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Individual and community-level predictors of maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a multilevel logistic regression analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Prenatal alcohol consumption is a serious public health concern that is considered as one of the preventable risk factors for neonatal and childhood morbidity and several adverse pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to determine the individual-
Alemu Earsido Addila, Telake Azale, Yigzaw Kebede Gete, Mezgebu Yitayal   +3 more
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Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with significant fibrosis progression in NAFLD

Hepatology Communications, 2023
The effect of moderate alcohol consumption on NAFLD histology is disputed. Assessment of alcohol consumption is commonly performed with interview or questionnaires. Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in blood is a highly sensitive and specific alcohol biomarker,
Julia Blomdahl, Patrik Nasr, Mattias Ekstedt, Stergios Kechagias   +3 more
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Testing a frequency of exposure hypothesis in attentional bias for alcohol-related stimuli amongst social drinkers [PDF]

, 2015
Aims To examine whether a group of social drinkers showed longer response latencies to alcohol-related stimuli than neutral stimuli and to test whether exposure to 1) an alcohol-related environment and 2) consumption related cues influenced the ...
Albery, Attwood, Bauer, Bruce, Bruce, Cane, Cox, Cox, Cox, Field, Field, Field, Field, Franken, Fromberger, Ingjaldsson, Ingjaldsson, Jones, Leung, Marissen, McCusker, McCusker, McCusker, McKenna, Moss, Moss, Moss, Munafò, Pothos, Robinson, Saunders, Schoenmakers, Sharma, Stacy, Stacy, Stacy, Stroop, Tiffany, Townshend, Waters, Weinstein, Wiers, Williams   +42 more
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Factors associated with alcohol reduction in harmful and hazardous drinkers following alcohol brief intervention in Scotland: a qualitative enquiry [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) uses a motivational counselling approach to support individuals to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. There is growing evidence on ABI’s use within various health care settings, although how they work and
AC Mcfarlane, B-MMO VulanovicA, C Emslie, Claire Ballinger, CM Becker, CS Lee, E Kaner, G Hewitt, Jean M. McQueen, JM Mcqueen, KJ Brower, KM Harris, L Copeland, MH Carrigan, N Heather, PM Monti, R Hodgson, R Pawson, TB Moyer, TR Apodaca, Tracey E. Howe, V Braun   +21 more
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Alcohol consumption and suicide [PDF]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2005
About 90% of people in Western countries use alcohol at some time in their lives, and 40% experience temporary or permanent alcohol-related impairment in some area of life as a result of drinking. Multiple sociocultural and environmental factors influence suicide rates, and thus studies conducted in one nation are not always applicable to other nations.
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Young men's ambivalence toward alcohol [PDF]

, 2007
There is widespread concern about the health and social consequences of excessive alcohol consumption among young men. Interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm will be affected by ambivalence toward alcohol, because ambivalent attitudes are worse ...
de Visser, Richard O, Smith, Jonathan A
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Spatial distribution and determinants of alcohol consumption among pregnant women in Ethiopia: Spatial and multilevel analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundAlcohol consumption during pregnancy is a known contributor to teratogen and causes a range of effects on pregnancy and birth outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the spatial variation and determinants of alcohol consumption among pregnant
Tilahun Kassew, Bikis Liyew, Gebrekidan Ewnetu Tarekegn, Mesele Wondie, Tesfa Sewunet Alamneh, Sintayehu Asnakew, Shegaye Shumet   +6 more
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A Machine Learning Analysis of Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Alcohol Consumption Habit Changes Among Healthcare Workers in the U.S [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
In this paper, we discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on alcohol consumption habit changes among healthcare workers in the United States. We utilize multiple supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods and models such as Decision Trees, Logistic Regression, Naive Bayes classifier, k-Nearest Neighbors, Support Vector Machines ...
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Objective assessment of alcohol consumption in early pregnancy using phosphatidylethanol: a cross‐sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is associated with major birth defects and developmental disabilities. Questionnaires concerning alcohol consumption during pregnancy underestimate alcohol use while the use of a reliable and objective ...
Leonieke J. Breunis, Sophie Wassenaar, Barbara J. Sibbles, Ab A. Aaldriks, Hilmar H. Bijma, Eric A.P. Steegers, Birgit C.P. Koch   +6 more
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The politics of alcohol policy in Nigeria: a critical analysis of how and why brewers use strategic ambiguity to supplant policy initiatives [PDF]

, 2013
The global call by the World Health Assembly (WHA) to control the rising alcohol-related problems caused by harmful consumption through policy became necessary in 2005 due to the recognition of the fact that many countries did not have alcohol policies ...
Agbiboa DE, Agostinelli G, Aworemi JR, Bernheim BD, Burbank SB, Casswell S, De Bruijn A, Dumbili E, Jernigan DH, Obot IS, Oshodin OG, Poznyak V, Rotimi A, WHO, WHO   +14 more
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