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Prenatal Drug Use and the Production of Infant Health [PDF]

We estimate the effect of illicit drug use during pregnancy on low birth weight. We use data from a national longitudinal study of urban parents that includes post-partum interviews with mothers, hospital medical record data on the mother and newborn ...
Dhaval Dave, Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, Nancy E. Reichman   +3 more
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What Reasoning Do Frontline Professionals Use Around Citizen‐Clients' Socioeconomic Status: Exploring the Mechanisms

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines socioeconomic status (SES) as an indicator for decision‐making among frontline professionals in healthcare, focusing on general practitioners (GPs). Aside from research on stereotypes, we know little about how frontline professionals reason about SES in decision‐making. This study addresses this gap by investigating how GPs
Fia van Heteren, Nadine Raaphorst, Sandra M. Groeneveld, Jet M. Bussemaker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A longitudinal study of electronic cigarette use and onset of conventional cigarette smoking and marijuana use among Mexican adolescents.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2017
Paula Lozano, Inti Barrientos-Gutiérrez, E. Arillo-Santillán, P. Morello, R. Mejía, J. Sargent, James F. Thrasher   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Middlebrow Aesthetics: An Explanation and Defense

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We offer a philosophical account of the middlebrow as a theoretical category to do explanatory and critical work in aesthetics. On our account, the middlebrow ought to be understood as aspirational popular art. That is, it is art which aspires both to be popular (in a distinctive sense), and at the same time to be something more than popular ...
Aaron Meskin, Jonathan M. Weinberg
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Cannabinoid Pharmacokinetic Properties in Occasional and Heavy Users Smoking a Marijuana or Placebo Joint

, 2008
Stefan W. Toennes, Johannes G. Ramaekers, Eef L. Theunissen, Manfred R. Moeller, G. Kauert   +4 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Smoking marijuana in public: the spatial and policy shift in New York City arrests, 1992-2003. [PDF]

, 2006
Andrew Golub, Bruce D. Johnson, Eloise Dunlap   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

“I had to open my eyes”—A narrative approach to studying the process of adult belief change

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do people, socialized and sedimented in their political beliefs, change their convictions in adulthood? Belief change has a long history of research in the social sciences. Yet, in quantitative research, belief change is studied largely through cognitive and behavioral lenses, that, however valuable, struggle to capture how people ...
Marcel van den Haak, Kamile Grusauskaite
wiley   +1 more source

Do Criminalization Policies Impact Local Homelessness?

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local criminalization policies draw on the logic of deterrence to levy costs on individuals who engage in behaviors that are closely associated with various public concerns, such as those criminalizing behaviors associated with homelessness, thereby potentially reducing community‐level costs.
Hannah Lebovits, Andrew Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

Does participation in extracurricular activities reduce engagement in risky behaviours? [PDF]

This study finds that participation in extracurricular activities significantly reduces engagement in risky behaviours among Australian adolescents. However, the effects differ by activity type, gender and to some extent by socio-economic status (SES ...
Trinh Le
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Smoking Effects of Marijuana and Cigarette on Blood Chemistry, Hematology and Plasma Dopamine Levels in Young Adults [PDF]

, 2018
O. A. T. Ebuehi, Caroline E. Ukwade, Omololu Adegbola   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source