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Links

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Aims and benefits

  • Subgoal 1: The use of addictive substances by refugees in Germany will be surveyed on a large scale also vulnerable groups with special needs identified. There is hardly any data available in Germany yet.
  • Subgoal 2: Strategies of "good practice" of care institutions with regard to migrants and other marginalized groups have in the past been described for the European area. However, the extent to which these can actually be transferred to addiction care in Germany and to refugees in particular is unknown. Subproject 1 will therefore identify principles and strategies of "good practice" in German addiction care.
  • Subgoal 3: In the final step, the status of implementation of the surveyed "good practice" strategies in addiction care facilities in Germany will be assessed.

 All results will be made public and disseminated in order to promote and support implementation

Research on substance-related disorders in persons with an escape history

The following graph illustrates the course of research on substance-related disorders in persons with a refugee history, the identification of particularly vulnerable groups and used substances as well as substance-related problems

Collection of already existing (contextual) information on the topic
Screening vonScreening of reports, materials, etc. that already exist about substance use by refugees.
Semi-structured interviews with key persons
e.g. employees* of institutions for refugees/addicts, polit. decision-makers, hospital employees etc. as well as with addictive drug users, refugees
Structured surveys of key persons
to validate the findings from the semi-structured interviews on a larger sample
Focus group discussion
to validate and discuss the findings from all previous steps with key persons from the practical work
Publication of results

"Good practice" strategies in addiction care

Collection of "Good Practice" strategies
open survey of selected experts* from addiction aid, scientific community, refugee assistance, self-help, etc.
Selection of "good practice" strategies
Rating of the importance of collected strategies and selection by agreement among the selected experts
Survey of addiction care facilities for the implementation of selected strategies in their own practice
Survey on the status of implementation of the selected "good practice" strategies through a nationwide survey of addiction care facilities; identification of obstacles in the implementation of the strategies in practical work
Publication of results

Publications

Antonia Sieler, Laura Hertner, Panagiotis Stylianopoulos, Simone Penka, Andreas Heinz (2021). PREPARE-Forschungsbericht zum Substanzkonsum geflüchteter Menschen – Standort: Leipzig. Abgerufen unter https://www.sucht-und-flucht.de/suchportal/prepare-teilprojekt-1forschungsbericht-zum-substanzkonsum-gefluechteter-menschen-deutsch

Laura Hertner, Panagiotis Stylianopoulos, Simone Penka (2022). PREPARE-Forschungsbericht zum Substanzkonsum geflüchteter Menschen – Standort: München. Abgerufen unter https://www.sucht-und-flucht.de/suchportal/prepare-teilprojekt-1-forschungsbericht-zum-substanzkonsum-gefluechteter-menschen-standort-muenchen-deutsch

Contact

panagiotis.stylianopoulos@charite.de
laura.hertner@charite.de
+49 30 2096904 12

c/o TransVer
Brunnenstr. 188-190
10119 Berlin

Charite

Coordinators

Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Heinz, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Psychiatrie & Psychotherapie
Dr. Simone Penka, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Psychiatrie & Psychotherapie 

Project Duration

Until March 2022