Health risk behaviours and allostatic load: a systematic review

B Suvarna, A Suvarna, R Phillips, RP Juster… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Health risk behaviours (HRB) across the lifespan have been associated with higher
cumulative physiological burden as measured by allostatic load (AL). This study examines …

Racial/ethnic variations in substance-related disorders among adolescents in the United States

LT Wu, GE Woody, C Yang, JJ Pan… - Archives of general …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context While young racial/ethnic groups are the fastest growing population in the United
States, data about substance-related disorders among adolescents of various racial/ethnic …

Neighborhood poverty, college attendance, and diverging profiles of substance use and allostatic load in rural African American youth

E Chen, GE Miller, GH Brody… - Clinical Psychological …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
A subset of African American youth who live in impoverished neighborhoods displays
resilient profiles academically and behaviorally. We hypothesized that this resilience might …

Systematic Review of Cocaine-Treatment Interventions for Black Americans

J Dogan-Dixon, PB Wheeler… - Clinical …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Evidence-based drug-treatment studies that have shaped best practice in the United States
demonstrate racial differences in effectiveness, with Black participants reporting worse …

Probability and predictors of transition from abuse to dependence on alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and …

L Flórez-Salamanca, R Secades-Villa… - The American journal …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Little is known about the transition from substance abuse to substance
dependence. Objectives: This study aims to estimate the cumulative probability of …

Measurement and data analysis in research addressing health disparities in substance abuse

AK Burlew, D Feaster, ML Brecht, R Hubbard - Journal of Substance Abuse …, 2009 - Elsevier
This article describes concrete strategies for conducting substance abuse research with
ethnic minorities. Two issues associated with valid analysis, measurement and data …

The Affordable Care Act: New opportunities for social work to take leadership in behavioral health and addiction treatment

L Lundgren, I Krull - Journal of the Society for Social Work …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
An estimated 23 million individuals in the United States meet criteria for a diagnosis of
substance abuse or dependence; however, only about 4 million people enter treatment each …

Motivational enhancement therapy for African American substance users: a randomized clinical trial.

LT Montgomery, AK Burlew, AS Kosinski… - Cultural Diversity and …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Limited empirical evidence concerning the efficacy of substance abuse treatments among
African Americans reduces opportunities to evaluate and improve program efficacy. The …

Father involvement and young, rural African American men's engagement in substance misuse and multiple sexual partnerships

AW Barton, SM Kogan, J Cho, GL Brown - American journal of community …, 2015 - Springer
This study was designed to examine the associations of biological father and social father
involvement during childhood with African American young men's development and …

Translating longitudinal, developmental research with rural African American families into prevention programs for rural African American youth

GH Brody, SM Kogan, CM Grange - 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this chapter, we describe the process through which adolescent development, ethnic
minority status, and the context of rural poverty influenced an NICHD-funded program of …