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Dubeau C, Young M.
“The Information Professionals' role in monitoring the international proliferation of novel psychoactive substances”.
Substance Abuse Library and Information Studies. 2016;3:11-15.
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Abstract
Although the proliferation of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) is regarded as a serious public health issue, monitoring the harms associated with NPS is challenging. This paper describes what the Information Professional's contribution could be to enhancing monitoring efforts. Specifically, this paper will describe the lead author's role in an initiative seeking to test the viability of using Internet media reports captured by the Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN), the Public Health Agency of Canada's Internet-based early-warning system, to quickly identify clusters of NPS-related harms. This paper also describes the possible role of the Information Professional in the monitoring of media and other open-source information in the future.
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