Effectiveness of a participatory approach to develop school health interventions in four low resource cities: study protocol of the ‘empowering adolescents to lead change using health data’ cluster randomised controlled trial

Autor: Heba Fouad, Regina Guthold, Valentina Baltag, Rajesh Mehta, Pradeep Joshi, Anthony D Okely, Leanne M Riley, Roberta Caixeta, Lubna Bhatti, Claudio R Nigg, Dolores Ondarsuhu, Laura Kann, Parviz Abduvahobov, Joana Ansong, Uki Atkinson, Sonja Caffe, Cheick Bady Diallo, Sally Haddad, Hafid Hachri, Jeannine A Jaggi, Priya Karna, Sidi Allal Louazani, Symplice Mbola Mbassi, Yogendra Mudgal, Tahar Ouaourir, Fatima Zahra Trhari

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 7 (2023)

Introduction Comprehensive local data on adolescent health are often lacking, particularly in lower resource settings. Furthermore, there are knowledge gaps around which interventions are effective to support healthy behaviours. This study generates

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Gender Differences in Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Substance Use in 50- to 65-Year-Old Jamaicans

Autor: Svetlana V. Doubova, Novie O. Younger-Coleman, Ishtar Govia, Uki Atkinson

Publikováno v: Journal of Addictions Nursing. 33:144-158

The purpose of this study was to evaluate gender-specific differences in prevalence and risk factors for alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use among 50- to 65-year-old Jamaicans. We performed secondary analysis of the 2016 Jamaica National Drug Use Pre

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https://doi.org/10.1097/jan.0000000000000430

Gender Differences in Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Substance Use in 50- to 65-Year-Old Jamaicans

Autor: Ishtar O, Govia, Svetlana V, Doubova, Novie, Younger-Coleman, Uki, Atkinson

Publikováno v: Journal of addictions nursing. 33(3)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate gender-specific differences in prevalence and risk factors for alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use among 50- to 65-year-old Jamaicans. We performed secondary analysis of the 2016 Jamaica National Drug Use Pre

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34537792

Gender differences in the factors associated with early age of initiation of cannabis use in Jamaica

Autor: Tana Ricketts-Roomes, Ashley Belinfante, Wendel D. Abel, Sarah N Oshi, Patrice Whitehorne-Smith, Gabrielle Mitchell, Daniel C. Oshi, Joy Harrison, Carole Mitchell, Uki Atkinson, Chinwendu F Agu

Publikováno v: Journal of Substance Use. 24:170-175

Objective: This study aimed to examine the gender differences in the factors associated with early age of cannabis use. Methods: Secondary data analysis was done on the National Housing Survey 2016...

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https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2018.1531946

Neighborhood crime, disorder and substance use in the Caribbean context: Jamaica National Drug Use Prevalence Survey 2016

Autor: Pernell Clarke, Simon G. Anderson, Uki Atkinson, Colette Cunningham-Myrie, Wendel D. Abel, Erica Felker-Kantor, Lisa Gaye Greene, Katherine P. Theall, Parris Lyew-Ayee

Publikováno v: Felker-Kantor, E A, Cunningham-Myrie, C, Greene, L G, Lyew-Ayee, P, Atkinson, U, Abel, W, Clarke, P, Anderson, S G & Theall, K P 2019, ' Neighborhood crime, disorder and substance use in the Caribbean context : Jamaica national drug use prevalence survey 2016 ', PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 11, e0224516 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224516
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 11, p e0224516 (2019)

The purpose of the study was to examine the role of objective and subjective measures of neighborhood crime and disorder on substance use among a nationally representative sample of 4525 Jamaicans aged 12–65 years. Log-Poisson models with generaliz

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224516