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| Title |
Methadone maintenance—lessons from two systems in China
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12954-017-0193-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shui-Shan Lee, Robert Newman |
| Abstract |
In Hong Kong, methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) was launched in the 1970s, almost 30 years before the counterpart programme's inauguration in Mainland China. Both were established in response to perceived public crises-addiction-related crime and HIV outbreak, respectively-and both are now regular services under two systems in the same country. Effectiveness of MMT in achieving the stated goals was evident in each case and provides useful lessons on strategies for dealing with the varied concerns related to illicit drug use. Today, with changing patterns of drug addiction, increasing competition for resources, and changing attitudes towards addiction and its treatment, the two MMT systems are confronted with similar challenges to achieve sustainability. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 33% |
| Australia | 3 | 25% |
| Czechia | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 17% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 29 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 29 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 24% |
| Professor | 4 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 21% |
| Unknown | 4 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 31% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 14% |
| Psychology | 4 | 14% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 5 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 November 2018.
All research outputs
#6,331,830
of 25,301,208 outputs
Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#671
of 1,101 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#91,547
of 326,627 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#9
of 18 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,101 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 29.0. This one is in the 39th percentile – i.e., 39% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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