New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggests that adverse childhood experiences, often referred to as child maltreatment, are associated with increased odds of substance use among women urban Emergency Department (ED) patients. To study the question, the research scientists used a cross-sectional survey with 1,037 married […]
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Reducing Underage Drinking in California Indian Reservations: Community Awareness
Researchers from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, the Southern California Tribal Health Clinic, and the Scripps Research Institute joined to evaluate underage drinking prevention efforts for American Indian youths on rural California reservations. The evaluation found that high proportions of the Tribal communities took action to reduce underage […]
Proximity to the Southern Border and DUI Arrests in California
A new study from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation of DUI arrests in California shows that arrests increase as distance to the southern border decrease, and that this may be due to greater availability of alcohol in the border area. The article examines trends and population-level correlates […]
Recreational Cannabis Retail Sales, Alcohol-Intoxicated Customers, & Online Responsible Vendor Training
The growing availability of legal recreational cannabis has resulted in a greater prevalence of impaired driving which is especially risky when marijuana is consumed with alcohol. Some jurisdictions that have legalized the sale of recreational cannabis also have laws that prohibit sales of cannabis to alcohol-intoxicated customers. A new study tests whether training in responsible […]
Context Matters: Neighborhood Factors Associated with Heavier Drinking
People in wealthier neighborhoods drink alcohol twice as frequently as people in poorer areas, suggests a new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Studying neighborhoods in the East Bay of California, researchers compared 72 clusters of 200 […]
Reducing Neighborhood Crime: Place Management of Alcohol Outlets
Recent research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health suggests that neighborhood crime may be reduced by enhancing “place management” resources in and around off-premise alcohol sales outlets, particularly at small and independent stores. Place management is monitoring and controlling […]
Alcohol Marketing & Underage Drinking
A new study by a research team including scientists from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation provides a systematic review of research that examines relationships between exposure to alcohol marketing and alcohol use behaviors among adolescents and young adults. The researchers identified 38 cross-sectional studies that examined the relationship […]
Youth Exposure to Tobacco Outlets and Cigarette Smoking: Does Exposure in Activity Space Matter?
Is daily exposure to tobacco outlets related to youth cigarette smoking and the number of cigarettes smoked that day? A new study led by researchers at the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation explores these questions using real time data from 100 youth participants from 16-20 years old to assess […]
How do State Policies on Alcohol affect Pregnant Women and their Children?
Do state policies intended to reduce and eliminate alcohol use among pregnant women work? And, do the effects vary by pregnant women’s educational status? Research by a team with scientists from the Prevention Research Center at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation finds that the answer to the first question is that, overall, such […]
Recreational Marijuana Availability in Oregon and Use Among Adolescents
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggests that legalization and greater retail availability of recreational marijuana is positively associated with marijuana use among adolescents. The researchers investigated whether legalization of recreational marijuana sales in 2015 and retail availability of marijuana in Oregon counties were associated with […]
