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Traveller mothers: Obstetric and neonatal outcomes in an Irish maternity unit

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Travellers' ethnicity was only formally acknowledged by the Irish State in 2017. They experience persistent racism and discrimination, resulting in poorer outcomes in terms of health, education, employment, and accommodation. Previous studies have reported higher rates of infant mortality and stillbirths among Traveller mothers. This
Nessa Hughes, Stephen W. Lindow, Lynsey Kavanagh, Barbara Burke, Lyndsay Creswell, Emma McNamee, Mark P. Hehir, Michael P. O'Connell   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Substance Use and Suicide Risk Among LGBTQ+ College Students Post‐COVID‐19

Journal of Addictions &Offender Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the reported frequency of substance use, levels of suicide risk, and their relationships among LGBTQ+ college students (N = 192) following the COVID‐19 pandemic. Participants most commonly reported alcohol and marijuana use, and least commonly reported unprescribed prescription opioid or heroin use.
Afroze N. Shaikh, Jordan B. Westcott, Brittney N. R. Irion, Jackie Yang, Illiana R. Navarra‐Bueno, Hannah Martinson, Noah Diaz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs among Medical Students and the Relationship With Illicit Drug, Tobacco, and Alcohol Use

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2018
Nonmedical use of prescription medications is a growing health problem including not only the opioid painkiller overdose epidemic but also benzodiazepine and stimulants misuse.
Georgios Papazisis, Ioannis Tsakiridis, Spyridon Siafis   +2 more
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Profiles of drug users in Switzerland and effects of early-onset intensive use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis on other illicit drug use

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2013
QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY / PRINCIPLES: The main aim of this study was to investigate profiles of drug users, with a particular focus on illicit drugs other than cannabis, and to explore the effect of early-onset intensive use (drunkenness, daily ...
Stéphanie Baggio, Joseph Studer, Meichun Mohler-Kuo, Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Gerhard Gmel   +4 more
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Non-medical prescription drug and illicit street drug use among young Swiss men and associated mental health issues [PDF]

, 2017
Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is increasing among the general population, particularly among teenagers and young adults. Although prescription drugs are considered safer than illicit street drugs, NMUPD can lead to detrimental ...
Baggio, Stéphanie, Daeppen, Jean-Bernard, Gmel, Gerhard, Mohler-Kuo, Meichun, Studer, Joseph   +4 more
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Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of market.
Andrew Allison, Jason Brennan, Peter Jaworski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic Factors and Illicit Drug Demand [PDF]

, 2008
How do we help to control the social dilemmas that are results of drug abuse? By investigating and better understanding the relationship between drug demand and socioeconomic status, much can be done to improve illicit drug control and regulation.
Taylor \u2708, Elizabeth
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Exploring the Role of Dysregulated Arousal in the Relationship Between Trauma and Addictive Behaviors Among College Students

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between trauma and addictive behaviors is well‐established, yet factors mediating this relationship remain understudied. Given the prevalence of addictive behaviors among collegiate populations, we used path analysis to explore the mediating role of arousal dysregulation in the relationship between childhood trauma and a ...
Amanda L. Giordano, Kate M. Dorrough, Deborah L. Smith, Peitao Zhu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE EFFECT OF ILLICIT TRADE IN NARCOTICS ON GLOBAL ECONOMY [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2013
Illicit markets especially those dealing with narcotics constitute grievous issues to the world’s economies, putting to test global safety, economic progress as well as security and many other aspects.
ALASMARI Khaled
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A personal 360° view of applications of ‘biomimetic’ molecular recognition

Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.
Abstract Molecular recognition between biological molecules has formed the basis for innumerable applications in biotechnology for the last seven decades or so. Techniques such as affinity chromatography, solid‐phase and aqueous two‐phase extraction, affinity precipitation, biomimetic catalytic systems, biosensors and molecular imprinting all exploit ...
Christopher R Lowe
wiley   +1 more source