Brenda M Booth
Biographic Data
| ID | 223976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brenda M Booth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brenda M |
| FAMILY NAME | Booth |
| SIGNATURE | BOOTH B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0102-6443 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social epidemiological mediators of rural and urban differences in perceived need for cocaine use treatment
< .05) mediators were as follows: ASI employment scores (-0.114), ASI legal scores (0.146), perceived treatment effectiveness (0.294), and PHQ-9 scores (0.113). To further reduce rural and urban disparities in perceived need for treatment, policymakers, treatment managers, and providers might consider programs that address cocaine users' underlying social epidemiological differences
The Relationship Between US Military Officer Leadership Behaviors and Risk of Sexual Assault of Reserve, National Guard, and Active Component Servicewomen in Nondeployed Locations
Objectives. To determine if military leader behaviors are associated with active component and Reserve–National Guard servicewomen’s risk of sexual assault in the military (SAIM) for nondeployed locations. Methods. A community sample of 1337 Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom–era Army and Air Force servicewomen completed telephone interviews (March 2010–December 2011) querying sociodemographic and military characteristics, sex…
Acceptability of HIV Testing Sites Among Rural and Urban African Americans Who Use Cocaine
Rural/Urban Residence, Access, and Perceived Need for Treatment Among African American Cocaine Users
OBJECTIVE: To examine how rural/urban residence, perceived access, and other factors impede or facilitate perceived need for drug use treatment, a concept closely linked to treatment utilization. STUDY DESIGN: Two hundred rural and 200 urban African American cocaine users who were not receiving treatment were recruited via Respondent-Driven Sampling and completed a structured in-person interview. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted…
Post–Sexual Assault Health Care Utilization Among OEF/OIF Servicewomen
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Few who experience sexual assault seek health care immediately. Yet many become heavy users of health care resources in the years postassault because sexual violence has been linked with both acute and chronic health consequences. Our objective was to investigate servicewomen's medical and mental health (MH) care utilization after sexual assault in-military (SAIM) and identify reasons for not seeking care. METHODS: In a…
Prevalence and Correlates of Cigarette Smoking Among Operation Iraqi Freedom-era and Operation Enduring Freedom-era Women From the Active Component Military and Reserve/National Guard
BACKGROUND: Tobacco use adversely affects the health and readiness of military personnel. Although rates of cigarette smoking have historically been elevated among men serving in the military, less is known about tobacco use in servicewomen. OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among women serving in the Active Component (AC) and Reserve/National Guard (RNG) as well as factors associated with starting to smoke durin…
Servicewomen’s Strategies to Staying Safe During Military Service
A Qualitative Analysis of Provider Barriers and Solutions to HIV Testing for Substance Users in a Small, Largely Rural Southern State
PURPOSE: Integrating HIV testing programs into substance use treatment is a promising avenue to help increase access to HIV testing for rural drug users. Yet few outpatient substance abuse treatment facilities in the United States provide HIV testing. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to incorporating HIV testing with substance use treatment from the perspectives of treatment and testing providers in Arkansas. METHODS: We used pu…
The Intersections of Gender and Power in Women Veterans' Experiences of Substance Use and Va Care
In this article, we show that the Veterans Health Administration (VA), similar to military organizations, is a gendered organization where women Veterans' experiences are embedded in and shaped by gender inequalities and structures of power. Based on an in-depth analysis of women Veterans' substance use histories and VA treatment seeking experiences, we illustrate how gender power dynamics are (re)produced and maintained through everyday social i…
Correlates of Sexual Functioning in Women Veterans
Military women are a unique population with occupational risks that may influence their sexual health, yet relatively little is known about specific correlates associated with servicewomen's sexual functioning. One thousand and four Midwestern U.S. women veterans aged 52 years of age and younger completed a telephone interview assessing sexual assault history, mental health, gynecologic health, and health-related quality of life. Half experienced…
Physical Health Status of Female Veterans
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether current physical health status in female veterans is associated with rape during military service and same-sex partnership. METHODS: Retrospective computer-assisted telephone interviews of 1004 Midwestern US female veterans identified from Veterans Affairs electronic records were conducted. Data included rape history including rape in military, sex partnership history, demographics, and me…
Evolving Comprehensive VA Women’s Health Care
A Longitudinal Analysis of Rural and Urban Veterans’ Health-Related Quality of Life
CONTEXT: Cross-sectional studies have identified rural-urban disparities in veterans' health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) scores. PURPOSE: To determine whether longitudinal analyses confirmed that these disparities in veterans' HRQOL scores persisted. METHODS: We obtained data from the SF-12 portion of the veterans health administration's (VA's) Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients (SHEP) collected between 2002 and 2006. During that ti…
Predictors of Depressive Symptomatology Among Rural Stimulant Users
This study examined sociodemographic and drug-related predictors of depressive symptoms among a rural, multistate sample of not-in-treatment stimulant drug users (n=710). Participants were recruited using respondent-driven sampling in Ohio, Arkansas, and Kentucky. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to measure symptoms of depression. Moderate to severe depressive symptomatology was reported by 43.0% of the sample. Cumulative logisti…
Tweaking and Geeking, Just Having Soine Fun”
There is a body of methamphetamine-themed poetry that speaks regretfully of the highly negative experiences of those in recovery from methamphetamine (MA) addiction or who feel trapped in an MA-using lifestyle. During ethnographic research in western Kentucky, the author collected two MA-themed poems from active MA users that differ from other MA poetry. They describe misadventures that occur during MA "binges." However, the text and tone of the …
Childhood Conduct Problems and Other Early Risk Factors in Rural Adult Stimulant Users
Context: Understanding childhood risk factors associated with adult substance use and legal problems is important for treatment and prevention. Purpose: To examine the relationship of early substance use, conduct problems before age 15, and family history of substance abuse on adult outcomes in rural, stimulant users. Methods: Adult cocaine and methamphetamine users (N = 544) in rural Arkansas and Kentucky were interviewed. Data were analyzed usi…
Young Adult, Rural, African American Stimulant Users
Early initiation of substance use appears to be an alarming trend among rural minorities. This study focuses on 18- to 21-year-old African American stimulant users in the Arkansas Mississippi Delta. Most participants had no high school diploma and were unemployed; 74.5% had already been arrested. Substance use was initiated early and nearly all of the men and three-quarters of the women already met criteria for lifetime abuse or dependence. Only …
An Ethnographic Exploration of Self-Reported Violence Among Rural Methamphetamine Users
Baseline and follow-up qualitative interviews with methamphetamine users in rural Kentucky and Arkansas examined their involvement in drug-related violence. Twelve baseline participants reported methamphetamine-related violence, whereas 20 reported violence linked to other substances. In follow-up interviews conducted 12 to 24 months later, four participants reported methamphetamine-related violence and three reported violence associated with oth…
Trajectories of Methamphetamine Use in the Rural South
This paper describes trajectories of methamphetamine (MA) use among participants in a longitudinal study in rural Arkansas and Kentucky. Thirty-nine baseline qualitative interviews were conducted with active MA users. Twenty-four participants were interviewed again from 12 to 24 months later. At follow-up, 13 participants reported quitting MA use, six had reduced MA use, and five were using the drug at approximately baseline levels. Two participa…
Barriers to Formal Drug Abuse Treatment in the Rural South
This article describes barriers to obtaining drug abuse treatment in the rural South using qualitative interviews conducted with 86 illicit stimulant users recruited in rural Arkansas and Kentucky between 2003 and 2005. Fifty-nine (69.0%) of the interviewees had never entered drug abuse treatment. Sixteen (19.0%) participants reported current perceived need for treatment, while seven (8%) were ambivalent about seeking it. Interview data suggest f…
Rural, Suburban, and Urban Variations in Alcohol Consumption in the United States
Context: Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem nationally, but little research has investigated drinking patterns by rurality of residence. Purpose: To describe the prevalence of abstinence, alcohol use disorders, and risky drinking in rural, suburban, and urban areas of the United States. Methods: Analyses of the 2001‐2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) were conducted to estimate prevalenc…
Physical Health, Illicit Drug Use, and Demographic Characteristics in Rural Stimulant Users
Context: There is growing concern about illicit rural stimulant use, especially regarding methamphetamine use and its health consequences. Purpose: The present study describes associations between aspects of stimulant use and illness experience in rural areas, with additional focus on the role of demographic characteristics in these associations. Methods: The research participants were 710 stimulant drug users who were recruited from rural areas …
Research on Rural Residence and Access to Drug Abuse Services
Context: Illicit drug use is common in rural areas, but very little research has investigated rural populations' access to drug abuse services. Purpose: To describe the current state of the scientific literature on access to drug abuse services in rural areas and suggest directions for future research. Methods: We performed a literature review of published articles on rural drug abuse services and summarized the findings according to potential, r…
Kentucky Rural Stimulant Use
Population based surveys suggest that methamphetamine use is increasing. However, little is known about stimulant use in rural areas. Given the lack of data regarding rural stimulant use, particularly methamphetamine use, and the continuing problems associated with stimulant drug use, the purpose of this study was to examine rural stimulant use in Kentucky. Of 225 rural stimulant-using participants surveyed, 76% (n = 170) reported lifetime use of…
The Role of African-American Clergy in Providing Informal Services to Drug Users in the Rural South
To date, no ethnographic studies of the role of African-American clergy in providing informal services to drug users in the rural South have been reported. We use qualitative interviews with 15 African-American ministers and 26 African-American drug users in Arkansas' Mississippi River Delta region to explore this issue. All drug users reported significant religiosity, and 9 had discussed drug problems with clergy. Every minister had provided ass…
Investigation of a model for the initiation of breastfeeding in primigravida women
The Relationship Between US Military Officer Leadership Behaviors and Risk of Sexual Assault of Reserve, National Guard, and Active Component Servicewomen in Nondeployed Locations
Objectives. To determine if military leader behaviors are associated with active component and Reserve–National Guard servicewomen’s risk of sexual assault in the military (SAIM) for nondeployed locations. Methods. A community sample of 1337 Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom–era Army and Air Force servicewomen completed telephone interviews (March 2010–December 2011) querying sociodemographic and military characteristics, sex…
Servicewomen’s Strategies to Staying Safe During Military Service
The Intersections of Gender and Power in Women Veterans' Experiences of Substance Use and Va Care
In this article, we show that the Veterans Health Administration (VA), similar to military organizations, is a gendered organization where women Veterans' experiences are embedded in and shaped by gender inequalities and structures of power. Based on an in-depth analysis of women Veterans' substance use histories and VA treatment seeking experiences, we illustrate how gender power dynamics are (re)produced and maintained through everyday social i…
Investigation of a model for the initiation of breastfeeding in primigravida women
The relationship between mortality and intensity of inpatient alcoholism treatment
OBJECTIVES. Previous studies have examined mortality in alcoholics receiving extended inpatient alcoholism treatment, but few have investigated less intense treatment. This study examined mortality within 3 years after discharge from varying intensities of inpatient alcoholism treatment. METHODS. Using the computerized database of the Department of Veterans Affairs, we identified men participating in varying intensities of inpatient alcoholism tr…
Personality, Social Networks, and Perceived Social Support among Alcoholics
In this study we tested relations among personality characteristics, social network properties, and perceived social support both concurrently and prospectively. A sample of 294 men in treatment at a Department of Veterans Affairs Alcohol Treatment Unit was assessed during treatment and 3 months after discharge. Results of the cross‐sectional structural equation analyses indicated that the personality characteristics of extraversion and neu‐rotic…
Depressive Disorders and Alcohol Dependence in a Community Population
Rural‐Urban Differences in Health Care Benefits of a Community‐Based Sample of At‐Risk Drinkers
Context: Different types of health plan costcontainment strategies (eg, gatekeeping, selective contracting, and cost‐sharing) may affect the utilization of behavioral health services differently in urban and rural areas Purpose: This research compares the cost‐containment strategies used by the health plans of insured at‐risk drinkers residing in rural and urban areas Methods: A screening instrument for at‐risk drinking was administered by phone …
Barriers and Pathways to Diffusion of Methamphetamine Use Among African Americans in the Rural South
There are no studies of African Americans methamphetamine use in the South where it is widespread among whites. We describe factors that inhibit or facilitate the diffusion of methamphetamine use among African Americans based on qualitative interviews with 86 drug users in rural Arkansas and Kentucky. Results suggest low prevalence of methamphetamine use among African Americans, and interviewees cited several barriers to its diffusion which were …
The Role of African-American Clergy in Providing Informal Services to Drug Users in the Rural South
To date, no ethnographic studies of the role of African-American clergy in providing informal services to drug users in the rural South have been reported. We use qualitative interviews with 15 African-American ministers and 26 African-American drug users in Arkansas' Mississippi River Delta region to explore this issue. All drug users reported significant religiosity, and 9 had discussed drug problems with clergy. Every minister had provided ass…
Methamphetamine Use and Adverse Consequences in the Rural Southern United States
Research on methamphetamine use and related issues often uses data from in-treatment and post-treatment populations in urban areas. Rural ethnographic studies are less common, particularly self-assessments by active methamphetamine users that explore use patterns and their adverse consequences. Such work is especially rare in the rural South, where illicit methamphetamine manufacture and use have recently been increasing. This article presents an…
Rural, Suburban, and Urban Variations in Alcohol Consumption in the United States
Context: Alcohol consumption is a major public health problem nationally, but little research has investigated drinking patterns by rurality of residence. Purpose: To describe the prevalence of abstinence, alcohol use disorders, and risky drinking in rural, suburban, and urban areas of the United States. Methods: Analyses of the 2001‐2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) were conducted to estimate prevalenc…
Physical Health, Illicit Drug Use, and Demographic Characteristics in Rural Stimulant Users
Context: There is growing concern about illicit rural stimulant use, especially regarding methamphetamine use and its health consequences. Purpose: The present study describes associations between aspects of stimulant use and illness experience in rural areas, with additional focus on the role of demographic characteristics in these associations. Methods: The research participants were 710 stimulant drug users who were recruited from rural areas …
Research on Rural Residence and Access to Drug Abuse Services
Context: Illicit drug use is common in rural areas, but very little research has investigated rural populations' access to drug abuse services. Purpose: To describe the current state of the scientific literature on access to drug abuse services in rural areas and suggest directions for future research. Methods: We performed a literature review of published articles on rural drug abuse services and summarized the findings according to potential, r…
Kentucky Rural Stimulant Use
Population based surveys suggest that methamphetamine use is increasing. However, little is known about stimulant use in rural areas. Given the lack of data regarding rural stimulant use, particularly methamphetamine use, and the continuing problems associated with stimulant drug use, the purpose of this study was to examine rural stimulant use in Kentucky. Of 225 rural stimulant-using participants surveyed, 76% (n = 170) reported lifetime use of…
Trajectories of Methamphetamine Use in the Rural South
This paper describes trajectories of methamphetamine (MA) use among participants in a longitudinal study in rural Arkansas and Kentucky. Thirty-nine baseline qualitative interviews were conducted with active MA users. Twenty-four participants were interviewed again from 12 to 24 months later. At follow-up, 13 participants reported quitting MA use, six had reduced MA use, and five were using the drug at approximately baseline levels. Two participa…
Barriers to Formal Drug Abuse Treatment in the Rural South
This article describes barriers to obtaining drug abuse treatment in the rural South using qualitative interviews conducted with 86 illicit stimulant users recruited in rural Arkansas and Kentucky between 2003 and 2005. Fifty-nine (69.0%) of the interviewees had never entered drug abuse treatment. Sixteen (19.0%) participants reported current perceived need for treatment, while seven (8%) were ambivalent about seeking it. Interview data suggest f…
Childhood Conduct Problems and Other Early Risk Factors in Rural Adult Stimulant Users
Context: Understanding childhood risk factors associated with adult substance use and legal problems is important for treatment and prevention. Purpose: To examine the relationship of early substance use, conduct problems before age 15, and family history of substance abuse on adult outcomes in rural, stimulant users. Methods: Adult cocaine and methamphetamine users (N = 544) in rural Arkansas and Kentucky were interviewed. Data were analyzed usi…
Young Adult, Rural, African American Stimulant Users
Early initiation of substance use appears to be an alarming trend among rural minorities. This study focuses on 18- to 21-year-old African American stimulant users in the Arkansas Mississippi Delta. Most participants had no high school diploma and were unemployed; 74.5% had already been arrested. Substance use was initiated early and nearly all of the men and three-quarters of the women already met criteria for lifetime abuse or dependence. Only …
An Ethnographic Exploration of Self-Reported Violence Among Rural Methamphetamine Users
Baseline and follow-up qualitative interviews with methamphetamine users in rural Kentucky and Arkansas examined their involvement in drug-related violence. Twelve baseline participants reported methamphetamine-related violence, whereas 20 reported violence linked to other substances. In follow-up interviews conducted 12 to 24 months later, four participants reported methamphetamine-related violence and three reported violence associated with oth…
A Longitudinal Analysis of Rural and Urban Veterans’ Health-Related Quality of Life
CONTEXT: Cross-sectional studies have identified rural-urban disparities in veterans' health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) scores. PURPOSE: To determine whether longitudinal analyses confirmed that these disparities in veterans' HRQOL scores persisted. METHODS: We obtained data from the SF-12 portion of the veterans health administration's (VA's) Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients (SHEP) collected between 2002 and 2006. During that ti…
Predictors of Depressive Symptomatology Among Rural Stimulant Users
This study examined sociodemographic and drug-related predictors of depressive symptoms among a rural, multistate sample of not-in-treatment stimulant drug users (n=710). Participants were recruited using respondent-driven sampling in Ohio, Arkansas, and Kentucky. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to measure symptoms of depression. Moderate to severe depressive symptomatology was reported by 43.0% of the sample. Cumulative logisti…
Tweaking and Geeking, Just Having Soine Fun”
There is a body of methamphetamine-themed poetry that speaks regretfully of the highly negative experiences of those in recovery from methamphetamine (MA) addiction or who feel trapped in an MA-using lifestyle. During ethnographic research in western Kentucky, the author collected two MA-themed poems from active MA users that differ from other MA poetry. They describe misadventures that occur during MA "binges." However, the text and tone of the …
Evolving Comprehensive VA Women’s Health Care
Correlates of Sexual Functioning in Women Veterans
Military women are a unique population with occupational risks that may influence their sexual health, yet relatively little is known about specific correlates associated with servicewomen's sexual functioning. One thousand and four Midwestern U.S. women veterans aged 52 years of age and younger completed a telephone interview assessing sexual assault history, mental health, gynecologic health, and health-related quality of life. Half experienced…
Physical Health Status of Female Veterans
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether current physical health status in female veterans is associated with rape during military service and same-sex partnership. METHODS: Retrospective computer-assisted telephone interviews of 1004 Midwestern US female veterans identified from Veterans Affairs electronic records were conducted. Data included rape history including rape in military, sex partnership history, demographics, and me…
A Qualitative Analysis of Provider Barriers and Solutions to HIV Testing for Substance Users in a Small, Largely Rural Southern State
PURPOSE: Integrating HIV testing programs into substance use treatment is a promising avenue to help increase access to HIV testing for rural drug users. Yet few outpatient substance abuse treatment facilities in the United States provide HIV testing. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to incorporating HIV testing with substance use treatment from the perspectives of treatment and testing providers in Arkansas. METHODS: We used pu…
The Intersections of Gender and Power in Women Veterans' Experiences of Substance Use and Va Care
In this article, we show that the Veterans Health Administration (VA), similar to military organizations, is a gendered organization where women Veterans' experiences are embedded in and shaped by gender inequalities and structures of power. Based on an in-depth analysis of women Veterans' substance use histories and VA treatment seeking experiences, we illustrate how gender power dynamics are (re)produced and maintained through everyday social i…
Medicine (30 works) · Psychiatry (22 works) · Psychology (21 works) · Environmental health (17 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (17 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Rural area (8 works)