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Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Severely Obese Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999-2012.
(Childhood obesity (Print), 2016-02)
<h4>Background</h4>Severely obese children and adolescents are at high risk of suffering
obesity-related comorbidities. This article is to examine the dose-response relationship
between weight status and cardiometabolic ...
Substance abuse, treatment needs and access among female sex workers and non-sex workers in Pretoria, South Africa.
(Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 2009-05-27)
BACKGROUND: This study examined cross-sectional data collected from substance-using
female sex workers (FSW) and non-sex workers (non-SW) in Pretoria, South Africa, who
entered a randomized controlled trial. METHODS: Women ...
Using electronic health records data to assess comorbidities of substance use and psychiatric diagnoses and treatment settings among adults.
(Journal of psychiatric research, 2013-04)
To examine prevalences of substance use disorders (SUD) and comprehensive patterns
of comorbidities among psychiatric patients ages 18-64 years (N = 40,099) in an electronic
health records (EHR) database.DSM-IV diagnoses ...
Tobacco use among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race individuals: 2002-2010.
(Drug and alcohol dependence, 2013-09)
Non-Hispanic Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHs/PIs), and mixed-race
individuals are the fastest growing segments of the US population. We examined prevalences
and correlates of tobacco use among these ...
Substance Use among Adolescent Mothers: A Review.
(Children and youth services review, 2013-05)
Maternal substance abuse is a critical problem, and adolescent mothers appear to be
at high risk for such behaviors. We review studies on postpartum adolescent substance
use to explore the extent of this problem and avenues ...
Screening instruments for substance use and brief interventions targeting adolescents in primary care: a literature review.
(Addictive behaviors, 2013-05)
A review of the literature was conducted to examine substance use screening instruments
commonly used with adolescents in medical settings, their comparative usefulness,
and SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral ...
Illicit and nonmedical drug use among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race individuals.
(Drug and alcohol dependence, 2013-12)
The racial/ethnic composition of the United States is shifting rapidly, with non-Hispanic
Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHs/PIs), and mixed-race individuals
the fastest growing segments of the population. ...
Referring heroin users from compulsory detoxification centers to community methadone maintenance treatment: a comparison of three models.
(BMC Public Health, 2013-08-13)
BACKGROUND: Both compulsory detoxification treatment and community-based methadone
maintenance treatment (MMT) exist for heroin addicts in China. We aim to examine the
effectiveness of three intervention models for referring ...
Trends and Correlates of Cannabis-involved Emergency Department Visits: 2004 to 2011.
(Journal of addiction medicine, 2016-11)
To examine trends and correlates of cannabis-involved emergency department (ED) visits
in the United States from 2004 to 2011.Data were obtained from the 2004 to 2011 Drug
Abuse Warning Network. We analyzed trend ...
Trends in cannabis use disorders among racial/ethnic population groups in the United States.
(Drug and alcohol dependence, 2016-08)
BACKGROUND:Minority groups generally experience more disparities than whites in behavioral
healthcare use. The population of racial/ethnic groups is growing faster than whites.
Given increased concerns of cannabis use (CU) ...