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Mapping and metodological management of physical complications of injecting drug users
Spůrová, Nikol ; Janíková, Barbara (advisor) ; Vavrinčíková, Lenka (referee)
BACKGROUND: Drug abuse is a social problem with psychosocial and physical complications. The lifestyle of injection drug users (IUD) increases the risk of infectious as well as of non-infectious diseases. The workers of low-threshold programmes are often the first ones to encounter the physical complications of injection drug users, and the workers are accordingly often the ones who take the initiative in dealing with those complications. Mapping the possible solutions of injection drug users' complications by the workers of low-threshold programmes would respond to the needs for methodological approach widely available to the workers of low-threshold programmes. AIMS: The present thesis aims to describe the possible solutions to physical complications of injection drug users through mapping the solutions in the practice of the low-threshold programmes workers for drug users in Prague. SAMPLE: All the seven low-threshold programmes facilities based in Prague were appealed to participate on the research. Thirty eight respondents participated in the study (39 % outreach programs, 53 % drop-in centre, 8 % combined services) METHODS: The present research was carried out via questionnaire research. The output data was analysed through descriptive statistics. The standardized questions of the...
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Mapping and metodological management of physical complications of injecting drug users
Spůrová, Nikol ; Janíková, Barbara (advisor) ; Vavrinčíková, Lenka (referee)
BACKGROUND: Drug abuse is a social problem with psychosocial and physical complications. The lifestyle of injection drug users (IUD) increases the risk of infectious as well as of non-infectious diseases. The workers of low-threshold programmes are often the first ones to encounter the physical complications of injection drug users, and the workers are accordingly often the ones who take the initiative in dealing with those complications. Mapping the possible solutions of injection drug users' complications by the workers of low-threshold programmes would respond to the needs for methodological approach widely available to the workers of low-threshold programmes. AIMS: The present thesis aims to describe the possible solutions to physical complications of injection drug users through mapping the solutions in the practice of the low-threshold programmes workers for drug users in Prague. SAMPLE: All the seven low-threshold programmes facilities based in Prague were appealed to participate on the research. Thirty eight respondents participated in the study (39 % outreach programs, 53 % drop-in centre, 8 % combined services) METHODS: The present research was carried out via questionnaire research. The output data was analysed through descriptive statistics. The standardized questions of the...
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Cancer patients and self-medication with cannabis - a case study
Spůrová, Nikol ; Kalina, Kamil (advisor) ; Vacek, Jaroslav (referee)
BACKGROUND: Medical effects of cannabis have been known since ancient times. In oncology, hemp is primarily used to suppress nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy. Treatment by cannabis isn't legal in the Czech republic as well as it already is in several countries. Yet, there are some cancer patients who self-medicate by hemp themselves. OBJECTIVES: In this study, I engage in the problem of self-medication with cannabis within cancer patients. I am interested in what makes clients decide to self-medicate themselves and whether they observe any changes. Where they get hemp from, how they use it, and how they gauge legal measures of using cannabis. METHODS: The study is conducted qualitatively, through interviews. FILE: Research file consists of two clients who self-medicated with hemp. RESULTS: The circumstances that led sick people to self-medication by hemp are various. Also, the methods of use and insight into the future vary. CONCLUSION: This work provides evidence of self-medication by cannabis directly from cancer patients. Keywords: cannabis drugs - therapeutical effects - self-medication - oncology
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