Associations Of Age Of Drinking Initiation With Other Vulnerability Factors For Alcohol Involvement Among Chinese Korean And White College Students

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Associations of Age of Drinking Initiation with Other Vulnerability Factors for Alcohol Involvement Among Chinese, Korean and White College Students

Author : Travis Andrew Ross Cook
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Associations of Age of Drinking Initiation with Other Vulnerability Factors for Alcohol Involvement Among Chinese, Korean and White College Students written by Travis Andrew Ross Cook and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a whole, Asians have lower rates of alcohol dependence (AD) than Whites. Among Asian subgroups Chinese have lower rates of AD than Koreans. The prevalence of several risk and protective factors for the development of AD vary between these ethnic groups. The most consistent evidence concerns differences in (1) the prevalence of genetic variants of the alcohol metabolizing enzymes aldehyde and alcohol dehydrogenase (ALDH2*2 and ADH1B*2), which protect against AD, and (2) the prevalence of risk factors including conduct disorder (CD), sensation seeking, family history of AD (FH), and parental alcohol use. Research has begun to clarify relationships among risk factors, including mediating and moderating relationships in the etiology of AD. One mechanism whereby vulnerability factors may modify risk for AD is by influencing the age of drinking initiation (ADI). In studies using primarily White participants, an early ADI has been associated with increased rates of alcohol involvement. The current study used structural equation modeling in a sample of Chinese (n = 190), Korean (n = 214), and White (n = 200) college students to examine whether ADI is a mediator of vulnerability factors for alcohol involvement in each ethnic and gender group. The structural equation model demonstrated adequate fit across gender and ethnic groups. CD and sensation seeking were associated with alcohol involvement in each ethnic and gender group. ADI did not mediate the associations between CD, sensation seeking and alcohol involvement.

Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health, 2014

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Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 924156475X
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Index Medicus

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Communities in Action

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452961
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Cumulated Index Medicus

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309049393
Total Pages : 636 pages
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Drugs In Adolescent Worlds

Author : Barry Glassner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349188093
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Drugs In Adolescent Worlds written by Barry Glassner and published by Springer. This book was released on 1987-09-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug use by adolescents is usually viewed as the result of personal vulnerability to peer pressures and drug pushers. This book provides a new perspective, which is sociological rather than epidemiological, understanding patterns of drug taking in the context of ordinary social interaction. In this social worlds analysis, adolescents' own concerns with boredom, depression, social identity, friendship, access to drugs, self-control and folk pharmacology replace the professionals' focus on deviant behaviour.

Abstracts ... Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association and Related Organizations

Author : American Public Health Association. Annual Meeting
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
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How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease

Author : United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 728 pages
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The Life Model of Social Work Practice

Author : Alex Gitterman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231139985
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Life Model of Social Work Practice written by Alex Gitterman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1980, this seminal work was the first to introduce an ecological perspective into social work practice. The third edition expands and deepens this perspective, further developing the basic premise that, by being situated within the people:environment interface, the social work profession is distinct from other service professions. The book presents the "what" (theories and concepts) and the "how" (practice methods) to help people with their life stressors and, simultaneously, to influence communities, organizations, and policymakers to be more responsive to them. In this edition, Gitterman and Germain examine major changes to our socioeconomic and political landscape. They restore a chapter on the history of social work practice, offering a view of the limited services for African Americans provided by settlements and charity organization societies. Building on the African American self-help and mutual aid traditions, this chapter traces the replication of a parallel social service system by African American leaders for their own communities. The chapter also addresses the impact of contemporary societal trends, including the global economy, immigration, cultural changes, and the technology revolution. In addition, it discusses current professional contexts of managed mental health care, evidence-based practice, and the professional uses of technology. A new chapter explores issues and processes embedded in assessment, practice monitoring, and practice evaluation. The volume continues to feature innovative schema for assessment and intervention with respect to stressful life transitions and traumatic events, environmental pressures, and dysfunctional interpersonal processes. Practice illustrations offer reflections of today's major social issues, such as AIDS, homelessness, and modern forms of violence.

The Oxford Handbook of Adolescent Substance Abuse

Author : Robert A. Zucker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190673869
Total Pages : 857 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Adolescent Substance Abuse written by Robert A. Zucker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescent substance abuse is the nation's #1 public health problem. It originates out of a developmental era where experimentation with the world is increasingly taking place, and where major changes in physical self and social relationships are taking place. These changes cannot be understood by any one discipline nor can they be described by focusing only on the behavioral and social problems of this age period, the characteristics of normal development, or the pharmacology and addictive potential of specific drugs. They require knowledge of the brain's systems of reward and control, genetics, psychopharmacology, personality, child development, psychopathology, family dynamics, peer group relationships, culture, social policy, and more. Drawing on the expertise of the leading researchers in this field, this Handbook provides the most comprehensive summarization of current knowledge about adolescent substance abuse. The Handbook is organized into eight sections covering the literature on the developmental context of this life period, the epidemiology of adolescent use and abuse, similarities and differences in use, addictive potential, and consequences of use for different drugs; etiology and course as characterized at different levels of mechanistic analysis ranging from the genetic and neural to the behavioural and social. Two sections cover the clinical ramifications of abuse, and prevention and intervention strategies to most effectively deal with these problems. The Handbook's last section addresses the role of social policy in framing the problem, in addressing it, and explores its potential role in alleviating it.

Smoking and Health Bulletin

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 714 pages
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Alcohol Research & Health

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Reducing Underage Drinking

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309089352
Total Pages : 761 pages
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Download or read book Reducing Underage Drinking written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-26 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.

Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309324882
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity

Author : Thomas F. Babor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199551146
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity written by Thomas F. Babor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a public health perspective, alcohol is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality, and impacts on many aspects of social life. This text describes advances in alcohol research with direct relevance to the development of effective policies at local, national and international level.