The study, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of NIH, found that daily use of cannabis — predominately through smoking — was associated with a 25% increased likelihood of heart attack and a 42% increased likelihood of stroke when compared to non-use of the drug.
Archive for March 2024
The mediating effects of resilience on psychological distress in social workers in Singapore and South Korea during the Covid-19 pandemic
WHO global survey on the inclusion of cancer care in health-benefit packages, 2020–2021
Smoking cannabis associated with increased risk of heart attack, stroke
Transition from Academic Integrity to Research Integrity: The Use of Checklists in the Supervision of Master and Doctoral Students
Balancing public health and privacy rights: a mixed-methods study on disclosure obligations of people living with HIV to their partners in China
Aging in Place with Few Children and Social Services– Understanding Structural and Cultural Lags in Rural China
Work engagement among older workers in the Philippines: challenges and interventions
Atypical pattern separation memory and its association with restricted interests and repetitive behaviors in autistic children
The use of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks in implementation research for medicinal products: A scoping review
The abyss of child sexual exploitation in Bolivia: ‘They told me that if I continued looking for my daughter, I was going to die’
Announcements of missing people at the police station at the La Paz Bus Terminal.
Our days are both rough and slippery. Hope brings traction
In its absence, we often grow listless, even court despair. I thus want to defend hope, underscore what we gain in its grip and lose when it dissolves. But I also want to buoy it, to buoy you. Hope is a dependent phenomenon and, while we cannot hope for one another, we can lift, lower or deflate spirits. Our days are both rough and slippery.
Indigenous kids allegedly called ‘cash cows’ of Ontario’s child-welfare system
More than 50 insiders from Ontario’s child welfare system have told Global News they believe for-profit group home companies are intentionally targeting or charging more to care for Indigenous youth – to increase revenue.
Contextual effects: how to, and how not to, quantify them
Brain Mechanisms of Pharmacotherapy in Opioid Use Disorder
Call for Abstracts: Challenging Structural Inequities in Education to Promote Positive Psychosocial Outcomes in Migration Diverse Societies (Deadline for 800-Words Letter of Intent Submission: 30 April)
Evidence 2.0: Exploring New Approaches for Applying Evidence in Active, Real-Time Decision-Making Environments
Predicting Outcomes of Antidepressant Treatment in Community Practice Settings
Music Therapy and Social Work Telehealth for Older Adult Well-Being (Melo-SWell)
Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy
Non-psychologist practitioners’ views of cognitive assessment reports: An evaluation of a learning disability child and adolescent mental health service
Political interference in higher education: Chapter action toolkit
The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities
Child Welfare Outcomes Report Data
Child Welfare Outcomes, an annual Report to Congress published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides information on state performance in seven categories of outcomes that are widely accepted performance objectives for child welfare practice. The Report also includes findings of analyses conducted on performance across states and over time.
Predictors of Retirement Voluntariness Using Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Data
“My Anxiety Was Through the Roof”: The Gendered Nature of Financial Stress and its Impact on Mental Health and Well-Being for Women When Undertaking Social Work Placements
Understanding Competition in Social Space: Religious Congregations in Manhattan, 1949 to 1999
From Hard Labor to Market Discipline: The Political Economy of Prison Work, 1974 to 2022
University of Calgary opens Alberta’s first on-campus addiction recovery space
The founder and director of the UCRC, Dr. Victoria Burns, is also an addiction-recovery researcher and Associate Professor with the university’s Faculty of Social Work.
Facilitators and Barriers of Bystander Intervention Intent in Image-Based Sexual Abuse Contexts: A Focus Group Study with a University Sample
Mental health social work practitioner research: A narrative review of papers published from one academic program
What are We Talking about When We are Talking about ‘Decolonising’ Social Work?
Intervention reduces likelihood of developing postpartum anxiety and depression by more than 70%
NIH-funded study shows prenatal mental health support is effective for women living in low-resource settings.
Sex Differences in the Relationship Between School Bullying Victimization and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Roles of Insecure Attachment
Cross-culturally adapting the GHQ-12 for use with refugee populations: Opportunities, dilemmas, and challenges
Racial Socialization Experiences Among 1.5 and 2nd Generation Indian Americans
Effect of Integrated Yoga as an add-on therapy in adults with clinical depression – A randomized controlled trial
Exploring the Mutual Benefits of Reciprocal Mentorship in a Community-Based Program: Fostering Community Cultural Wealth of Latino Students and Families
Police Shootings in Canada: An Empirical Analysis and Call for Data
Nearly 327,000 in U.S. Lived in Emergency and Transitional Shelters
Gendered Responses to Fear of Victimization? A Comparative Study of Students’ Precautionary and Avoidance Strategies in Suburban and Urban Contexts
A graphical method for causal program attribution in theory-based evaluation
CDC advisory panel says people 65 and older should get a Covid spring booster shot
Wallace said Covid hospitalizations are most common among people 65 and older; people 75 and older are most likely to die from the infection. Only about 40% of people 65 and older have received the 2023-2024 vaccine, according to CDC data.