Re-examining alcohol problems among American Indian communities
... related to other factors such as gender, age, and marital status." Although the study found higher rates of alcohol dependence among men in both tribes than in the NCS sample, NP women had lifetime rates of DSM-III-R alcohol dependence twice that of NCS women; whereas SW women had rates very similar to thos...First peer-support helpline for people concerned about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
...ience more closely resembles the caller's by age, marital and family status, and by choice of action some women choose surgery as an option, others do not. Medical questions will not be answered by helpline volunteers. Instead, callers will be referred to the nearest sources of clinical expertise, includ...After bypass surgery, women have worse quality of life than men
...atient characteristics as age, years of education, marital status, other diseases, hypertension, diabetes, race and baseline quality of life and cognitive scores. "The female patients showed significantly worse outcomes than male patients after one year in several key areas of quality of life," Phillips-Bute...How couples manage parenting forecasts later marital quality, study finds
...mpleted questionnaires about how they viewed their marital relationship. When the researchers observed the pa...there was no close relationship between a couple's marital relationship and coparenting relationship, Schoppe-Sullivan said. In other words, couples may have h...New study adds weight to link between passive smoking and death
...taking into account differences in age, ethnicity, marital status, and socioeconomic position. This finding is consistent with previous studies in this area, but is more precisely measured due to being based on a large study, say the authors. Despite some limitations, the results from this study add to the ...Socio-economic factors sway African-Americans
...arisons factor in gender, educational levels, age, marital status and geographic region, says Dr. Gary King, associate professor of biobehavioral health in the College of Health and Human Development. "Disparities in quitting rates between the two groups are strongly influenced by socioeconomic status and d...News tips for Sunday, November 7, 2004
...erkman Social Network Index to gauge the impact of marital status and the support of friends, relatives, chur...ng for variables, strong social support (excluding marital status) was associated with lower blood pressure in both sexes. Reduced social support was linked t...Immigration & psychiatric disorders
...1.7 percent). After controlling for age, sex, marital status, place of residence, geographic region, education, and family income, the authors examined relationships among the four comparison groups and each psychiatric disorder. They determined that, with few exceptions, risk for all the psychiatric di...Drinking and spousal abuse by male US Army soldiers
...1,786 "controls" who were matched on gender, rank, marital status and had also completed an HRA. "We chose to focus on Army soldiers primarily because we have extensive data available to study them both before and after the abuse event," said Bell. "We were able to examine the stability of the relationship ...Generation gap found in chronic pain
...ed with their pain, and for differences in gender, marital status and education, the effects remained. Why the gap? A combination of generational characteristics and attitudes, life experiences and age-related health expectations may be at play, though more research is needed to find out, say Green and her ...Study links racial and ethnic gap in youth violence to social factors
...ypes of neighborhoods where young people live, the marital status of their parents, and whether they are firs...as explained by neighborhood environment, parents' marital status and immigrant status. Latinos are less likely than whites to engage in violent behavior, and ......disability, sexual orientation, political opinion, marital status, and families -- but crucially does not include class or poor/rich dimensions. Children and childcare: why has there not been the same commitment to children's early years in Northern Ireland as in England and Wales? Sure Start has been unde...Social Security reform proposals raise concerns for older women
...nerable women. Also, benefits distributed based on marital status are not as effective at protecting poorer women - as well as a new generation of women that is less likely to be married - than are minimum benefits where eligibility is tied to U.S. residency or simple Social Security eligibility. The resear...'Marital strain' increases women's risk of death, heart disease
...her social and demographic characteristics such as marital strain in the Framingham, Mass., community. Previous studies have shown a link between levels of marital strain and the health of people with heart disease. However, few studies have looked into the effec...Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
... heart patients. Because strong social support and marital relationships promote physical well-being, "My view is that it is much more important for people to maintain good personal and sexual relationships than it is to worry about this small increase in risk," Steptoe says." Emotional distress, along with...Cultural and social factors influence prostate cancer treatment
...ncer Society, finds non-medical variables, such as marital status, high school education, and race/ethnicity may play a larger role in patients' treatment decisions than previously believed. Prostate cancer is now detected earlier than ever because of the introduction of a simple blood test in 1987 called ...