Description
Create a research question related to your problem statement and then conduct a literature review.
- Conduct background reading on your topic.
- Select at least five research articles related to your problem statement.
Create a 1,050- to 1,500-word summary of the articles that best support your research question. Be sure to:
- Discuss components of a research study.
- Determine validity of study.
- Discuss strengths and weaknesses.
- Determine future research needs.
Cite your sources according to APA format.
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Running head: SUBSTANCE ADDICTION
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Substance Addiction
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SUBSTANCE ADDICTION
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Shekarchizadeh, H., Khami, M. R., Mohebbi, S. Z., Ekhtiari, H., & Virtanen, J. I. (2013).
Oral Health of Drug Abusers: A Review of Health Effects and Care. Iranian Journal
of Public Health, 42(9), 929–940.
This study reviews the effects of addiction on oral health. The study reviews the orals
complications that are associated with drugs, the oral health acre in addiction rehabilitation, the
available health services, and the existing barriers to the promotion of oral health among addicts.
This study reveals that drug addiction is associated with various problems in oral health such
generalized dental caries, mucosal dysplasia, periodontal diseases, tooth loss and wear among
others. This study has validity because it uses both objective and subjective methods in
evaluating the oral health status among drug addicts. In the objective evaluation, clinical
examination is used to identify the patterns of drugs related oral conditions while subjective
evaluation uses interview and questionnaires in data collection. The study also completely
observes ethical issues including informed consent, data fabrication or falsification, misconduct,
among others. The major strength of the study is that it reviews both the direct and indirect
consequences of drug addiction and provides the interventions in oral health care for drug
addicts. The study also reviews health services for drug addicts including the negative effects of
treatment of oral health on drug addicts. The major weakness of the study includes the presence
of barriers and challenges in the study which are critical in providing reliable evidence for
further interventions. This includes assessing drug addicts as a target population as well as
problems with long-term follow-up of drug addicts. Future research is needed on the appropriate
policies which would improve the access to oral health care by drug addicts including how dental
and general health care sectors can collaborate in improving the access to oral health care by
drug addicts.
SUBSTANCE ADDICTION
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Van der Stel, J. (2015). Precision in Addiction Care: Does It Make a Difference? The Yale
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