Decreasing Incident Opioid Use Disorder, Especially Adolescent and Young Adult.

Introduction: Opioid prescription policies may reduce availability of prescription opioids and decrease initiation of opioid analgesic misuse and possible opioid use disorder. Opioid use disorder prevalence may have decreased in recent years, but there are few studies on trends of opioid use disorder incidence. The objective of this study was to examine opioid use disorder incidence rates to detect population changes overall and within demographic subgroups over time.

Predictors of mass psychogenic illness in a junior secondary school in rural Botswana: A case control study.

Background: In March 2019, students at Lempu Secondary School in Kweneng District, Botswana displayed symptoms including headache, abnormal leg movements and difficulty walking. Within days, 133 students were admitted to Scottish Livingstone Hospital where mass psychogenic illness (MPI) was diagnosed.

Aim: To identify predictors of this illness.

Opioid use disorder treatment in rural settings: The primary care perspective.

Despite the efficacy of medications for treating opioid use disorder (OUD), they are underutilized, especially in rural areas. Our objectives were to determine the association between primary care practitioners (PCPs) rurality and concerns for patient substance use, and to identify factors associated with PCP comfort treating OUD, focusing on barriers to treatment. We developed a web-based survey completed by 116 adult-serving PCPs located in Vermont's rural and non-rural counties between April-August 2020.

Spatial clustering of Aedes aegypti related to breeding container characteristics in Coastal Ecuador: implications for dengue control.

Mosquito management within households remains central to the control of dengue virus transmission. An important factor in these management decisions is the spatial clustering of Aedes aegypti. We measured spatial clustering of Ae.