview study	6
Access to tablet injectable opioid agonist therapy in rural and smaller urban settings in British Columbia, Canada: a qualitative study	6
The relationship between insecure attachment and nicotine dependence among users of classic cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and heated tobacco products: a moderated mediation model	6
Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19	6
Qualitative description of outreach and engagement in perinatal substance treatment in Finland	5
The influence of poly-drug use patterns on the association between opioid agonist treatment engagement and injecting initiation assistance	5
Youth cannabis use in Canada post-legalization: service providers’ perceptions, practices, and recommendations	5
Public support of and attitudes toward decriminalization of possession of illegal drugs among the general population in British Columbia	5
Cannabis use prevalence among Baby Boomers before and after implementation of recreational retail sales in California	5
Adherence to mHealth quit smoking application ‘stopcoach’ on top of evidence based smoking cessation counselling: association with participant characteristics and long-term abstinence	5
Belief that addiction is a discrete category is a stronger correlate with stigma than the belief that addiction is biologically based	5
Effectiveness of a practice change intervention in reducing alcohol consumption in pregnant women attending public maternity services	5
Developing a novel treatment for patients with chronic pain and Opioid User Disorder	5
Identifying how tobacco industry-targeted communities perceive California’s tobacco endgame initiative	5
The impact of relaxing restrictions on take-home doses during the COVID-19 pandemic on program effectiveness and client experiences in opioid agonist treatment: a mixed methods systematic review	5
The use of post-cycle therapy is associated with reduced withdrawal symptoms from anabolic-androgenic steroid use: a survey of 470 men	5
Nicotine dependence and associated factors among persons who use electronic e-cigarettes in Malaysia - an online survey	5
“The DEA would come in and destroy you”: a qualitative study of fear and unintended consequences among opioid prescribers in WV	4
Neurofeedback for opioid dependent patients in an outpatient setting: a pilot feasibility study	4
Lower-risk substance use guidelines accessible by youth	4
An environmental scan of residential treatment service provision in Ontario	4
Planning and implementing community-based drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration using the consolidated framework for implementation research	4
Workforce Diversity and disparities in wait time and retention among opioid treatment programs	4
Tramadol use among young commercial drivers in Tamale Metropolis: a concurrent triangulation mixed-methods study	4
Equine-assisted services for individuals with substance use disorders: a scoping review	4
Dual abstinence from nicotine vaping and cannabis use among young people: secondary analyses from two U.S.-based randomized controlled trials of vaping cessation	4
No obvious effect on mortality from a patient choice reform expanding access to opioid disorder treatment – results from a natural experiment of policy change in Sweden	4
Investigating social deprivation and comorbid mental health diagnosis as predictors of treatment access among patients with an opioid use disorder using substance use services: a prospective cohort st	4
Promoting sustainable responses to the US opioid epidemic with community-academic partnerships: qualitative outcomes from a statewide program	4
Personal recovery for special populations: a qualitative study exploring the role of special interest meetings within 12-step fellowships	4
A longitudinal analysis on determinants of problem drinking among Korean women: focusing on a gender perspective	4
Patterns of remission from alcohol dependence in the United Kingdom: results from an online panel general population survey	4
Response to a peer telehealth intervention for emergency department patients presenting with opioid use disorder or unintentional overdose: a stratified interrupted time series analysis	4
Tobacco use, smoking identities and pathways into and out of smoking among young adults: a meta-ethnography	4
“Sometimes you have to take the person and show them how”: adapting behavioral activation for peer recovery specialist-delivery to improve methadone treatment retention	3
Associations between childbirth, gang exposure and substance use among young women in Cape Town, South Africa	3
Staff preferences towards electronic data collection from a national take-home naloxone program: a cross-sectional study	3
A cluster-randomized trial of a brief multi-component intervention to improve tobacco outcomes in substance use treatment	3
A cost benefit analysis of a virtual overdose monitoring service/mobile overdose response service: the national overdose response service	3
Initial stakeholder perceptions around opioid settlement funds in Pennsylvania	3
Alcohol use disorder and disability insurance in Switzerland: the attitudes and views of lawyers, insurance medical experts, and addiction-specialist therapists	3
Medical conditions of primary care patients with documented cannabis use and cannabis use disorder in electronic health records: a case control study from an academic health system in a medical mariju	3
Harm reduction and recovery services support (HRRSS) to mitigate the opioid overdose epidemic in a rural community	3
Healthcare seeking among Swedish patients in opioid substitution treatment – a mixed methods study on barriers and facilitators	3
Engaging youth as leaders and partners can improve substance use prevention: a call to action to support youth engagement practice and research	3
Comparing the effects of decreasing prescription opioid shipments and the release of an abuse deterrent OxyContin formulation on opioid overdose fatalities in WV: an interrupted time series study	3
Smoking and bladder cancer: insights into pathogenesis and public health implications from a bibliometric analysis (1999–2023)	3
Missed opportunity for alcohol use disorder screening and management in primary health care facilities in northern rural Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey	3
Delphi method applicability in drug foresight	3
Differences in addiction and recovery gains according to gender – gender barriers and specific differences in overall strengths growth	3
A qualitative exploration of daily path and daily routine among people in Ukraine who inject drugs to understand associated harms	3
Sex-related inequalities in current cigarette smoking among adolescents in Africa	3
Future destinations and social inclusion scoping review: how people cured of hepatitis C (HCV) using direct- acting antiviral drugs progress in a new HCV-free world	3
Initiation and/or re-initiation of drug use among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada from 2021 to 2022: a prospective cohort study	3
“I'm putting a Band-Aid on a bullet hole the only way I know how:” a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to opioid misuse and recovery in Nevada	3