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Krátkodobý dopad akreditovaného kurikula EuroPean na školení o léčbě tabáku (EPACTT)
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Cílem této pilotní studie bylo posoudit krátkodobou účinnost intervence EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment Training při zlepšování znalostí, postojů a sebeúčinnosti poskytovatelů zdravotní péče v...
Insights from Individuals Successfully Recovered from Cannabis Use Disorder: Natural versus Treatment-Assisted Recoveries and Abstinent versus Moderation Outcomes
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Increasing understanding of the pathways and processes of recovery from cannabis use disorder may help in designing effective and attractive interventions to promote recovery. We report insights from individuals who...
Drug Use on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border
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Objective: To compare drug use for cities along the US-Mexico border.
Materials and methods: Data are from the US-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC, 2011-2013), a survey of 4,796 randomly selected Mexican and...
Evaluación emocional y actitudinal de advertencias sanitarias de tabaco en adultos y jóvenes de Argentina
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Objetivo: Evaluar el impacto emocional y las respuestas cognitivas y actitudinales de las advertencias sanitarias, para evitar el consumo del tabaco.
Material y métodos: Se evaluaron 27 advertencias sanitarias de control del...
Smoking Susceptibility as a Predictive Measure of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use among Early Adolescents
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Objective: To assess the validity of a standard measure of smoking susceptibility for predicting cigarette and e-cigarette use in a sample of early adolescents in Argentina and Mexico.
Materials and methods: A school-based...
Temporal Associations of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption with Cancer Mortality
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Question: Are changes in population-level alcohol and tobacco consumption associated with changes in overall cancer mortality?
Findings: In this population-based cohort study, temporal associations of alcohol and tobacco...
Interventions to Reduce the Negative Effects of Alcohol Consumption in Older Adults: A Systematic Review
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Older individuals are consuming alcohol more frequently yet there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of current interventions. This systematic review aims to investigate interventions that target alcohol use in...
A Prospective, Observational Study Investigating the Use of Carbon Monoxide Screening to Identify Maternal Smoking in a Large University Hospital in Ireland
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Objectives: This study evaluated breath carbon monoxide (BCO) testing in identifying maternal smokers as well as the difference between disclosers and non-disclosers of smoking status. We also investigated if other extrinsic...
Are Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Helping Cigarette Smokers Quit?
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The potential of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) to reduce the cardiovascular and other disease risks of smoking is of great interest. While many smokers report using ENDS for cessation, their impact under...
Naloxone in Homelessness Services
The Emerging Role of Inhaled Heroin in the Opioid Epidemic: A Review
This article addresses encephalopathies: disease, damage, or malfunction of the brain. The authors attribute these problems to smoked/inhaled heroin which they label CTD (chasing the dragon). However, CTD (inhaling heroin fumes) has been...
Influence of Parental Alcohol Dependence on Parenting and Risking Drinking
A study published in the journal of Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research explores the association between parental alcohol problems and subsequent risky drinking and behavioural issues in adolescents.
The study utilised a sample...
Konopí, významný rizikový faktor pro násilné chování v rané fázi psychózy
Východiska: Předchozí literatura naznačuje, že prevalence užívání konopí v rané fázi psychózy je vysoká a že pacienti s časnou psychózou jsou vystaveni vysokému riziku násilného chování. Souvislost mezi užíváním konopí a násilným chováním u...
Účinky opakovaného nárazového pití na hladinu krevního tlaku a další metriky kardiovaskulárního zdraví u mladých dospělých
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Pozadí: Míra prevalence nárazového pití je nejvyšší u mladých dospělých; o účincích nárazového pití na krevní tlak (TK) a další ukazatele kardiovaskulárního zdraví u jedinců ve věku 18 až 45 let je však známo jen málo. Cílem...
Treatment of Severe Smoking
Tobacco smoking is a chronic disease affecting one fifth of our population. Most smokers however are not conscious nor seek treatment for their problem. Some patients are able to reach abstinence by themselves but the majority need some...
Znalost legislativy v oblasti duševního zdraví v Ghaně
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Duševní onemocnění může postihnout kohokoli bez ohledu na rasu, pohlaví nebo osobní charakteristiky. Studie se snažila prozkoumat znalosti zdravotnických pracovníků o legislativě v oblasti duševního zdraví v Ghaně se...
Sex‐Specific Associations between Alcohol Consumption and Incidence of Hypertension
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Background: Although it is well established that heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of hypertension, the risk associated with low levels of alcohol intake in men and women is unclear.
Methods and Results: We searched...
State Prevalence and Ranks of Adolescent Substance Use
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Introduction
This study statistically ranked states’ performance on adolescent substance use related to cancer risk (past-month cigarette smoking, binge alcohol drinking, and marijuana use).
Methods
Data came from 69,200...
Media Influence on Public Policy in Kenya: The Case of Illicit Brew Consumption
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The media plays a major role in public life, influencing citizens’ focus of attention and providing many of the facts and opinions that shape perspectives on topics of the day. Studies that analyze media influences on policy...
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