Florian Scheibein

South East Technological University · School of Health Sciences

Sexualized injecting drug use ("SIDU") is a phenomenon associated with a wide array of high-risk injecting and sex-related practices. This scoping review establishes what is known about MSM and SIDU to assess implications for health care and policy. Characteristics of MSM for "SIDU" may include being on anti-retroviral treatment and urban residency...

Background Smoking is endemic amongst people accessing homeless services, and they are disproportionately affected by smoking-related diseases. This paper reports on the results of a 3-month small scale intervention which explored the efficacy, challenges and opportunities of using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) to support cessation of...

Background The EU promotes ‘Open Science’ as a public good. Complementary to its implementation is Citizen Science, which redefines the relationship between the scientific community, civic society and the individual. Open Science and Citizen Science poses challenges for the substance use and addictions research community but may provide positive op...

Online drug use pornography has been freely available through websites on the open internet for at least 7 years. Surprisingly there is almost no exploration of its nature, character or impacts on both performers and those engaging with this type of content within the research literature. Nor is it an issue that has engaged health care providers an...

In the Global South, young people who use drugs (YPWUD) are exposed to multiple interconnected social and health harms, with many low- and middle-income countries enforcing racist, prohibitionist-based drug policies that generate physical and structural violence. While harm reduction coverage for YPWUD is suboptimal globally, in low- and middle-inc...

Background: COVID-19 accelerated the adoption of remote working in which employers' obligations for employees' health and well-being extended into the home. This paper reports on a systematic review of the health impacts of remote working within the context of COVID-19 and discusses the implications of these impacts for the future role of the occu...

BACKGROUND The lockdown measures introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic were a catalyst for rapid digitalisation of services in the field of substance use and substance use disorders. This highlights a need to backcast and co-create a future where digital tools for addressing substance use are optimally developed and used. OBJECTIVE This paper re...

Background Substance use trends are complex; they often rapidly evolve and necessitate an intersectional approach in research, service, and policy making. Current and emerging digital tools related to substance use are promising but also create a range of challenges and opportunities. Objective This paper reports on a backcasting exercise aimed at...

the cross-culturally increased traction of a good Work Life Flow (WLF), central for Decent Work (DW) (United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8). Addressing questions for a good WLF is essential to physical, mental and social wellbeing core for DW. The WLF project develops tools and resources to support individuals and organizations to develop...

Mastering a healthy Work-Life-Flow (WLF) has become an ever-more challenging key competence to maintain an effective and sustainably enduring work performance while increasing social, physical and mental health. Within the scope of the European Green Deal and the accentuated transition need towards lifelong learning, young people entering the labo...

Mastering a healthy Work-Life-Flow (WLF) has become an ever-more challenging key competence to maintain an effective and sustainably enduring work performance while increasing social, physical and mental health. We propose in the frame of the Strategic Partnership project "Excellence based profiling to identify and apply tools and trainings for a b...

Background The COVID-19 global pandemic is a harbinger of a future destabilised world driven by climate change, rapid mass migration, food insecurity, state failures and epidemics. A significant feature fuelling this destabilised world is networked misinformation and disinformation (referred to as an infodemic), particularly in the area of health....

Stress during the pandemic has had an impact on the mental health of healthcare professionals (HCPs). However, little is known about coping and “maladaptive” coping behaviours of this population. This study investigates “maladaptive” coping behaviours and their correlation with stress, anxiety and insomnia of Italian HCPs during the pandemic. It re...

Background: Smoking and smoking-related disease is endemic amongst many marginalised populations such as people experiencing homelessness, people who use drugs, people living with HIV, sex workers and members of the LGBTQ+, Indigenous, Traveller and migrant communities. Alternative Nicotine Delivery Systems (ANDS)-based interventions including thos...

This research aimed to explore service user experiences of change with respect to physical activity and dietary practices since entering OAT. This research also explored barriers and facilitators to positive lifestyle behaviours among those accessing OAT.

: Globally, there are concerns about access to healthcare and harm reduction services for people who use drugs (PWUD) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Members from the Network of Early Career Professionals working in Addiction Medicine shared their experiences of providing treatment to PWUD during the COVID-19 pandemic. Draw...

Alcohol use is a major risk factor for infectious disease and reduction of harms associated with alcohol consumption are essential during times of humanitarian crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. As a network of early career professionals working in the area of addiction medicine, we provide our views with regards to national actions related to...

Background: A growing body of literature reports on the injection of synthetic cathinones (SC) and novel synthetic opioids (NSO) in marginalized drug-using (MDU) populations. This review seeks to establish what is known about the injection of SCs and NSOs impacts on MDUs. Method: A six-stage iterative scoping literature review was conducted in rela...