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Cunniff, Judith; Cunniff, Daniel T.; Kay, Kenneth D. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
There is a drug crisis in the United States that is growing at an alarming rate. Its participants work in our businesses, government agencies, and schools. California leads the nation in drug use and until recently, Fresno County was the leader in methamphetamine production. This drug crisis is having a paralyzing effect causing loss of income,…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Stimulants, Social Problems, Prevention
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Kerker, Bonnie D.; Horwitz, Sarah M.; Leventhal, John M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: This study's aim was to determine how patients' and providers' characteristics affect hospital providers' decisions to screen pregnant and postpartum women for illicit substances. Methods: A retrospective design was used. Participants included all low-income women (N=1,100) who delivered at an urban teaching hospital over a 12-month…
Descriptors: Patients, Predictor Variables, Substance Abuse, Pregnancy
Miller, Edward, Ed. – Harvard Education Letter, 1995
This document is comprised of volume 11 of the Harvard Education Letter, published bimonthly and addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in the volume's six issues are: (1) January-February--"The Old Model of Staff Development Survives in a World Where Everything Else Has Changed" (Miller), "Giving…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making