Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education articles from December 2008

Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education archives from December 2008

Substance abuse in minorities.(EDITORIAL)
December 1, 2008... According to the Healthy People 2010 Report, substance abuse in the form of alcohol and illicit drug use is associated with most of the country's serious problems such as injury, violence and HIV infection. The annual economic costs to the...

Explaining small effects of information-based drug prevention: the importance of considering preintervention levels in risk perceptions.
December 1, 2008... Dear Editor: The uses of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs continue to be major problems. An obvious solution to these problems consists of preventive interventions. If successful, preventive interventions improve public health and thus...

Decisional balance and collegiate drinking.
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT The study examined the perceived benefits and costs of alcohol use among undergraduates (N = 462) perceiving their drinking as normal or abnormal as well as those undergraduates who met or did not meet the DSM-IV-TR criteria for...

Development of a low-alcohol drink similar in sensory properties to a full-alcohol drink.
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to examine different methods of preparation of a low-alcohol drink for use as a control in behavioral studies. Treatments included." untreated juice, juice with alcohol (rum), juice with rum floated...

A night in Tijuana: female victimization in a high-risk environment.(Survey)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT We examine the epidemiology of victimization among females crossing the U.S. border to drink in Tijuana, Mexico, with the purpose of creating a framework for an intervention to improve safety among female youth in drinking...

Factors that predict self-perceived problem drinking among college students.
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Excessive alcohol use among college students is a significant public health problem. In order to design and implement effective intervention programs, college personnel must first target students who are problem drinkers. This...

Communicating about health.(Health Communication: From Theory to Practice)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Schiavo, R. (2007). Health Communication. From Theory to Practice. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. [Softcover; ISBN# 978-07879-8205-8; $ 60.00] Health communication is a growing field and its applications are becoming important to...