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Sexual Orientation Identity and Tobacco and Hazardous Alcohol Use
Abstract
Objectives: To assess the association between tobacco and hazardous alcohol use and sexual orientation and whether such an association could be explained by other sociodemographic characteristics.
Design: Cross-sectional...
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Statistics
Executive Summary
Data collected in drug treatment agencies play a prominent role in informing policy makers. Such data often represent the only information collected regularly and consistently over a certain period of time. What is even...
Η πολιτιστική πτυχή: Πώς να μετρήσετε και να ερμηνεύσετε επιδημιολογικά δεδομένα σχετικά με τις διαταραχές χρήσης αλκοόλ σε όλους τους πολιτισμούς
Αφηρημένος
Στοχεύει:
Να εξετάσει τον πολιτιστικό αντίκτυπο στη διάγνωση των διαταραχών χρήσης αλκοόλ χρησιμοποιώντας ευρωπαϊκές χώρες ως παραδείγματα.
Σχεδιάζω:
Αφηγηματική ανασκόπηση.
Αποτελέσματα:
Υπάρχουν ισχυροί πολιτιστικοί...
The 2014-2015 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)
Especially due to its large sample size and incorporation into the CPS survey, the TUS provides a unique opportunity for tracking long-term trends in tobacco use, cessation attempts, and tobacco-related policies; evaluation of tobacco...
Type and Context of Alcohol-Related Injury among Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments in a Caribbean Country
Abstract
There is an association between alcohol consumption and injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean. This cross-sectional study explores the socio-contextual factors of alcohol-related injuries in Trinidad and Tobago. Data on...
Synthetic Cathinone and Cannabinoid Designer Drugs Pose a Major Risk for Public Health
As part of an increasing worldwide use of designer drugs, recent use of compounds containing cathinones and synthetic cannabinoids is especially prevalent. Here, we reviewed current literature on the prevalence, epidemiology, bio-behavioral...
Τάσεις στους θανάτους που αφορούν ηρωίνη και συνθετικά οπιοειδή, εξαιρουμένης της μεθαδόνης, και εκθέσεις προϊόντων ναρκωτικών της επιβολής του νόμου
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Οι θάνατοι από υπερβολική δόση οπιοειδών στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες αυξάνονται από το 1999, αρχικά λόγω της χρήσης συνταγογραφούμενων οπιοειδών και πιο πρόσφατα από την ηρωίνη και άλλη παράνομη...
Πρόβλεψη του μεγέθους και των χαρακτηριστικών του πληθυσμού που υποβάλλεται σε θεραπεία από τα ναρκωτικά – Τεχνικές μέθοδοι
Στόχος και προσδιορισμός δεδομένων
Η ανάλυση αυτή βασίστηκε σε μηνιαία στοιχεία από το Εθνικό Σύστημα Παρακολούθησης της Θεραπείας των Ουσιοεξαρτήσεων (NDTMS) από τον Δεκέμβριο του 2005 έως τον Νοέμβριο του 2016. Το NDTMS θεωρείται ότι...
Acculturation and Drug Use Disorders among Hispanics in the U.S.
Abstract
The authors’ objective was to examine the relationship between degree of acculturation across five different dimensions of acculturation and risk of drug use disorders (DUD) among US Hispanics.
Data were derived from a large...
New Data on Opioid Use and Prescribing in the United States
The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. Between 1999 and 2010, prescription opioid–related overdose deaths increased substantially in parallel with increased prescribing of opioids.
In 2015, opioid-involved drug...
World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the Sustainable Development Goals
The World Health Statistics series is the World Health Organization's (WHO) annual compilation of health statistics for its member states. The latest World Health Statistics provides data on 21 health-related Sustainable Development Goals...
Sexual Orientation and Estimates of Adult Substance Use and Mental Health
Abstract
Background: Research suggests that sexual minorities (e.g. people who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual) are at greater risk for substance use and mental health issues compared with the sexual majority population that...
The European Drinking Table: Who Tops the List?
The recently published results from the European Social Survey provide us with an indication of who in Europe consumes the most alcohol.
Among the findings, notable are:
- The more well-off you are, the more you drink.
- The worse-off you...
Οι γεύσεις διαδραματίζουν σημαντικό ρόλο στην πρόσληψη ηλεκτρονικού τσιγάρου μεταξύ των νεότερων πληθυσμών, σύμφωνα με μελέτη
Νέα ευρήματα που δημοσιεύθηκαν στο περιοδικό Tobacco Regulatory Science δείχνουν ότι τα αρωματισμένα ηλεκτρονικά τσιγάρα απευθύνονται ιδιαίτερα στους νέους και τους νέους ενήλικες.
Από τον πληθυσμό του δείγματος της μελέτης, το 99% των...
Estimation of National, Regional and Global Prevalence of Alcohol Use during Pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Background
Alcohol use during pregnancy is the direct cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and FAS in the general population and, by linking these two indicators...
Sporting Activity and Substance Abuse among Teens: What’s the Link?
A recent survey which looked at the drug habits of over 20,000 US high-school athletes has found those who play high-contact sports, such as hockey, are more likely to use heroin and prescription opioids for non-medicinal purposes.
The...
Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: CDC Grand Rounds
Public Health Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...
Beyond Cigarettes: The Risks of Non-Cigarette Nicotine Products and Implications for Tobacco Control
BACKGROUND
Whereas much is known about the effects of tobacco use, the current state of knowledge regarding non-cigarette nicotine products, such as electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes and other vaping devices), water pipe...
Illuminating the Dark Web
The Economist reports that the drug trade is moving from the street to so-called online ‘cryptomarkets’, or secret virtual-shop-fronts.
Online markets currently facilitate a comparatively small amount of illegal drug sales. Nonetheless...
