Dear colleague, Canadians are feeling the strain during the COVID-19 pandemic. While these uncertain times are proving difficult for us all, they are presenting greater
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Alarming number of women are drinking more during the pandemic
Author: Abbie Alford (Reporter) SAN DIEGO — During the pandemic, several studies found that Americans are drinking far more than they did in previous years and
Gender-informed Virtual Interventions Addressing Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence
CPHA presented a webinar on 20 January 2021 entitled ‘Gender-Informed Virtual Interventions Addressing Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence’. This webinar described technology-based approaches in
“I was already in the system from the start”: how substance-using women in the street sex trade make decisions about pregnancy
Susan Dewey, Kyria Brown, Jennifer Hankel & Theresa Anasti (2021) “I was already in the system from the start”: how substance-using women in the street sex trade
Pathways from Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences to Substance Use in Pregnancy: Findings from the All Our Families Cohort
Nicole Racine, Sheila McDonald, Kathleen Chaput, Suzanne Tough, and Sheri Madigan. Journal of Women’s Health. ahead of print http://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2020.8632 Abstract Background: Exposure to adverse childhood experiences
MEDICAL XPRESS: RESEARCHERS FIND A MORE ACCURATE METHOD TO GAUGE PRENATAL ALCOHOL USE
by University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center When health researchers ask pregnant women about their alcohol use, expectant women may underreport their drinking, hampering