Thomas Nicholson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6644378 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Thomas Nicholson |
| PRENOMES | Thomas |
| SOBRENOME | Nicholson |
| ASSINATURA | NICHOLSON T |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Western Kentucky University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1985 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Usability and acceptability of a novel TB infection diagnostic test among key populations in Mexicali
Tuberculin skin test (TST) remains the standard-of-care test for TB infection in many high TB-burden settings. Despite existing diagnostics overcoming challenges associated with TST implementation, there has been poor uptake programmatically. We conducted formative research into patients’ and providers’ perceptions of acceptability and usability of a novel IGRA test, called QIAreach QuantiFERON TB (or, QIAreach), compared to TST in a programmatic…
Macroeconomics and Drug Use
Despite more than a century of drug prohibition, problems of addiction and drug abuse continue to be major global public health and criminal justice concerns (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2015). It has long been obvious that many of these problems are entwined with other economic and social issues. The editors of The Economist, in reporting evidence of a decline in drug use in the UK, speculated on the impact of the concurrent econom…
A Brief History of Prohibition and Treatment Solutions for Substance Abusers
The predominant policy of prohibition (i.e. “War on Drugs”) emerged in the early Twentieth Century. It has been expanded on since that time to become the primary thrust of drug policy in almost every nation today. We will examine how this came about and the ways in which it has contributed to the maltreatment of substance abuse disorders
Substance Use and Social Identity in the Lesbian Community
Although the study results report discrepancies in the rates of substance abuse in the lesbian community, the general consensus in the field of gay and lesbian studies is that these individuals, as a whole, have a higher rate of substance use. For this study, data were collected via the Internet on the use of drugs and alcohol, level of self-esteem, and degree of social identity in the lesbian community. A correlation analysis was used to determi…
Using Internet-based Surveys to Reach Hidden Populations
Further application of this approach (WWW) is recommended when hidden populations are surveyed
A Case-Control Analysis of Felony Convictions among Recreational Drug Users
This study applied an epidemiologic case-control design to the identification of variables predicting which subjects in a population of recreational drug users were likely to have a felony conviction. A sample of 158 self-identified drug users responded to the web-based DRUGNET survey from February, 1997 through June, 1998. In this sample of 704 U.S. citizens who reported using illicit drugs, 79 (11.2%) reported having a drug-related felony convi…
Parents Who Report Using Illicit Drugs
In recent years, a national discussion has emerged concerning what parents should tell their children about their own past drug use. DRUGNET is an ongoing, on-line survey of successful, healthy, adults who occasionally use illicit drugs. This paper reviews data from a subset of this survey, namely, those respondents who were parents with self-reported use of at least one illicit drug. The sample (n = 325) was predominantly white men who reported …
The general well-being of recreational drug users
A Survey of Adult Recreational Drug Use Via the World Wide Web
DRUGNET was a cross-sectional survey of adult recreational drug users (i.e., not abusers) via the World Wide Web of the Internet. The purpose of this survey was to provide a unique, broad description of nondeviant adult recreational drug users. The survey instrument had four divisions: demographic and lifestyle indices, drug use history, legal history and attitudes about drug issues, and the General Well-being Schedule (GWBS). Responses were rece…
Chronic Drinking, Binge Drinking, and Drunk Driving Ii
Data from the Rhode Island Behavioral Risk Factor Survey on self-reported alcohol consumption and drunk driving were examined. Driving while intoxicated was significantly associated with both binge drinking and chronic drinking, but the measures of drinking were not significantly associated
Stressful Life Events and Loss of Hair among Adult Women, a Case-Control Study
A case-control design was used to compare stress (as measured with the Social Readjustment Rating Scale) in the lives of 25 women who had experienced recent, unexplained hair loss with that of 25 women with no hair loss. High stress was reported by 22 of the women experiencing hair loss and 10 not experiencing hair loss. An odds ratio of 11 suggests that women who experience high stress are 11 times more likely to experience hair loss. Replicatio…
Barriers to measuring the effectiveness of drug policy
Health Practices and Mental Health Revisited
The relationships of seven health practices with a measure of mental well-being were explored in a sample of 490 university students. Mental well-being was associated with moderate exercise and regular sleep
A Review of Data Based Studies Addressing the Affects of Homosexual Parenting on Children's Sexual and Social Functioning
Part of the intellectual and political movement to provide homosexuals equal rights and opportunities under the law extends to homosexuals and bisexuals seeking custody of their biological children after divorce and/or custody of an adopted child. Family courts take into consideration parents' sexual orientation when considering custody decisions. To date, the data based research on children reared by homosexual parents is sparse. A search of the…
The primary prevention of illicit drug problems
Belief in the Paranormal and Religious Belief among American College Students
A survey of beliefs about the paranormal was completed by 267 university students. Protestants were more likely to believe in the Devil, possession by the Devil, and witches, but less likely to believe in reincarnation or haunted houses. Catholics were more likely to believe in astrology. Students whose religion was important to them were less likely to believe in the Devil, possession by the Devil, astrology, extrasensory perception, or reincarn…
Pornography as a Source of Sex Information for Students at a Southeastern State University
Pornography as a source of sex education was surveyed among 388 students at a state university. Women ranked pornography last of seven sources of sex information, while men ranked pornography sixth. More religious subjects ranked pornography lower as a source of sex information. Oral-anal sex was the topic on which the most subjects reported gaining knowledge from pornography
The role of computers in health education
There is an emerging consensus on the potentially positive applications of computers in health and patient education. Microcomputers are losing their novelty and gaining popularity with the general and professional public. There is a tendency to rush to computerize the classroom or other educational setting, while bypassing certain basic questions. Health educators should investigate in what areas the computer can help, in what areas use of compu…
Retrospective Pretest-Posttest Analysis versus Traditional Pretest-Posttest Analysis
Traditional pretest-posttest comparisons of self-report data are distorted by response-shift bias. Administration of a retrospective pretest in lieu of the traditional pretest eliminates a form of response-shift bias which distorts the comparability of pretest-posttest measurements. The present study compared the sensitivity of a retrospective pretest-posttest measurement versus a traditional pretest-posttest measurement in detecting a treatment …
Substance Use and Social Identity in the Lesbian Community
Although the study results report discrepancies in the rates of substance abuse in the lesbian community, the general consensus in the field of gay and lesbian studies is that these individuals, as a whole, have a higher rate of substance use. For this study, data were collected via the Internet on the use of drugs and alcohol, level of self-esteem, and degree of social identity in the lesbian community. A correlation analysis was used to determi…
Retrospective Pretest-Posttest Analysis versus Traditional Pretest-Posttest Analysis
Traditional pretest-posttest comparisons of self-report data are distorted by response-shift bias. Administration of a retrospective pretest in lieu of the traditional pretest eliminates a form of response-shift bias which distorts the comparability of pretest-posttest measurements. The present study compared the sensitivity of a retrospective pretest-posttest measurement versus a traditional pretest-posttest measurement in detecting a treatment …
The role of computers in health education
There is an emerging consensus on the potentially positive applications of computers in health and patient education. Microcomputers are losing their novelty and gaining popularity with the general and professional public. There is a tendency to rush to computerize the classroom or other educational setting, while bypassing certain basic questions. Health educators should investigate in what areas the computer can help, in what areas use of compu…
Pornography as a Source of Sex Information for Students at a Southeastern State University
Pornography as a source of sex education was surveyed among 388 students at a state university. Women ranked pornography last of seven sources of sex information, while men ranked pornography sixth. More religious subjects ranked pornography lower as a source of sex information. Oral-anal sex was the topic on which the most subjects reported gaining knowledge from pornography
The primary prevention of illicit drug problems
Belief in the Paranormal and Religious Belief among American College Students
A survey of beliefs about the paranormal was completed by 267 university students. Protestants were more likely to believe in the Devil, possession by the Devil, and witches, but less likely to believe in reincarnation or haunted houses. Catholics were more likely to believe in astrology. Students whose religion was important to them were less likely to believe in the Devil, possession by the Devil, astrology, extrasensory perception, or reincarn…
A Review of Data Based Studies Addressing the Affects of Homosexual Parenting on Children's Sexual and Social Functioning
Part of the intellectual and political movement to provide homosexuals equal rights and opportunities under the law extends to homosexuals and bisexuals seeking custody of their biological children after divorce and/or custody of an adopted child. Family courts take into consideration parents' sexual orientation when considering custody decisions. To date, the data based research on children reared by homosexual parents is sparse. A search of the…
Health Practices and Mental Health Revisited
The relationships of seven health practices with a measure of mental well-being were explored in a sample of 490 university students. Mental well-being was associated with moderate exercise and regular sleep
Barriers to measuring the effectiveness of drug policy
Stressful Life Events and Loss of Hair among Adult Women, a Case-Control Study
A case-control design was used to compare stress (as measured with the Social Readjustment Rating Scale) in the lives of 25 women who had experienced recent, unexplained hair loss with that of 25 women with no hair loss. High stress was reported by 22 of the women experiencing hair loss and 10 not experiencing hair loss. An odds ratio of 11 suggests that women who experience high stress are 11 times more likely to experience hair loss. Replicatio…
A Survey of Adult Recreational Drug Use Via the World Wide Web
DRUGNET was a cross-sectional survey of adult recreational drug users (i.e., not abusers) via the World Wide Web of the Internet. The purpose of this survey was to provide a unique, broad description of nondeviant adult recreational drug users. The survey instrument had four divisions: demographic and lifestyle indices, drug use history, legal history and attitudes about drug issues, and the General Well-being Schedule (GWBS). Responses were rece…
Chronic Drinking, Binge Drinking, and Drunk Driving Ii
Data from the Rhode Island Behavioral Risk Factor Survey on self-reported alcohol consumption and drunk driving were examined. Driving while intoxicated was significantly associated with both binge drinking and chronic drinking, but the measures of drinking were not significantly associated
The general well-being of recreational drug users
Parents Who Report Using Illicit Drugs
In recent years, a national discussion has emerged concerning what parents should tell their children about their own past drug use. DRUGNET is an ongoing, on-line survey of successful, healthy, adults who occasionally use illicit drugs. This paper reviews data from a subset of this survey, namely, those respondents who were parents with self-reported use of at least one illicit drug. The sample (n = 325) was predominantly white men who reported …
Using Internet-based Surveys to Reach Hidden Populations
Further application of this approach (WWW) is recommended when hidden populations are surveyed
A Case-Control Analysis of Felony Convictions among Recreational Drug Users
This study applied an epidemiologic case-control design to the identification of variables predicting which subjects in a population of recreational drug users were likely to have a felony conviction. A sample of 158 self-identified drug users responded to the web-based DRUGNET survey from February, 1997 through June, 1998. In this sample of 704 U.S. citizens who reported using illicit drugs, 79 (11.2%) reported having a drug-related felony convi…
Substance Use and Social Identity in the Lesbian Community
Although the study results report discrepancies in the rates of substance abuse in the lesbian community, the general consensus in the field of gay and lesbian studies is that these individuals, as a whole, have a higher rate of substance use. For this study, data were collected via the Internet on the use of drugs and alcohol, level of self-esteem, and degree of social identity in the lesbian community. A correlation analysis was used to determi…
A Brief History of Prohibition and Treatment Solutions for Substance Abusers
The predominant policy of prohibition (i.e. “War on Drugs”) emerged in the early Twentieth Century. It has been expanded on since that time to become the primary thrust of drug policy in almost every nation today. We will examine how this came about and the ways in which it has contributed to the maltreatment of substance abuse disorders
Macroeconomics and Drug Use
Despite more than a century of drug prohibition, problems of addiction and drug abuse continue to be major global public health and criminal justice concerns (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2015). It has long been obvious that many of these problems are entwined with other economic and social issues. The editors of The Economist, in reporting evidence of a decline in drug use in the UK, speculated on the impact of the concurrent econom…
Usability and acceptability of a novel TB infection diagnostic test among key populations in Mexicali
Tuberculin skin test (TST) remains the standard-of-care test for TB infection in many high TB-burden settings. Despite existing diagnostics overcoming challenges associated with TST implementation, there has been poor uptake programmatically. We conducted formative research into patients’ and providers’ perceptions of acceptability and usability of a novel IGRA test, called QIAreach QuantiFERON TB (or, QIAreach), compared to TST in a programmatic…
Psychology (17 obras) · Medicine (14 obras) · Psychiatry (11 obras) · Drug (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras)