Intervention approaches for rural opium users.
The rate of addiction among adults in the opium-growing areas of South East Asia and the Middle EAst varies between 3 per cent and 10 per cent. Supply-reduction efforts alone have rarely been successful and programmes aimed concurrently to reduce demand are now being initiated. Primary health care is considered a prerequisite for the success of demand-reduction programmes and includes the training of primary health care workers to assist in prevention programmes as well as in the treatment and rehabilitation of addicted persons. This supply-demand-reduction approach will require careful evaluation of its effectiveness.
D000383:Agriculture; D001208:Asia; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009892:Opium; D012423:Rural Health; D012651:Self Medication; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
D009892:Opium