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Pathways to prevention: protocol for the CAP (Climate and Preventure) study to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of school-based universal, selective and combined alcohol misuse prevention into early adulthood

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Alcohol use and associated harms are among the leading causes of burden of disease among young people, highlighting the need for effective prevention.
Nicola C. Newton, Lexine Stapinski, Tim Slade, Katrina E. Champion, Emma L. Barrett, Catherine Chapman, Anna Smout, Siobhan Lawler, Marius Mather, Natalie Castellanos-Ryan, Patricia J. Conrod, Maree Teesson   +11 more
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Understanding Vaccine Perceptions and Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination: Opportunities to Strengthen Public Health Responses and COVID-19 Services for People Who Use Drugs

Vaccines, 2022
Background: People who use drugs (PWUD) are at high risk for COVID-19 infection, morbidity, and mortality. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at reducing serious illness and death from COVID-19.
Ashly E. Jordan, Rwaida Izar, Renée Nicolas, Nisha Beharie, Alex Harocopos   +4 more
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Climate schools plus: An online, combined student and parent, universal drug prevention program

Internet Interventions, 2018
Early initiation of substance use significantly increases one's risk of developing substance use dependence and mental disorders later in life. To interrupt this trajectory, effective prevention during the adolescent period is critical.
Louise K. Thornton, Cath Chapman, Dana Leidl, Chloe Conroy, Maree Teesson, Tim Slade, Ina Koning, Katrina Champion, Lexine Stapinski, Nicola Newton   +9 more
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A novel weighting method to remove bias from within-subject exposure dependency in case-crossover studies

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Case-crossover studies have been widely used in various fields including pharmacoepidemiology. Vines and Farrington indicated in 2001 that when within-subject exposure dependency exists, conditional logistic regression can be biased.
Kiyoshi Kubota, Thu-Lan Kelly, Tsugumichi Sato, Nicole Pratt, Elizabeth Roughead, Takuhiro Yamaguchi   +5 more
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An Emotion Regulation and Impulse Control (ERIC) Intervention for Vulnerable Young People: A Multi-Sectoral Pilot Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Objective: There is a demonstrated link between the mental health and substance use comorbidities experienced by young adults, however the vast majority of psychological interventions are disorder specific.
Kate Hall, Kate Hall, George Youssef, George Youssef, George Youssef, Angela Simpson, Angela Simpson, Elise Sloan, Elise Sloan, Liam Graeme, Natasha Perry, Richard Moulding, Richard Moulding, Amanda L. Baker, Alison K. Beck, Petra K. Staiger, Petra K. Staiger   +16 more
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Trends in inpatient discharges with drug or alcohol admission diagnoses to a skilled nursing facility among older adults, New York City 2008–2014

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background Recent research shows an increase in drug and alcohol-related hospitalizations in the USA, especially among older adults. However, no study examines trends in discharges to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) after a drug or alcohol-related ...
Benjamin H. Han, Ellenie Tuazon, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone   +3 more
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Access to tablet injectable opioid agonist therapy in rural and smaller urban settings in British Columbia, Canada: a qualitative study

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023
Background Rural and smaller urban settings in Canada are disproportionately impacted by the overdose crisis, highlighting the need for novel public health interventions within these jurisdictions.
Geoff Bardwell, Jeanette M. Bowles, Manal Mansoor, Dan Werb, Thomas Kerr   +4 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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Trends in use of antipsychotics in Germany 2014–2024: a nationwide population-based study

BMC Psychiatry
Background Antipsychotic medication (APM) use in children and adolescents in Germany increased over decades. However, contemporary data across all age groups is lacking. We aimed to analyze outpatient APM use across all age groups in Germany between 2014
Andrea Espinosa Daudí, Marita Kieble, Martin Schulz   +2 more
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