Alcohol Research Quarterly: January - Feburary 2002
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Here is the 4th issue of Alcohol Research Update featuring recently published articles and other research of interest to program planners, health promoters, policy-makers and others active in substance abuse prevention in Ontario.
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CONTENTS
1. Alcohol / Substance Abuse Policy
2. Drinking & Driving
3. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
4. Injury/Violence/Crime Prevention
5. Low/High-Risk Drinking
6. Public Opinion Surveys
7. practitioner Resources
8. Reports & Statistics
9. Youth
10. Other
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1. ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY
** Jacobs, K.; Gill, K. Substance abuse in an urban aboriginal population: Social, legal and psychological consequences.
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2002; 1(1):7-25.
2. DRINKING AND DRIVING
Acceptability of the Checkpoints Parent-Teen Driving Agreement: pilot test.
Hartos JL, Nissen WJ, Simons-Morton BG. Am J Prev Med 2001;21(2):138-141.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020107.htm
Age of drinking onset, driving after drinking, and involvement in alcohol related motor-vehicle crashes.
Hingson R, Heeren T, Levenson S, Jamanka A, Voas R. Accid Anal Prev 2002;34(1):85-92.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020218.htm
Do companions of designated drivers drink excessively?
Harding WM, Caudill BD, Moore BA. J Subst Abuse 2001; 13(4):505-514.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020121.htm
3. FETAL ALCOHOL SPRECTRUM DISORDER
Moderate alcohol consumption and waiting time to pregnancy.
Juhl M, Nyboe Andersen AM, Gronbaek M, Olsen J. Human Reproduction,2002; 16(12):2705-2709.
4. INJURY/VIOLENCE/CRIME PREVENTION
Adolescent fighting while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Kodjo C, Auinger P, Ryan S. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2002; 30(2):103.
5. LOW / HIGH RISK DRINKING
The effects of alcohol consumption on mortality and morbidity: a 26-year follow-up study.
Theobald H, Johansson SE, Bygren LO, Engfeldt PJ Stud Alcohol, 2001; 62(6):783-789.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020218.htm
Alcohol and mortality from external causes.
Dawson DA. J Stud Alcohol 2001; 62(6):790-797.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020218.htm
Childhood temperament and adult alcohol habits - A prospective longitudinal study from age 4 to age 36
Wennberg P, M. Bohman. Addictive Behaviors 27(1):63-74.
College students' self-reported reasons for why drinking games end.
Johnson TJ. Addictive Behaviors 27(1):145-153.
Understanding Binge Drinking.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Special Issue December 2001, 15(4).
http://www.apa.org/journals/adb/currentTOC.html
6. PRACTITIONER RESOURCES
** Preventing Substance Abuse Problems Among Young People: A compendium of best practices.
Gary Roberts, Robert McCall, Andrea Steven-Lavigne, Jim Anderson, Angela Paglia, Sandy Bollenbach, Jamie Wiebe and Louis Gliskman.
Ottawa: Health Canada, 2001.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/cds-sca/cds/pdf/substanceyoungpeople.pdf
** Drug Free Schools: Using A Community-School-Health Approach to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Abuse, a collection of resources and links from Safe and Healthy Schools
http://www.safehealthyschools.org/drugfree.htm
The National Cross-Site Evaluation of High-Risk
Youth Programs, SAMHSA/CSAP (US), February 2002.
http://www.health.org/govpubs/fo36/
7. PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS
** Youth Public Opinion and Research Survey.
Secondary Analysis of Current Market Research on Youth Ages 7-19. Health Canada, nd.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/socialmarketing/2/youth_e.pdf
8. REPORTS & STATISTICS
** Youth in Transition Survey, 2000.
The Daily, January 23, 2002. Statistics Canada.
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/020123/td020123.htm
9. YOUTH
Adverse outcomes of alcohol use in adolescents.
Bonomo Y, Coffey C, Wolfe R, Lynskey M, Bowes G, Patton G. Addiction 2001;96(10):1485-1496.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020107.htm
Psychosocial characteristics at age 10; differentiating between adult alcohol use pathways
A prospective longitudinal study Wennberg, P, T. Andersson, M. Bohman Addictive Behaviors, 27(1):115-130.
Rational decision perspectives on alcohol consumption by youth - Revising the theory of planned behavior.
Kuther TL Addictive Behaviors, 27(1): 35-47.
How universal are social influences to drink and problem behaviors for alcohol use? - A test comparing urban African-American and Caribbean-American adolescents
Epstein JA, C Williams, GJ Botvin
Addictive Behaviors, 27(1):75-86.
Role Models, Ethnic Identity, and Health-Risk Behaviors in Urban Adolescents.
Yancey Antronette K, Judith M Siegel, Kimberly L McDaniel.
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medecine,2002;
156(1):1-96.
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v156n1/abs/poa00613.html
10. OTHER
Internet-based information on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs: Issues of ethics, quality, and accountability.
Monahan G, Colthurst T.
Substance Use & Misuse 2001; 36(14):2171-2180.