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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
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Dembo, Richard; Shemwell, Marina; Guida, Julie; Schmeidler, James; Pacheco, Kimberly; Seeberger, William – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1998
Reports the results of five years of analysis examining the impact of the service of the Youth Support Project, a systems-based approach to improving the functioning of youths entering the juvenile justice system and their families (N=95). Results indicate that relationships exist between the various blocks of predictor variables and the different…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Delinquency, Demography, Drug Use Testing