Browsing by Affiliation of Duke Author(s) "Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health"
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A content analysis of the views of genetics professionals on race, ancestry, and genetics.
(AJOB empirical bioethics, 2018-10)Over the past decade, the proliferation of genetic studies on human health and disease has reinvigorated debates about the appropriate role of race and ancestry in research and clinical care. Here we report on the responses ... -
An item response theory modeling of alcohol and marijuana dependences: a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network study.
(Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2009-05)OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine psychometric properties of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), diagnostics criteria for alcohol and marijuana dependences among ... -
Association of MDMA/ecstasy and other substance use with self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among college-aged adults: a national study.
(Public health, 2009-08-04)MDMA/ecstasy use among college students has increased and reportedly leads to risky sexual behaviours. However, little is known about its association with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). To evaluate this public health ... -
Characteristics and Delivery of Diabetes Shared Medical Appointments in North Carolina.
(North Carolina medical journal, 2019-09)BACKGROUND Successful diabetes care requires patient engagement and health self-management. Diabetes shared medical appointments (SMAs) are an evidence-based approach that enables peer support, diabetes group education, ... -
E-Cigarette Use Among Adult Primary Care Patients: Results from a Multisite Study.
(Journal of general internal medicine, 2020-01)BACKGROUND:Primary care settings provide opportunities to identify electronic-cigarette (e-cigarette) use and to implement strategies for changing tobacco use behavior. However, a better understanding of the extent and associated ... -
Early outcomes following low dose naltrexone enhancement of opioid detoxification.
(The American journal on addictions, 2009-03)Although withdrawal severity and treatment completion are the initial focus of opioid detoxification, post-detoxification outcome better defines effective interventions. Very low dose naltrexone (VLNTX) in addition to methadone ... -
Effectiveness of low-dose naltrexone in the post-detoxification treatment of opioid dependence.
(Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2007-10)BACKGROUND: The clinical use of naltrexone (NTX) in the treatment of opioid dependence has been limited because of poor compliance and inconsistent outcomes. In particular, the therapeutic benefit of extended treatment with ... -
Genes, Race, and Causation: US Public Perspectives About Racial Difference
(Race and Social Problems, 2018-06-01)© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Concerns have been raised that the increase in popular interest in genetics may herald a new era within which racial inequities are seen as “natural” ... -
Genetic ancestry, skin color and social attainment: The four cities study.
(PloS one, 2020-01)INTRODUCTION:The Black population in the US is heterogeneous but is often treated as monolithic in research, with skin pigmentation being the primary indicator of racial classification. Objective: This paper examines the ... -
Hallucinogen use disorders among adult users of MDMA and other hallucinogens.
(The American journal on addictions, 2008-09)We investigated the prevalence, patterns, and correlates of past-year DSM-IV hallucinogen use disorders (HUDs) among past-year users of MDMA and other hallucinogens from a sample of Americans 18 or older (n = 37,227). Users ... -
Heterogeneity of stimulant dependence: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study.
(The American journal on addictions, 2009-05)We investigated the presence of DSM-IV subtyping for dependence on cocaine and amphetamines (with versus without physical dependence) among outpatient stimulant users enrolled in a multisite study of the Clinical Trials ... -
Human genomic regions with exceptionally high levels of population differentiation identified from 911 whole-genome sequences.
(Genome biology, 2014-06-30)BACKGROUND:Population differentiation has proved to be effective for identifying loci under geographically localized positive selection, and has the potential to identify loci subject to balancing selection. We have previously ... -
Implementation of the NCAA Sickle Cell Trait Screening Policy: A Survey of Athletic Staff and Student-athletes.
(Journal of the National Medical Association, 2018-12)OBJECTIVE:To describe the perspectives and experiences of athletic trainers, coaches, and student-athletes approximately three years post-implementation of the NCAA sickle cell trait (SCT) screening policy. PARTICIPANTS:... -
Infrequent illicit methadone use among stimulant-using patients in methadone maintenance treatment programs: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study.
(The American journal on addictions, 2008-07)We sought to determine the prevalence, patterns, and correlates of past-month illicit methadone use and history of regular illicit use among stimulant-using methadone maintenance treatment patients. We obtained self-reported ... -
Non-invasive brain stimulation modalities for the treatment and prevention of opioid use disorder: a systematic review of the literature
(Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2020-01-01)© 2020, © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The U.S. is currently facing an unprecedented epidemic of opioid-related deaths. Despite the efficacy of the current treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD), including psychosocial ... -
Non-prescribed use of pain relievers among adolescents in the United States.
(Drug and alcohol dependence, 2008-04)We examined gender-specific prevalences, patterns, and correlates of non-prescribed use of pain relievers - mainly opioids - in a representative sample of American adolescents (N=18,678).Data were drawn from the public use ... -
Prescription pain reliever abuse and dependence among adolescents: a nationally representative study.
(Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008-09)We examined the prevalence, patterns, and correlates of adolescents' abuse, subthreshold dependence ("diagnostic orphans"), and dependence on prescription pain relievers (PPRs) such as opioids in a representative national ... -
Problem drinking and low-dose naltrexone-assisted opioid detoxification.
(Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2011-05)OBJECTIVE:The influence of alcohol use on opioid dependence is a major problem that warrants a search for more effective treatment strategies. The addition of very-low-dose naltrexone (VLNTX) to methadone taper was recently ... -
Recent and active problematic substance use among primary care patients: Results from the alcohol, smoking, and substance involvement screening test in a multisite study.
(Substance abuse, 2021-04-02)Background: Primary care settings provide salient opportunities for identifying patients with problematic substance use and addressing unmet treatment need. The aim of this study was to examine the extent and correlates ... -
Reduced cannabis use after low-dose naltrexone addition to opioid detoxification.
(Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 2010-08)
