#Sarn

SARN - The Scottish Alcohol Research Network SARN brings together those with the vision, passion, and commitment to drive forward alcohol research in Scotland.

6 months ago

Very nice morning and big thanks to the organisers @andymohan.bsky.social (and many of them not being here)!

If interested in the Scottish Alcohol Research Network #SARN, you find them here:
www.sarnalcohol.org

#AlcoholRelatedHarm #Scotland

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Four Pillars drug strategy Vancouver's Four Pillars Drug Strategy is a coordinated, comprehensive approach that balances public order and public health in order to create a safer, healthier community.

6 months ago

And @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social discusses #HarmReduction as an addition to structural reforms (pricing, marketing...) and the Q&A highlights the community aspect they may bring into #PublicMentalHealth strategies.

One example
vancouver.ca/people-progr...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Vancouver

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Intelligent liver function testing (iLFT): A trial of automated diagnosis and staging of liver disease in primary care - PubMed There is a growing epidemic of advanced liver disease, this could be offset by early detection and management. Checking liver blood tests (LFTs) should be an opportunity to diagnose liver problems, but abnormal results are often incompletely investigated. In this study we were able to substantially …

6 months ago

John Dillon focuses on how to identify alcohol-related liver disease earlier (at the moment: 25% mortality at 60 days). He presents work on the #iLFT and asks what to do now
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31226388/

Research summary
www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/inte...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Diagnosis

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6 months ago

Amy Malaguti presents on developing a screening pathway for early diagnosis of chronic liver disease.

The ongoing project explores implementing Fibrosis-4 index & Fibroscan in a community detox setting and whether it is worth it.

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Dundee #DDARS #ImplementationScience

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6 months ago

Next, Briege Nugent and Ryan Anderson present on #CoProduction with people who identify as having alcohol-related issues, aiming to understand trajectories and what works (e.g., #PeerSupport #Rehabilitation).

Big problems: housing and access to services.

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Edinburgh

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Alcohol screening and assessment measures for young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis of validation studies There is a strong rationale for clinicians to identify risky drinking among young people given the harms caused by alcohol. This systematic review eva…

6 months ago

First up, @ptoner.bsky.social presents on developing screening & assessment instruments for young people.

Currently available from this work #SysReview -s on
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
and work on #HRQoL assessment
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland

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#Llangynwydd #Llanharan #Pencoed #Pontycymmer #Porthcawl #Neath #Newport #Swansea #Cardiff #Monmouth #Maesteg #Nantyffyllon #Cymmer #Sarn #TalbotGreen

#CareandRepair #communityhelp #TellEveryone

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#UKGovernment #Welshgovernment

#Maesteg #PortTalbot #Neath #Pontycymmer #Bridgend #Sarn #welcomebreaksarn #Cowbridge #Ely #Swansea

7 months ago

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#Wales #Cymru #CreativeWales

#Bridgend #Maesteg #PortTalbot #Sarn #Pontycymmer #Porthcawl #Neath #Newport #Swansea #Cardiff #Monmouth #Llangynwydd #Abergavenny #Pembrokeshire #StDavids #Chepstow

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#Bridgend #Sarn #Pontycymmer

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#Bridgend #Sarn

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#welshgovernment #Transportforwales #bridgendcouncil #bridgend

#PortTalbot #Neath #Pontycymmer #Newport #Cardiff #Swansea #Maesteg #Sarn #welcomebreaksarn #PorthcawlFair #SavePorthcawlFair

#SavePIP #Disability #Autism #DWPinquiry #UN #AmnestyInternationalUK
#PatrioticMillionaires
#Wales #Cymru

9 months ago

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#Maesteg #Llangynwydd #Llanharan #Pencoed #Pontycymmer #Porthcawl #Neath #Newport #Swansea #Cardiff #Monmouth #Bridgend #Barry #Sarn #PortTalbot

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@organmagazine.bsky.social

9 months ago

#Sarn

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ORGAN MAGAZINE

9 months ago

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Just that, five music makers that have passed our way this week; a taste Vile Imbeciles, Chrysalid Homo, SARN, something new from Judge Smith, Cindytalk’s post punk from bac... Shall we write a new editorial now? Oh the endless demand and who needs a damn editorial let alone a new one? No time for editorials, let the actual music do the actual walking and the actual talki…

ORGAN: Five Music Things – Just that, five music makers that have passed our way this week; a taste Vile Imbeciles, Chrysalid Homo, SARN, something new from Judge Smith, Cindytalk's post punk from back there and... wp.me/p2ScbB-v5I

#VileImbeciles #SARN #JudgeSmith #Cindytalk

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