Michael J Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3610977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael J Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael J |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1977-5909 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Variations in antibiotic prescribing among children enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid, 2013‐2019
PURPOSE: The majority of pediatric antibiotic prescribing occurs in the outpatient setting and inappropriate use contributes to antimicrobial resistance. There are regional variations in outpatient antibiotic use with the highest rates occurring in the Southern states, including in Appalachia. The purpose of this study was to describe the rates and risk factors for inappropriate antibiotic prescription among pediatric patients enrolled in North C…
Can Veterans Experience Acculturative Stress
Presently, the bulk of research and theory on the veteran population has remained narrowly focused on correlates of psychopathology associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To date, inadequate research has explored understanding the broader category of transitional difficulties (including intercultural interactions, individual cultural identity, societal cultural values, social support loss, and cultural language fluency) and possibl…
Health Effects of Policing in Hospitals: A Narrative Review
Antibiotic prescribing to Kentucky Medicaid children, 2012‐2017: Prescribing is higher in rural areas
PURPOSE: Antibiotic resistance is a major public health threat. Antibiotic use is the main driver of resistance, with children and the state of Kentucky having particularly high rates of outpatient antibiotic prescribing. The purpose of this study was to describe patient and provider characteristics associated with pediatric antibiotic use in Kentucky Medicaid children. METHODS: We used Medicaid prescription claims data from 2012 to 2017 to descr…
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Hospital-Treated Self-Harm
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been implicated in a range of negative health outcomes in adulthood, including increased suicide mortality. In this study, we explored the relationship between ACEs and hospital-treated self-harm. Specifically, we investigated whether those who had a history of repeat self-harm reported more ACEs than those who had self-harmed for the first time. Patients ( n = 189) admitted to two hospitals in Glasgow (U…
Theology Mediating Social Capital: Ordinary Theology, Motivation and Relationships
The concept of social capital and its use as a sociological tool has received considerable attention and continues to provide insights into various aspects of community life. Social capital offers a means to study beneficial and detrimental aspects of relationships away from economic or rationalist reduction. Although social capital and religious affiliation has seen significant attention in the literature, there has been little research into the…
Providers’ Behaviors and Beliefs on Prescribing Antipsychotic Medication to Children: A Qualitative Study
Is there a link between childhood adversity, attachment style and Scotland’s excess mortality? Evidence, challenges and potential research
Attachment processes are a fundamental part of human development, and have a profound influence on adult personality and behaviour, especially in response to stressors. Many studies have also shown that childhood adversity is correlated with adult morbidity and mortality. The interplay between childhood adversity and attachment is complex and not fully elucidated, but will include socio-economic, intergenerational and psychological factors. Impor…
Explaining the excess mortality in Scotland compared with England: Pooling of 18 cohort studies
BACKGROUND: Mortality in Scotland is higher than in the rest of west and central Europe and is improving more slowly. Relative to England and Wales, the excess is only partially explained by area deprivation. We tested the extent to which sociodemographic, behavioural, anthropometric and biological factors explain the higher mortality in Scotland compared with England. METHODS: Pooled data from 18 nationally representative cohort studies comprisi…
Knowledge Gains Following a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Among Urban Students: A Cluster-Randomized Evaluation
Objectives. We evaluated a school-based child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention program, Safe Touches, in a low–socioeconomic status, racially diverse sample. Methods. Participants were 492 second- and third-grade students at 6 public elementary schools in New York City. The study period spanned fall 2012 through summer 2014. We cluster-randomized classrooms to the Safe Touches intervention or control groups and assessed outcomes with the Children’s …
Doctor and Pharmacy Shopping for Controlled Substances
BACKGROUND: Prescription drug abuse is a major health concern nationwide, with West Virginia having one of the highest prescription drug death rates in the United States. Studies are lacking that compare living subjects with persons who died from drug overdose for evidence of doctor and pharmacy shopping for controlled substances. The study objectives were to compare deceased and living subjects in West Virginia for evidence of prior doctor and p…
Relations with the Rest of the World
The Church of Scotland and the Funeral Industry in Nineteenth-century Edinburgh
This article deals with the relationship between the Church of Scotland, the private sector and the local state in the provision of funeral arrangements and burial sites in Edinburgh in the nineteenth century. The first section introduces the status of the Kirk as upholder of tradition and provider of charity in relation to the funeral day. Next, state intervention will be considered, initially in the form of the introduction of the 1832 Anatomy …
Right Directions, Wrong Maps: Understanding the Involvement of Low-SES African American Parents to Enlist Them as Partners in College Choice
Research extols the benefits of parent involvement in college choice, but low-SES African American parents are unable to match efforts of wealthier parents. This qualitative study found that in their communities the high school diploma was the normative credential for upward mobility. To this end, parents used narratives of struggle to motivate their children while utilizing maps that charted the course to high school completion. Findings suggest…
Utilization and Costs of Injury-related Acute Care Services Among Children and Adolescents in a State Medicaid Program
Mary Woods
African American Parents in the Search Stage of College Choice: Unintentional Contributions to the Female to Male College Enrollment Gap
A serious imbalance exists in today's African American undergraduate student population in which the number of women far outnumber the number of men. Although at the macro level, political, sociological, and economic forces frame this gender enrollment gap, scant research has explored microlevel influences such as parents and parenting. This study uses a qualitative methodology and Hossler's model of college choice to examine African American par…
The School Leadership Initiative: An Ethically Flawed Project
This paper considers the conception of leadership and management found in the UK government’s school leadership initiative. It contrasts earlier ‘scientific’ theory with the more recent ‘humanistic’ theory on which the initiative appears to be based, and finds that they share significant features and flaws. Moreover, despite the moral tone of the new initiative, it finds on examination that it is based on an emotivist theory of ethics that in pra…
Humanitarian Intervention: An Overview of the Ethical Issues
The capacity to focus on the issue of humanitarian intervention represents what Joel Rosenthal has noted as the maturation of the field of ethics and international affairs. If nothing else, the debate surrounding this vexed issue has demonstrated that we have left behind the so-called oxymoron problem: there is no reason now to be defensive about bracketing the terms “ethics” and “international relations.” One can hardly talk about Bosnia, Rwanda…
Social Workers' Experience of Distress--Moving Towards Change
Recognizing the current concern relating to social workers facing distressing experiences, a qualitative research investigation was undertaken which asked workers of grade 3 or above within a social services department to recall one distressing experience encountered in their working life. Each was asked to describe the experience and recount the immediate and longer term impacts of the experience. They were then asked to evaluate what had been h…
Moving in Harmony with Nature's Laws”: Sport Leisure, and Health in Victorian North America
In Victorian North America there was a general acceptance of the importance of a harmonious balance between the mental, moral, and physical faculties. Health reformers claimed that this state was not only natural, but that health could only be attained and maintained through adherence to Nature's laws. They extended that argument and claimed that the human body was a metaphor for the body politic, and both were in dire need of Nature's therapeuti…
Realist Thought from Weber to Kissinger
Journal Article Realist Thought from Weber to Kissinger. By Michael Joseph Smith. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. xiii + 256 pp. $30.00.) Get access Lester H. Brune Lester H. Brune Bradley University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Pages 1360–1361, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894470 Published: 01 March 1988
The Yorkville Emergency Alliance: One Community's Response to the Federal Budget Reductions
A case study of one community's response to the Reagan budget cutbacks reveals the strengths and weaknesses of local voluntary initiatives for funding social services and replacing federal funds. The development and growth of the Yorkville Emergency Alliance is described as a private initiative of citizens living in a wealthy area of New York City. In about one and a half years, this group of residents raised over a quarter of a million dollars t…
America's Changing Role(s) in the Middle East
The Effectiveness of Social Care for the Elderly: An Overview of Recent and Current Evaluative Research . E. Matilda Goldberg , Naomi Connelly
Humanitarian Intervention: An Overview of the Ethical Issues
The capacity to focus on the issue of humanitarian intervention represents what Joel Rosenthal has noted as the maturation of the field of ethics and international affairs. If nothing else, the debate surrounding this vexed issue has demonstrated that we have left behind the so-called oxymoron problem: there is no reason now to be defensive about bracketing the terms “ethics” and “international relations.” One can hardly talk about Bosnia, Rwanda…
Right Directions, Wrong Maps: Understanding the Involvement of Low-SES African American Parents to Enlist Them as Partners in College Choice
Research extols the benefits of parent involvement in college choice, but low-SES African American parents are unable to match efforts of wealthier parents. This qualitative study found that in their communities the high school diploma was the normative credential for upward mobility. To this end, parents used narratives of struggle to motivate their children while utilizing maps that charted the course to high school completion. Findings suggest…
African American Parents in the Search Stage of College Choice: Unintentional Contributions to the Female to Male College Enrollment Gap
A serious imbalance exists in today's African American undergraduate student population in which the number of women far outnumber the number of men. Although at the macro level, political, sociological, and economic forces frame this gender enrollment gap, scant research has explored microlevel influences such as parents and parenting. This study uses a qualitative methodology and Hossler's model of college choice to examine African American par…
Social Workers' Experience of Distress--Moving Towards Change
Recognizing the current concern relating to social workers facing distressing experiences, a qualitative research investigation was undertaken which asked workers of grade 3 or above within a social services department to recall one distressing experience encountered in their working life. Each was asked to describe the experience and recount the immediate and longer term impacts of the experience. They were then asked to evaluate what had been h…
Knowledge Gains Following a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Among Urban Students: A Cluster-Randomized Evaluation
Objectives. We evaluated a school-based child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention program, Safe Touches, in a low–socioeconomic status, racially diverse sample. Methods. Participants were 492 second- and third-grade students at 6 public elementary schools in New York City. The study period spanned fall 2012 through summer 2014. We cluster-randomized classrooms to the Safe Touches intervention or control groups and assessed outcomes with the Children’s …
Relations with the Rest of the World
The Church of Scotland and the Funeral Industry in Nineteenth-century Edinburgh
This article deals with the relationship between the Church of Scotland, the private sector and the local state in the provision of funeral arrangements and burial sites in Edinburgh in the nineteenth century. The first section introduces the status of the Kirk as upholder of tradition and provider of charity in relation to the funeral day. Next, state intervention will be considered, initially in the form of the introduction of the 1832 Anatomy …
The School Leadership Initiative: An Ethically Flawed Project
This paper considers the conception of leadership and management found in the UK government’s school leadership initiative. It contrasts earlier ‘scientific’ theory with the more recent ‘humanistic’ theory on which the initiative appears to be based, and finds that they share significant features and flaws. Moreover, despite the moral tone of the new initiative, it finds on examination that it is based on an emotivist theory of ethics that in pra…
Realist Thought from Weber to Kissinger
Journal Article Realist Thought from Weber to Kissinger. By Michael Joseph Smith. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. xiii + 256 pp. $30.00.) Get access Lester H. Brune Lester H. Brune Bradley University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Pages 1360–1361, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894470 Published: 01 March 1988
Providers’ Behaviors and Beliefs on Prescribing Antipsychotic Medication to Children: A Qualitative Study
Explaining the excess mortality in Scotland compared with England: Pooling of 18 cohort studies
BACKGROUND: Mortality in Scotland is higher than in the rest of west and central Europe and is improving more slowly. Relative to England and Wales, the excess is only partially explained by area deprivation. We tested the extent to which sociodemographic, behavioural, anthropometric and biological factors explain the higher mortality in Scotland compared with England. METHODS: Pooled data from 18 nationally representative cohort studies comprisi…
America's Changing Role(s) in the Middle East
Walton 1
Christ Rising Again from the Dead
A Question about Parental Visiting and Foster Care
Social Welfare Agencies and Social Reform Movements: The Case of the Single Parent Family
To a greater extent than before, social welfare agencies are emphasizing social change over direct services. A social reform movement is a mechanism by which societal and institutional change may be accomplished. The relationship between social welfare organizations and social movements has not been clearly defined. The sociological theories of Smelser, Turner, Killian and others on collective behavior and social movements provide a useful knowle…
Social R & D: Research and Development in the Human Services . Jack Rothman
The Effectiveness of Social Care for the Elderly: An Overview of Recent and Current Evaluative Research . E. Matilda Goldberg , Naomi Connelly
The Yorkville Emergency Alliance: One Community's Response to the Federal Budget Reductions
A case study of one community's response to the Reagan budget cutbacks reveals the strengths and weaknesses of local voluntary initiatives for funding social services and replacing federal funds. The development and growth of the Yorkville Emergency Alliance is described as a private initiative of citizens living in a wealthy area of New York City. In about one and a half years, this group of residents raised over a quarter of a million dollars t…
America's Changing Role(s) in the Middle East
Realist Thought from Weber to Kissinger
Journal Article Realist Thought from Weber to Kissinger. By Michael Joseph Smith. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. xiii + 256 pp. $30.00.) Get access Lester H. Brune Lester H. Brune Bradley University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Pages 1360–1361, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894470 Published: 01 March 1988
Moving in Harmony with Nature's Laws”: Sport Leisure, and Health in Victorian North America
In Victorian North America there was a general acceptance of the importance of a harmonious balance between the mental, moral, and physical faculties. Health reformers claimed that this state was not only natural, but that health could only be attained and maintained through adherence to Nature's laws. They extended that argument and claimed that the human body was a metaphor for the body politic, and both were in dire need of Nature's therapeuti…
Humanitarian Intervention: An Overview of the Ethical Issues
The capacity to focus on the issue of humanitarian intervention represents what Joel Rosenthal has noted as the maturation of the field of ethics and international affairs. If nothing else, the debate surrounding this vexed issue has demonstrated that we have left behind the so-called oxymoron problem: there is no reason now to be defensive about bracketing the terms “ethics” and “international relations.” One can hardly talk about Bosnia, Rwanda…
Social Workers' Experience of Distress--Moving Towards Change
Recognizing the current concern relating to social workers facing distressing experiences, a qualitative research investigation was undertaken which asked workers of grade 3 or above within a social services department to recall one distressing experience encountered in their working life. Each was asked to describe the experience and recount the immediate and longer term impacts of the experience. They were then asked to evaluate what had been h…
The School Leadership Initiative: An Ethically Flawed Project
This paper considers the conception of leadership and management found in the UK government’s school leadership initiative. It contrasts earlier ‘scientific’ theory with the more recent ‘humanistic’ theory on which the initiative appears to be based, and finds that they share significant features and flaws. Moreover, despite the moral tone of the new initiative, it finds on examination that it is based on an emotivist theory of ethics that in pra…
African American Parents in the Search Stage of College Choice: Unintentional Contributions to the Female to Male College Enrollment Gap
A serious imbalance exists in today's African American undergraduate student population in which the number of women far outnumber the number of men. Although at the macro level, political, sociological, and economic forces frame this gender enrollment gap, scant research has explored microlevel influences such as parents and parenting. This study uses a qualitative methodology and Hossler's model of college choice to examine African American par…
Utilization and Costs of Injury-related Acute Care Services Among Children and Adolescents in a State Medicaid Program
Mary Woods
The Church of Scotland and the Funeral Industry in Nineteenth-century Edinburgh
This article deals with the relationship between the Church of Scotland, the private sector and the local state in the provision of funeral arrangements and burial sites in Edinburgh in the nineteenth century. The first section introduces the status of the Kirk as upholder of tradition and provider of charity in relation to the funeral day. Next, state intervention will be considered, initially in the form of the introduction of the 1832 Anatomy …
Right Directions, Wrong Maps: Understanding the Involvement of Low-SES African American Parents to Enlist Them as Partners in College Choice
Research extols the benefits of parent involvement in college choice, but low-SES African American parents are unable to match efforts of wealthier parents. This qualitative study found that in their communities the high school diploma was the normative credential for upward mobility. To this end, parents used narratives of struggle to motivate their children while utilizing maps that charted the course to high school completion. Findings suggest…
Relations with the Rest of the World
Doctor and Pharmacy Shopping for Controlled Substances
BACKGROUND: Prescription drug abuse is a major health concern nationwide, with West Virginia having one of the highest prescription drug death rates in the United States. Studies are lacking that compare living subjects with persons who died from drug overdose for evidence of doctor and pharmacy shopping for controlled substances. The study objectives were to compare deceased and living subjects in West Virginia for evidence of prior doctor and p…
Explaining the excess mortality in Scotland compared with England: Pooling of 18 cohort studies
BACKGROUND: Mortality in Scotland is higher than in the rest of west and central Europe and is improving more slowly. Relative to England and Wales, the excess is only partially explained by area deprivation. We tested the extent to which sociodemographic, behavioural, anthropometric and biological factors explain the higher mortality in Scotland compared with England. METHODS: Pooled data from 18 nationally representative cohort studies comprisi…
Knowledge Gains Following a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Among Urban Students: A Cluster-Randomized Evaluation
Objectives. We evaluated a school-based child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention program, Safe Touches, in a low–socioeconomic status, racially diverse sample. Methods. Participants were 492 second- and third-grade students at 6 public elementary schools in New York City. The study period spanned fall 2012 through summer 2014. We cluster-randomized classrooms to the Safe Touches intervention or control groups and assessed outcomes with the Children’s …
Is there a link between childhood adversity, attachment style and Scotland’s excess mortality? Evidence, challenges and potential research
Attachment processes are a fundamental part of human development, and have a profound influence on adult personality and behaviour, especially in response to stressors. Many studies have also shown that childhood adversity is correlated with adult morbidity and mortality. The interplay between childhood adversity and attachment is complex and not fully elucidated, but will include socio-economic, intergenerational and psychological factors. Impor…
Theology Mediating Social Capital: Ordinary Theology, Motivation and Relationships
The concept of social capital and its use as a sociological tool has received considerable attention and continues to provide insights into various aspects of community life. Social capital offers a means to study beneficial and detrimental aspects of relationships away from economic or rationalist reduction. Although social capital and religious affiliation has seen significant attention in the literature, there has been little research into the…
Providers’ Behaviors and Beliefs on Prescribing Antipsychotic Medication to Children: A Qualitative Study
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