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SACENDU Privacy Statement “The South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU), a project of the Mental Health, Alcohol, Substance Use and Tobacco Research Unit (MAST-RU), upholds the right to privacy, confidentiality and protection of personal information as enshrined in the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA). SACENDU will take all reasonable precautions by deidentifying any information that may be deemed as ‘personal information’. Personal information will be processed in a manner that adheres to the 8 POPIA conditions: (1) Accountability; (2) Processing limitation; (3) Purpose specification; (4) Further processing limitation; (5) Information quality; (6) Openness; (7) Security safeguards; (8) Data subject participation. By entering into a collaboration agreement with SACENDU, all partners (internal and/or external) commit to upholding these POPIA conditions at all times during the partnership. SACENDU does not take responsibility for POPIA violations where activities by partners do not fall under the remit of the collaboration. Where the violations are directly related to the collaboration, SACENDU, together with the partner, will take all necessary measures to rectify such violations.” |
SACENDU Project Background
SACENDU was established in 1996 and is a network of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from various sentinel areas in South Africa. Up until June 2006, these sites comprised of Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth (PE), East London (EL), Gauteng Province and Mpumalanga Province (MP). As some sites were beginning to also include data from other towns/cities (e.g.Durban included data from Pietermaritzburg and East London included data from SANCA (South African National Council on Alcoholism) satellite offices in Butterworth, Grahamstown, Fort Beaufort, and King Williams Town), it was decided to begin to report data by province. From the second half of 2006, data were also collected from treatment centres in the Free State, Northern Cape and North-West. Given the limited number of centres in these Provinces, these three provinces have been combined into a regional group termed the “Central Region.” In the Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces, the same problem exists, and it was decided to combine this data and we now refer to these two provinces as the Northern Region.
The SACENDU Project initiative has several specific objectives:
- To identify changes in the nature and extent of AOD (Alcohol and Other Drug) abuse and emerging problems.
- To identify changes in alcohol and other drug-related negative consequences.
- To inform policy, planning and advocacy efforts at local and other levels.
- To support networks of local role players in the substance abuse area.
- To stimulate research in new or under-researched areas that is likely to provide useful data to inform policy/planning decisions.
- To facilitate South Africa’s full participation in international fora focusing on the epidemiological surveillance of drug abuse.
- SACENDU update (July - December 2024)
- SACENDU update (January - June 2024)
- SACENDU update (July- December 2023)
- SACENDU update (January - June 2023)
- SACENDU update (July - December 2022)
- SACENDU update (January- June 2022)
- SACENDU update (July - December 2021)
- SACENDU update (January - June 2021)
- SACENDU update (July – December 2020)
- SACENDU update (January - June 2020)
- SACENDU update (July-December 2019)
- SACENDU update (January - June 2019)
- SACENDU brief (July - December 2024)
- SACENDU brief (January - June 2024)
- SACENDU brief (July- December 2023)
- SACENDU brief (January - June 2023)
- SACENDU brief (July - December 2022)
- SACENDU brief (January - June 2022)
- SACENDU brief (July- December 2021)
- SACENDU brief (January - June 2021)
- SACENDU brief (July – December 2020)
- SACENDU Brief (January - June 2020)
- SACENDU Brief (July - December 2019)
- SACENDU Brief (January - June 2019)
- Full report (Vol 26) - January - December 2023
- Full report Vol 25(2) - January - December 2022
- Full report proceedings (July - December 2021) (Phase 51)
- Full report proceedings (January - June 2021) (Phase 50)
- Full report proceedings (July- December 2020) (Phase 49)
- Full report proceedings (January - June 2020) (Phase 48)
- Full report proceedings (July- December 2019) (Phase 47)
- Full report proceedings (January - June 2019) (Phase 46)
Eastern Cape
- Ms Jodilee Erasmus - SACENDU Eastern Cape treatment demand data
- Ms Phumzile Mchunu - SACENDU update on community-based harm reduction services in Eastern Cape
- UCT Department of Psychiatry - Web App ASSIST: Substance Use Screening Data from South Africa
- Dr Marieke Theron - Prevalence of hazardous, harmful or dependent alcohol use in South Africa
- Ms Memory Mahaso - Gauteng, KZN, EC. Evaluation of OST programme and it’s linkage to other treatment accessibility and uptake by people who use drugs
- Prof Tara Carney - Cannabis infused foodstuffs/edibles in South Africa: risks and regulations
Gauteng
- Ms Nancy Hornsby - SACENDU Gauteng treatment demand data
- Ms Tendai Makina - SACENDU update on community-based harm reduction services in Gauteng
- Ms Ayanda Mkhize - Web App ASSIST: Substance Use Screening Data from South Africa
- Dr Sebe Nkosi - Men’s perceptions and experiences of alcohol use and alcohol use disorder treatment engagement: A qualitative study in areas across four provinces in South Africa
- Lt Col Botha and Col Krein - DPCI: SOCI: SANEB annual threat picture
- Prof Catherine Egbe - Cigarette and e-cigarette use among people seeking treatment at drug rehabilitation centers in South Africa
- Ms Memory Mahaso - Gauteng, KZN, EC. Evaluation of OST programme and its linkage to other treatment accessibility and uptake by people who use drugs
Northern Region
- Ms Nancy Hornsby - SACENDU Northern region treatment demand data
- Ms Philasande Madosi - SACENDU update on community-based harm reduction services in Northern Region
- UCT Department of Psychiatry - Web App ASSIST: Substance Use Screening Data from South Africa
- Dr Marieke Theron - Prevalence of hazardous, harmful or dependent alcohol use in South Africa
- Mr Lekgema Kgoedi - The Call for domestic funds to scale up Harm Reduction and OST services
KwaZulu Natal
- Ms Jodilee Erasmus - SACENDU KZN treatment demand data
- TBC - SACENDU update on community-based harm reduction services in KwaZulu Natal
- Ms Ayanda Mkhize - Web App ASSIST: Substance Use Screening Data from South Africa
- Dr Nkeke Tsoele - Harm reduction in substance use: perspectives and experiences of community volunteers and student interns in Durban, South Africa
- Ms Memory Mahaso - Evaluation of OST programme and its linkage to other treatment accessibility and uptake by people who use drugs
- Prof Tara Carney - Cannabis infused foodstuffs/edibles in South Africa: risks and regulations
Central Region
- Ms Nancy Hornsby - SACENDU CR treatment demand data
- TBC - SACENDU update on community-based harm reduction services in the Central Region
- Prof Tara Carney - Cannabis infused foodstuffs/edibles in South Africa: risks and regulations
- Mr Mark Barends - The perceptions and experiences of families dealing with substance use disorders: Implications for holistic employee wellness programmes
- Prof Nadine Harker - Opioid discussion
- UCT Department of Psychiatry - Web App ASSIST: Substance Use Screening Data from South Africa
Western Cape
- Ms Jodilee Erasmus - SACENDU WC treatment demand data
- Ms Memory Mahaso - SACENDU Update on community-based harm reduction services in Cape Town
- Ms Shaheema Allie - Web App ASSIST: Substance Use Screening Data from South Africa
- Lt Col Botha - DPCI: SOCI: SANEB annual threat picture
- Dr Ming-Han Motloung & Mr Dehran Swart - Learners’ Voices on Substance Use: Insights from Planet Youth"
- Mr Mxolisi Zondi - Modelling the impact of beer excise taxes on consumption and revenue in South Africa
- Prof Richard van Zyl-Smit - Electronic cigarette usage amongst high school students in South Africa: a mixed methods approach
- Dr Lisa Dannatt & Dr Tanya Calvey - Policy and Practice of Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) in 23 Countries
Hosted by the SACENDU Research Uptake and Evidence-Based Information Sharing Platform
Session 1 - 30 August 2024
- What are the implications of substance use on both familial dynamics and community well-being?
- What strategies can a family employ to cope with the challenges of supporting a person who uses drugs (PWUD) or struggles with alcohol?
Presentations
- Ripple Effects -The impact of substance abuse on families and communities
- The Family and Substance Use Disorders
Video
Session 2 - 6 September 2024
- What measures do substance treatment centers implement to address familial burnout?
Presentations
- 2021 Membership Survey Results
- Engaging Families & Significant Others
- THE MATRIX MODEL FAMILY PROGRAMME
Video
Session 3 - 13 September 2024
To what extent does familial support facilitate substance use recovery
Presentation
To what extent does familial support facilitate substance use recovery
Video
Session 4 - 20 September 2024
- Strategies that healthcare professionals employ to address burnout resulting from providing care to individuals with substance use disorders
Presentation
Video
- Substance Treatment Services Directory - University of Cape Town
- The Web App Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)
Information regarding data analyses & recruitment of new treatment centres
Bi-annual meetings, reports, presentations, updates, regional data representations, treatment data collection forms or becoming part of the SACENDU network
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