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Addressing Alcohol Use Practice Manual
Risky alcohol use, defined as any level of alcohol consumption which increases the risk of harm to oneself or others, is both a substance use disorder and medical issue. Recognized as one of the leading preventable causes of death, risky...
Infant Morbidity and Mortality Attributable to Prenatal Smoking in Chile
Abstract
Objective: To estimate annual infant morbidity and mortality attributable to prenatal smoking in Chile during 2008−2012.
Methods: Population-attributable fractions (PAFs) for several infant outcomes were calculated based on...
Διαφήμιση προϊόντων καπνού στο σημείο πώλησης: Ποιοι είναι πιο εκτεθειμένοι στη Βραζιλία;
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Στόχος: Περιγραφή της αντίληψης του ενήλικου πληθυσμού για τη διαφήμιση τσιγάρων στο σημείο πώλησης, ανάλογα με την κατάσταση χρήσης καπνού και τα κοινωνικοδημοτικά χαρακτηριστικά τους, όπως το φύλο, η ηλικία, η φυλή/χρώμα, η...
Απόψεις ιατρών σχετικά με το ρόλο του καπνίσματος στις ασθένειες που σχετίζονται με το κάπνισμα
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Προηγούμενες εκθέσεις έχουν δείξει ότι οι γιατροί που καπνίζουν υποτιμούν τις επιπτώσεις του καπνίσματος στην υγεία και αυτό επηρεάζει την πρακτική τους. Η μελέτη αυτή σχεδιάστηκε για να διερευνήσει τις απόψεις των...
Tobacco Use during Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors in a Mountain District of Eastern Nepal
Background: Tobacco using among women is more prevalent in Nepal as compared to other South-East Asian countries. The effect of its use is seen not only on the pregnant women, but also health of the growing fetus is compromised. Currently...
ISSUP Staff in the Spotlight: Joanna Travis-Roberts
This week we caught up with ISSUP's Deputy Executive Director.
Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician’s Guide
Introduction
This Guideis written for primary care and mental health clinicians. It has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),a component of the National Institutes of Health, with guidance from...
Moderate Alcohol Consumption as Risk Factor for Adverse Brain Outcomes and Cognitive Decline
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate whether moderate alcohol consumption has a favourable or adverse association or no association with brain structure and function.
Design: Observational cohort study with weekly alcohol intake and...
Gender-Specific Predictors of At-Risk Adolescents’ Hazardous Alcohol Use
Abstract
Background
Previous research has found strong associations between adolescents’ hazardous alcohol use and their perception of peer behavior, as well as own spending money and a range of antisocial behaviors. However, there is...
Does the Effect of Alcohol on the Brain Differ between Men and Women?
New research published in the journal Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging has found that the effects of alcohol on the reward system in the brain may differ between men and women.
The reward system is a grouped structure in the brain that...
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...
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...
Effectiveness of the Gold Standard Programme Compared with Other Smoking Cessation Interventions in Denmark
Strengths and Limitations of this Study
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This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).
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The study was...
Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or...
Validity and Reliability of the Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) in University Students
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), has been used successfully in many countries, but there are few studies of its validity and reliability for the...
Opium Addiction Destroying Families
We are in the middle of the first quarter of the 21st century. It is a technologically advanced era, in which people across the world, and within a country are trying to excel in their lives, exploring new opportunities and trying to build...
Οι γυναίκες πίνουν όσο και οι άντρες.
Οι διαταραχές που σχετίζονται με το αλκοόλ θεωρούνται παραδοσιακά ότι επηρεάζουν κυρίως τα αρσενικά. Νέα έρευνα έχει διαπιστώσει, ωστόσο, ότι οι γυναίκες καταναλώνουν τώρα τόσο αλκοόλ όσο οι άνδρες και, ως εκ τούτου, κάνουν αυξανόμενες...
Afghanistan National Drug Use Survey 2015
This five year survey is a global model for its rigor – the only national prevalence survey that I know of in the world where questionnaires were combined with 100% toxicology testing of three biological samples per person (hair, urine...
Το όπιο καταλαμβάνει απομακρυσμένα χωριά στο Αφγανιστάν
Το Αφγανιστάν είναι ο μεγαλύτερος παραγωγός παράνομου οπίου στον κόσμο. Αυτό το βίντεο μας μεταφέρει σε ένα απομακρυσμένο χωριό στο βορειοανατολικό Αφγανιστάν, όπου οι οικογένειες συναντιούνται για το καθημερινό τους τελετουργικό...
Οι απαγορεύσεις καπνίσματος έχουν το επιθυμητό αποτέλεσμα;
Μια νέα μελέτη που πραγματοποιήθηκε από ερευνητές στο Κρατικό Πανεπιστήμιο του Οχάιο και στη συνέχεια δημοσιεύθηκε στο Journal of Health and Social Behaviour δείχνει πώς οι απαγορεύσεις του καπνίσματος στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες έχουν οδηγήσει...