K4. Dr Marica Ferri – How to support evidence-based interventions for addiction-related problems, from the point of view of an evidence broker organisation?

K4. Dr Marica Ferri

How to support
evidence-based
interventions for
addiction-related
problems, from the
point of view of an
evidence broker organisation?

Abstract:

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
Addiction belongs to the European Union, and it exists to
provide the EU and its Member States with a factual overview
of European drug problems and a solid evidence base to
support the drugs debate. Today it offers policymakers the
data they need for drawing up informed drug laws and
strategies. It also helps professionals and practitioners working
in the field pinpoint best practice and new areas of research.
We promote knowledge exchange among professionals by
disseminating synthesis of evidence and examples of best
practices, including training on the main topics related to the
drugs phenomena.
With the present intervention, I would like to engage the
audience in a dialogue to explore what are the most urgent
questions nurses in the Drugs related problems may have
and that have not yet found a satisfactory answer by scientific
results. How can a supranational evidence broker organisation
foster discussion, knowledge sharing and implementation of
best practices?
The recent COVID19 epidemics and the related emergency
has brought new problems and opportunities, what are the
emergent practices that have been put in place by frontliners? Which ones are worth maintaining?

Biography

Marica Ferri, MSc, PhD

Marica Ferri is an Epidemiologist with interest in Evidencebased Medicine and Public Health. After having Coordinated
the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group, she moved to work
in the field of Guidelines development and implementation
in the area of stroke first interventions and management,
low back pain, tonsillectomy appropriateness and
thromboembolism.
In 2009 she joined the European Monitoring Centre for
Drugs and Drug Addiction where she leads the Support to
Practice Sector. As such, she promotes professionals’ training,
dissemination of evidence-based practices examples and
implementation of quality assurance for intervention’ systems
and services.
She is responsible for the Scientific Program of the EMCDDA
yearly Summer School.