Highlights of 2021
In 2021, Dr. Rob Calder became Editor of the SSA [...]
News and research: December 2021
Each month, the SSA's Rob Calder and Natalie Davies keep [...]
Who drives the complex evaluation research agenda?
New guidelines on evaluating complex interventions recommend that research focus [...]
SSA notes: MRC and NIHR guidance on evaluating complex interventions
The UK Medical Research Council and the National Institute for [...]
In the news: Call for drug consumption rooms in the UK
The Faculty of Public Health has coordinated an urgent call for overdose prevention centres (also known as drug consumption rooms and safer injecting facilities) to be piloted in the UK. Signatories include the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform, and London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group.
SSA notes: The 2021 UK drugs strategy
The UK Government’s new 10-year drug strategy for England and [...]
In the news: Drug safety testing made legal in Aotearoa
Aotearoa, the Māori name for New Zealand, has become the [...]
QMJC November 2021: Men’s experiences of ‘coming off drugs’ in prison
The latest Qualitative Methods Journal Club (QMJC) is now available [...]
Effect of practitioner expectations on their client’s recovery
The Drug and Alcohol Findings ‘Old Gold’ archive contains summaries [...]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2021
Natalie Davies blogs about violence against women, which is a [...]