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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"drug and alcohol"”.
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Printable graphene sensing systems for drug and alcohol detection
… there has been a growing interest in monatomic and monomolecular sheets obtained through exfoliation of layered compounds. Despite this, none of these materials have opened the door to the design of more sensitive and reliable chemical sensors in the way that graphene has. Various properties of …
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IS THE PARTY OVER? Unmarried Fatherhood and Drug and Alcohol Use
<p>Using waves two and three of the National Survey of Adolescent Males (1990 and 1995) I examine the effects of marriage, paternity and father involvement on the use of drugs and alcohol by young men. Despite the importance of fatherhood as an adult role, I argue that commitment to the role of …
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Updated cost effectiveness analysis of the Navy drug and alcohol rehabilitation program
A previous cost benefit analysis of the Navy drug and alcohol rehabilitation program equated the value of benefits to the avoided replacement costs of the service members successfully rehabilitated. This thesis updates this study. In particular, this thesis considers the replacement cost model and …
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Increases in Drug and Alcohol Problems: A Combination of Job and Home Stressors?
… of 1992 among respondents between the ages of 15 and 54 in 48 of the contiguous United States, this paper hypothesized an increase in serious drug problems and serious alcohol problems when a combination approach was used regarding home and work stressors. Results indicate support for the …
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Student Assistance Program Outcomes of Students at Risk for Suicide
… Pennsylvania's Student Assistance Program (SAP) and educational outcomes (academic performance, promotion/graduation status, attendance, suspension, and policy violations) of students at risk for suicide. The methodology was based on the Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health, while …
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Validation of the Mandatory Guidelines for the American Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs within the context of the South African Constitution
This study assessed the USA Mandatory Guidelines for the American Federal Workplace Drug and Alcohol-free Workplace, as a proposed framework for drug and alcohol testing in the South African workplace. The use of mind-altering substances like cocaine and opium has been part of humankind for …
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Ecological Influences on Adolescent Behavior
… outlined by Bronfenbrenner (1994), to understand adolescent behavior. It was hypothesized that proximal ecological influences would be significantly related to behavioral outcomes. Participants (N= 244) were students attending traditional and continuation high schools in a Southern California …
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The Measurement of Counselors' Emotional Intelligence and Client Treatment Outcomes in Addiction Treatment Settings
Residential adult drug and alcohol treatment centers have yet to investigate the relationship between counselors' emotional intelligence and client success. The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between the emotional intelligence as well as the personal and …
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Drug Use, Mental Health and Encounters with the Legal System in Missoula County
… documented in the criminological literature that drug use and crime co-occur (Eilliot, Huizinga and Ageton 1985, Goldstein 1985). Data from the Missoula Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring Study were used to investigate the relationships between drug use, treatment experiences, encounters with the legal …
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Drug Use, Mental Health and Encounters with the Legal System in Missoula County
… documented in the criminological literature that drug use and crime co-occur (Eilliot, Huizinga and Ageton 1985, Goldstein 1985). Data from the Missoula Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring Study were used to investigate the relationships between drug use, treatment experiences, encounters with the legal …
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Personal And Social Factors In Risk-Taking Behaviors Of Emerging Adults
… that begins at the conclusion of high school and ends with the acceptance of adult roles (i.e., career, marriage, parenthood). The focus of the present study was on college students' excessive use of alcohol and other drugs and participation in high-risk sexual activity and the association …
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Exploring the phenomenon of recovery for chemically dependent women survivors of childhood sexual abuse
… were referred by their counsellors from a Drug and Alcohol residential treatment program and out-patient clinic. The recovery stories as shared by these women were audio taped and the interpretation of their responses was directed by the grounded theory method of data analysis. Two themes …
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Examining the effect of random student drug-testing in a high school setting
… was to ascertain the effectiveness of decreasing drug use in a high school setting by implementing a random student drug-testing program. High school students who were involved in any athletic or extracurricular activities or who were applying for a parking permit in one local school were required …
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Parental alcoholism, early social support, and family environment as predictors of current adjustment
… undergraduate subjects on dimensions of parental alcohol abuse, childhood family environment, childhood social support, current coping style, current negative life experiences, current psychological symptomatology, and current indices of drug and alcohol abuse. Results indicated that, while …
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Developing A Strategy to Combat Drug Abuse in Philadelphia, 1960-1973
How did Philadelphia develop its first drug control strategy between 1960 and 1973? This study argues that Philadelphia's drug control strategy was part of an array of collaborative responses to the composite challenges of urban decay and was influenced by concerns for development, law enforcement, …
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Factors Which Predict the Initiation and Use of Alcohol in Rural Adolescents
… significant when trying to predict the use of alcohol by adolescents who live in rural areas. This research is important because most of the studies concerning drug and alcohol use in adolescents have focused on adolescents who live in urban areas. The results of such studies may not be …
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Narratives of sex work : exploring stories of entry, experience and meaning
Research into the reasons why sex workers enter and stay in sex work has largely viewed entry from perspectives of either choice or constraint. Choice perspectives attribute entry to reasons such as female agency and empowerment, and social and financial independence, while constraint perspectives …
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Participant Generated Outcomes of Two Harm Reduction Programs
… reduction emerges as a new treatment model for drug and alcohol abuse. Of significance is its emphasis on treating users ""where they are"" and low-threshold requirements for treatment, contrasting with the abstinence requirement of the majority of treatment programs in the United States. This …
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Weight changes : the meaning of food and eating behaviours amongst women in recovery from substance addiction
During the period of recovery from drug and alcohol misuse the individual starts to move gradually away from former habits and patterns of thinking whilst learning new skills, however returning to a normal diet can be challenging for many recovering substance misusers. Studies involving substance …
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Preoccupations
… It takes the form of a collection of poems and creative essays that deal with the subject in one way or another. There are a variety of subjects used as vehicles to pursue the overall theme, ranging from groundhogs and the desire to become one, to drug and alcohol dependency. Preoccupations …
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