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A comparative analysis of pharmacists’ perspectives on codeine use and misuse – a three country survey

Author: Carney, Tara ; Wells, John ; Parry, Charles D H ; McGuinness, Padraig ; Harris, Richard ; Van Hout, Marie C Date: 27 Mar 2018 Background The misuse of codeine is of increasing concern in a number of countries, particularly as this relates to over -the-counter pain and cough relief medication, and is also supplied as a prescription medicine. The study ... Read more c b
Adapting an evidence-based HIV behavioral intervention for South African couples

Author: Wechsberg, Wendee ; El-Bassel, Nabila ; Carney, Tara ; Browne, Felicia ; Myers, Bronwyn ; Zule, William Date: 2015 BACKGROUND: In South Africa, heterosexual couples are at risk for HIV infection and transmission through substance use, gender-based violence and traditional gender roles, and sex risk behaviors such as having multiple partners and unsafe ... Read more c b
Effectiveness of early interventions for substance-using adolescents: findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author: Carney, Tara ; Myers, Bronwyn Date: 2012 BACKGROUND: Information on the impact of available interventions that address adolescent substance use and delinquency can inform investment choices. This article aims to identify and evaluate early interventions that target adolescent substance ... Read more c b
Ethnic differences in alcohol and drug use and related sexual risks for HIV among vulnerable women in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for interventions

Author: Myers, Bronwyn ; Kline, Tracy ; Browne, Felicia ; Carney, Tara ; Parry, Charles ; Johnson, Kim ; Wechsberg, Wendee Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among poor Black African and Coloured women in South Africa compounds their sexual risk for HIV. Given South Africa's history of ethnic disparities, ethnic differences in sex risk profiles may exist ... Read more c b
Evidence-based screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment for substance-using adolescents with delinquent-type behaviours

Author: Carney, Tara Date: 2014 Background: Both substance use and delinquent-type behaviours are prevalent among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa. However, early interventions in developed countries for adolescents with similar problems are not available in many low ... Read more
I want to look like that : the role of ideal-type media in disordered eating behaviours

Author: Carney, Tara Date: 2003 The relationship between media exposure and disordered eating disordered behaviours is not without complexity and contestation in the existing literature. Much knowledge of this relationship in a sample of South African university students, ... Read more
Perceived need for substance use treatment among young women from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Myers, Bronwyn ; Kline, Tracy ; Doherty, Irene ; Carney, Tara ; Wechsberg, Wendee Date: 2014 BACKGROUND: Initiation of treatment for substance use disorders is low among young women from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Yet little is known about the factors that influence perceived need for treatment (a determinant ... Read more c b
Prejudice and social contact in South Africa: A study of integrated schools ten years after apartheid

Author: Holtman, Zelda ; Louw, Johann ; Tredoux, Colin ; Carney, Tara Date: 2005 In this article the relationship between intergroup contact and racial prejudice in formerly segregated schools in Cape Town, South Africa, is investigated. A total of 1 119 black African, coloured, Afrikaans-speaking and English-speaking ... Read more
The Young Women’s Health CoOp in Cape Town, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial for adolescent women at risk for HIV

Author: Wechsberg, Wendee M ; Browne, Felicia A ; Carney, Tara ; Myers, Bronwyn ; Minnis, Alexandra ; MacDonald, Robert ; Ndirangu, Jacqueline W ; Turner, Leslie B ; Howard, Brittni N ; Rodman, Nathaniel Date: 11 Jul 2018 Background South Africa remains the global epicentre of HIV infection, and adolescent women have the highest incidence of HIV in the country. South Africa also has high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, violence, and ... Read more

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