Alcohol in the life narratives of women: Commonalities and differences by sexual orientation [PDF]
, 2013 Aim: The aim of this study was to explore social representations of alcohol use among women, with a focus on possible differences between sexual minority and heterosexual women.
Drabble, Laurie A, Trocki, K.
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Trends in Alcohol Services Utilization from 1991–1992 to 2001–2002: Ethnic Group Differences in the U.S. Population [PDF]
, 2011 Background: During the early 1990s in the United States, changes to the provision and financing of alcohol treatment services included reductions in inpatient treatment services and in private sector spending for treatment.
Caetano, Raul, Chartier, Karen G.
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Prevalence and correlates of alcohol and tobacco use among pregnant women in the United States: evidence from the NSDUH 2005–2014 [PDF]
, 2017 Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy are among the strongest and most preventable risk factors for adverse neonatal health outcomes, but few developmentally sensitive, population-based studies of this phenomenon have been conducted.
DiNitto, Diana M. +4 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 +3 more
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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 +12 more
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The Presence and Consequences of Abortion Aversion in Scientific Research Related to Alcohol Use during Pregnancy. [PDF]
, 2019 Recent research has found that most U.S. state policies related to alcohol use during pregnancy adversely impact health. Other studies indicate that state policymaking around substance use in pregnancy-especially in the U.S.-appears to be influenced by ...
Roberts, Sarah CM
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Modeling alcohol use disorder severity: An integrative structural equation modeling approach [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Alcohol dependence is a complex psychological disorder whose phenomenology changes as the disorder progresses. Neuroscience has provided a variety of theories and evidence for the development, maintenance, and severity of addiction; however ...
Bacio, GA +3 more
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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 +6 more
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Effect of the Uniform Accident and Sickness Policy Provision Law on Alcohol Screening and Intervention in Trauma Centers [PDF]
, 2006 Outlines how a law allowing insurers to deny payment for injury claims if alcohol or drug use was involved prevents alcohol screening and interventions to reduce alcohol use, repeat injuries, and healthcare costs.
Deanna Lewis
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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 +4 more
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