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Systematic review and meta-analysis: prevalence of alcohol use among young people in eastern Africa. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies of alcohol use among young people (age 15-24 years) in eastern Africa to estimate prevalence of alcohol use and determine the extent of use of standardised screening questionnaires in ...
Alemu H, Amemori M, Ayuku D, Betre M, Bwana SA, Chande H, Chen L, Decraen E, Dhadphale M, Fekadu M, Gedif T, Gmel G, Horn‐Ross PL, Kebede D, Kuria MW, Lioul B, Maru HM, Mbona NT, Mnyika KS, Odero W, Regassa N, Tengia‐Kessy IA, Usman A, WHO, Zein ZA   +24 more
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Primary Care Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND Unhealthy alcohol use is prevalent but under-diagnosed in primary care settings. OBJECTIVE To validate, in primary care, a single-item screening test for unhealthy alcohol use recommended by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and ...
Allensworth-Davies, Donald, Saitz, Richard, Schmidt, Susan M., Smith, Peter C.   +3 more
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Predicting development of adolescent drinking behaviour from whole brain structure at 14 years of age [PDF]

, 2019
Adolescence is a common time for initiation of alcohol use and development of alcohol use disorders. The present study investigates neuroanatomical predictors for trajectories of future alcohol use based on a novel voxel-wise whole-brain structural ...
Babor, Boecker-Schlier, Brain Development Cooperative Group, Brenhouse, Casanova, Dager, Durston, Goddings, Goodkind, Goodman, Heinz, Jacobus, Kievit, Koob, Kühn, Kühn, Little, Madhyastha, McArdle, Muthen, Nees, Norman, Olsen, Ostby, Raz, Ritchie, Schumann, Squeglia, Squeglia, Whelan   +29 more
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A Comparison of Sociodemographic Correlates of Cigarette, Alcohol, and Energy Drink Consumption among High School Students in the United States, 2010-2015 [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVE: Despite growing awareness about the harmful physiological effects of energy drinks, especially among young people, there is little regulation governing the marketing and sale of these products to adolescents.
Cha, Eun Me, Hoelscher, Deanna M., Ranjit, Nalini   +2 more
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Precision Mental Health Care for Cannabis Use Disorder: Utility of a bioSocial Cognitive Theory to Inform Treatment

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Globally, cannabis is the most frequently used controlled substance after alcohol and tobacco. Rates of cannabis use are steadily increasing in many countries and there is emerging evidence that there is likely to be greater risk due to increased ...
Matthew J. Gullo, Matthew J. Gullo, Zoë E. Papinczak, Zoë E. Papinczak, Zoë E. Papinczak, Gerald F. X. Feeney, Gerald F. X. Feeney, Ross McD. Young, Ross McD. Young, Ross McD. Young, Jason P. Connor, Jason P. Connor, Jason P. Connor   +12 more
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing an evidence-based woman-focused intervention in South African health services

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, numerous behavior change, risk-reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of these interventions have shown to be efficacious in randomized trials, it often takes
Brittni N. Howard, Richard Van Dorn, Bronwyn J. Myers, William A. Zule, Felicia A. Browne, Tara Carney, Wendee M. Wechsberg   +6 more
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The role of alcohol response phenotypes in the risk for alcohol use disorder [PDF]

, 2019
Heavy alcohol use is pervasive and one of our most significant global health burdens. Early theories posited that certain alcohol response phenotypes, notably low sensitivity to alcohol (‘low-level response’) imparts risk for alcohol use disorder (AUD ...
Cao, Dingcai, deWit, Harriet, Hasin, Deborah S., King, Andrea C., O'Connor, Sean J.   +4 more
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Aggressive behaviour among drug-using women from Cape Town, South Africa: ethnicity, heavy alcohol use, methamphetamine and intimate partner violence

BMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Women have generally been found to be the victims of violence, but scant attention has been paid to the characteristics of women who perpetrate aggression and violence. In South Africa, violence is a prevalent societal issue, especially in the
Tara Carney, Bronwyn Myers, Tracy L. Kline, Kim Johnson, Wendee M. Wechsberg   +4 more
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Explaining the Frequency of Alcohol Consumption in a Conflict Zone: Jews and Palestinians in Israel [PDF]

, 2015
Experiencing stress and exposure to terrorism may have an adverse effect on health risk behaviors. Few studies have examined alcohol use among adults living in Israel under chronic, stressful terrorism-related conditions.
Canetti, Daphna, Chartier, Karen G., Hall, Brian J., Hobfoll, Stevan E., Massey, Zohar, Shuval, Kerem, Stebbins, Mary B.   +6 more
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Protein Kinases as Mediators for miRNA Modulation of Neuropathic Pain

Cells
Neuropathic pain is a chronic condition resulting from injury or dysfunction in the somatosensory nervous system, which leads to persistent pain and a significant impairment of quality of life.
Leah Chang, Zala Čok, Lei Yu
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