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Newest firstThis study examined associations between race-based discrimination and substance use among a predominantly minority sample of male youth, ages 13-19, residing in under-resourced neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Youth completed in-person, anonymous electronic surveys about their lifetime experiences with race-based discrimination and past 30-day tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use. Logistic regression mod…
Open article record in new tab ↗Objectives Multiracial (alternatively, mixed-race or biracial) college students report higher rates of alcohol/substance use than their monoracial peers, yet factors associated with this disparity remain understudied. Guided by minority stress and tension-reduction frameworks, associations of general and Multiracial discrimination experiences with psychological distress and substance use were investigated. Methods…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background Resting-state functional MRI (rsfMRI) provides insights into large-scale brain network organization associated with cognitive control, emotion regulation, and attentional processes. The ventral attention network (VAN) is a key salience-driven network that supports attentional re-orienting to behaviorally relevant stimuli. However, little is known about how VAN resting state functional connectivity varie…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundBiases held by healthcare practitioners can shape clinical interactions, leading to discrimination and poor patient outcomes. Traditional methods, such as vignettes or self-report measures, often lack ecological validity. ObjectiveWe evaluated a novel VR simulation designed to explore bias and discrimination in clinical decision-making. MethodsThirty-five healthcare practitioners across 14 NHS trusts com…
IntroductionIn recent years, adolescents of color report greater use of selected substances than white adolescents, including alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis. Increased levels of discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic may have added to the chronic burden associated with increased substance use among adolescents of color. This study assessed the prevalence of substance use (alcohol, tobacco and cannabis) and in…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundWe investigated the extent to which positive changes in stigma outcomes reported over the course of Time to Change were sustained by 2023, two years after the programmes end in 2021. MethodsWe used regression analyses to evaluate trends in outcomes. Measures were of stigma-related knowledge (Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS)), attitudes (Community Attitudes to the Mentally Ill scale (CAMI)), and de…
Open article record in new tab ↗Objective This study aims to understand the attitudes, stigma, and discrimination of the general adult population toward drug addiction. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional nationwide survey with 1,020 Korean adults using an Internet web-based panel. Self-reported data were collected on demographics, experience with substance abuse, perceptions of narcotic analgesic use, beliefs about the legalization of cannab…
Open article record in new tab ↗This study examines the association between digital information technology (DIT) use and the utilization of transnational healthcare (THC) in older migrants, and investigates how this relationship depends on social integration or perceived discrimination in health services in the destination country. The data from a population-based study conducted in Finland in 2019, which targeted Russian-speaking residents aged…
BackgroundTrans women face tremendous social inequities as well as disproportionate rates of HIV and substance use, yet disaggregated substance use data specific to trans women remain limited.MethodsWe conducted a secondary analysis of baseline data from the Trans*National Study (2016–2017) surveying trans women in the San Francisco Bay Area (n = 629). Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze socio-de…
Open article record in new tab ↗The Raman analysis of marijuana is challenging because of the sample's easy photo-degradation caused by the laser intensity. In this study, optimization of collection parameters and laser focusing on marijuana trichome heads allowed collecting Raman spectra without damaging the samples. The Raman spectra of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), and cannabinol (CBN) standard cannabinoids were compared w…
Open article record in new tab ↗INTRODUCTION: Pre-pandemic health behavior has been put forward as a reason for excess COVID-19 infection and death in some racialized groups. At the same time, scholars have labeled racism the other pandemic and argued for its role in the adverse COVID-19 outcomes observed. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of discrimination on health behavior change among racialized adults in the early stages o…
Open article record in new tab ↗BACKGROUND: Ethnic minority groups in Western countries face an increased risk of psychotic disorders. Causes of this long-standing public health inequality remain poorly understood. We investigated whether social disadvantage, linguistic distance and discrimination contributed to these patterns. METHODS: We used case-control data from the EUropean network of national schizophrenia networks studying Gene-Environme…
Open article record in new tab ↗Hemp seed oil (HSO) has received considerable attention for its health properties, especially due to unsaturated fatty acid (UFA) content. In this work, the triacylglycerol (TAG) fraction of Italian and Extra-European HSO was characterized by applying an enzymatic approach, based on the use of pancreatic lipase and sn-1,2-diacylglycerol kinase. This procedure allows determination of the intrapositional FA% composi…
Open article record in new tab ↗BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The associations between traumatic events, substance use and perceived discrimination have been rarely studied among migrants in host countries. We examined whether pre-migration potentially traumatic experiences (PTEs) or perceived discrimination (PD) are associated with substance use among migrants with voluntary (Russians) and forced (Kurds) migration backgrounds. DESIGN: Cross-sectional in…
Literature highlights the relationship between perceived discrimination and frequency and severity of alcohol and cannabis use. One mechanism for explaining this is the nature of perceived discrimination as a potentially traumatic interpersonal stressor, which can lead to the depletion of social and personal resources. Within a Recovery Capital (RC) framework, the current study explores whether the existence of so…
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