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A Collaborative Approach to the Treatment of Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorders
This manual offers best practices to states, tribes, and local communities on collaborative treatment approaches for pregnant women living with opioid use disorders (OUD), and the risks and benefits associated with medication-assisted...
ٹپ 51: منشیات کے استعمال کا علاج: خواتین کی مخصوص ضروریات کو پورا کرنا
اشاعت
یہ گائیڈ فراہم کنندگان کو مادہ کے استعمال کی خرابی وں کے ساتھ رہنے والی خواتین کو علاج کی پیش کش کرنے میں مدد کرتا ہے۔ یہ صنف کی مخصوص تحقیق اور بہترین طریقوں کا جائزہ لیتا ہے ، جیسے ابتدائی استعمال کے عام نمونے اور مخصوص علاج کے...
Associations of Psychosocial Factors with Multiple Health Behaviors: A Population-Based Study of Middle-Aged Men and Women
Abstract
Background: The health behaviors smoking, risky alcohol consumption, insufficient physical activity, and poor diet constitute the main contributors to non-communicable diseases. Clustering of risk behaviors is common and...
Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center Observes International Women’s Day 2020
Reflecting the theme - “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights”, Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center organized a human chain formation followed by a discussion meeting in collaboration with Dhaka...
Women and Smoking Seminar
While men are currently more likely to smoke than women, this sex/gender gap is narrowing globally. This is especially concerning given that compared to men, women are at higher risk for smoking-related adverse health effects and also have...
Developmental Nicotine Exposure Engenders Intergenerational Downregulation and Aberrant Posttranslational Modification of Cardinal Epigenetic Factors in the Frontal Cortices, Striata, and Hippocampi of Adolescent Mice
Abstract
Background
Maternal smoking of traditional or electronic cigarettes during pregnancy, which constitutes developmental nicotine exposure (DNE), heightens the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD, autism, and...
Substance Use among Women and Children in Afghanistan: The Complexities of an Important Public Health Issue
National surveys of substance use among those living in Afghanistan show multiple substances are easily accessible and commonly used in combination. Substance use in Afghanistan is complex, compounded
by the fact that almost half (48%) of...
Women and Children are the Emerging Face of Drug Addiction in Afghanistan
Q breaks into song, and the lyrics reflect something of himself: "My heart aches, my heart aches and my heart aches," he croons. The 10-year-old hopes to go professional one day, but his mother says that first, he has to break his addiction...
Lift Up! “Prevention of Violence against Women Living with People with Substance Use Disorder
Lift Up! “Prevention of Violence against Women Living with People with Substance Use Disorder”
Special thanks to the Institute of Clinical Psychology UoK, Pakistan US Alumni Network, Initiator Hdf SNYC, DFPF, Wajid Ali Rizwan Jaffar, D...
Women Using Heroin in Kenya: Why It’s Important to Intervene Early in Life
Recreational drug use in Kenya is common among men, women, and youth from both rural and urban environments.
Heroin is the primary drug taken by injection in Kenya and it is linked with increased rates of HIV transmission.
Recent...
علاج کے مراکز میں مادہ کے استعمال کی خرابی والی خواتین کے تجربات: ایک تحقیقی مطالعہ
اخذ کرنا
مادہ کے استعمال کے مسائل میں مبتلا خواتین بھی صنف کی مخصوص ضروریات کے ساتھ آبادی بناتی ہیں ، جسے پالیسیوں اور علاج کی خدمات کی ترقی میں خاطر خواہ توجہ نہیں ملی ہے۔ صنف کی مخصوص مداخلت میں فرق واضح ہے ، حالانکہ فلپائنی خواتین کی...
Depression and Binge-drinking among Military Spouses and Partner
It is recognised that harmful alcohol consumption is more common amongst those who have served in the UK armed forces.
However this is not just an issue for the individual who has served in the army. In a recent study conducted by...
ہم جنس پرستوں، ہم جنس پرستوں، ہم جنس پرستوں اور ٹرانس جینڈر نوجوان بالغوں میں تمباکو کا استعمال
یہ تسلیم کیا گیا ہے کہ ہم جنس پرستوں، ٹرانس جینڈر اور کوئر (ایل جی بی ٹی کیو) نوجوان بالغوں میں تمباکو نوشی اور تمباکو کی مصنوعات کا استعمال ان کے ہم جنس پرست اور ہم جنس پرست ساتھیوں کے مقابلے میں زیادہ ہے.
اگرچہ یہ خیال کیا جاتا ہے کہ...
Gender-Specific Substance Use Patterns and Associations with Individual, Family, Peer, and School Factors in 15-Year-Old Portuguese Adolescents: A Latent Class Regression Analysis
Background
Adolescence is a critical period of vulnerability to substance use. Recent research has shown that gender differences in adolescence substance use are complex and in constant flux. The present study aims to investigate gender...
Gender and Alcohol Infographics
Based on recent research, Glasgow Caledonian University, Strathclyde University, SHAAP and Glasgow Centre for Population Health, have produced infographics to tackle stereotypes about men, women and drinking in Scotland.
Not without my Mobile Phone: Alcohol Binge Drinking, Gender Violence and Technology in the Spanish Culture of Intoxication
Abstract
The practice of binge drinking has in recent decades consolidated what is known as the ‘culture of intoxication’ among young people of Spain. This has coincided with the increase in the use of mobile-phone technology and of...
Gender Differences in the Bidirectional Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Sleeplessness
Abstract
Background
The degree to which the relationship between alcohol use and sleeplessness is unidirectional or reciprocal is unclear due to great variation among the results of previous studies. The aim of the present study was...
Use of Electronic Vapor Products Before, During, and After Pregnancy Among Women with a Recent Live Birth — Oklahoma and Texas, 2015
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Most electronic vapor products (EVPs) contain nicotine, a developmental toxicant, and other harmful additives.
What is added by this report?
In 2015, 7.0% of women with a recent...
Conventional and Genetic Evidence on Alcohol and Vascular Disease Aetiology: A Prospective Study of 500 000 Men and Women in China
Summary
Background
Moderate alcohol intake has been associated with reduced cardiovascular risk in many studies, in comparison with abstinence or with heavier drinking. Studies in east Asia can help determine whether these...
Substance Use among Pregnant Women in Nigeria
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
This study sought to determine the prevalence, patterns and feasibility of screening for psychoactive substance use among pregnant women in an antenatal clinic in Nigeria. It also aimed to determine the...