2015
Decisional Balance: Alcohol Decisional Balance Intervention for Heavy Drinking Undergraduates
Foster DW, Neighbors C, Pai A. Decisional Balance: Alcohol Decisional Balance Intervention for Heavy Drinking Undergraduates. Substance Use & Misuse 2015, 50: 1717-1727. PMID: 26555004, PMCID: PMC4666722, DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1036883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBalance interventionsIntervention efficacyHeavy drinking undergraduatesHeavy alcohol useMonth followWeb-based questionnaireAlcohol interventionsAddition of weightAlcohol useFuture interventionsWeekly drinkingInterventionDrinkingDecisional balanceEfficacyDBPCompelling evidenceParticipantsFollowWeightBaselineSubstance Use in the Perinatal Period
Forray A, Foster D. Substance Use in the Perinatal Period. Current Psychiatry Reports 2015, 17: 91. PMID: 26386836, PMCID: PMC4671272, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-015-0626-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerinatal substance usePerinatal periodSubstance useMajor public health problemPublic health problemUse of tobaccoFetal outcomesFetal effectsFetal healthCurrent treatmentPsychosocial interventionsPolysubstance useHealth problemsNovel interventionsMost efficacyCocaine useIllicit substancesContingency managementPregnancyInterventionTreatmentOpioidsTobaccoProgesteroneRecent literature
2014
Community Health Workers to Improve Antenatal Care and PMTCT Uptake in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Lema IA, Sando D, Magesa L, Machumi L, Mungure E, Sando M, Geldsetzer P, Foster D, Kajoka D, Naburi H, Ekström AM, Spiegelman D, Li N, Chalamilla G, Fawzi W, Bärnighausen T. Community Health Workers to Improve Antenatal Care and PMTCT Uptake in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2014, 67: s195-s201. PMID: 25436818, PMCID: PMC4252140, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnti-HIV AgentsChildChild, PreschoolCommunity Health ServicesCommunity Health WorkersEvaluation Studies as TopicFemaleHIV InfectionsHouse CallsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMalePregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrenatal CareProgram EvaluationReferral and ConsultationTanzaniaConceptsCommunity health workersAntenatal carePregnant womenHome visitsHIV testingHealth workersEarly HIV testingChild transmission servicesPrevention of motherMedian gestational agePerformance of CHWsDar es SalaamProportion of womenANC uptakePMTCT enrolmentPMTCT uptakeCHW interventionGestational ageFirst trimesterPregnancyHealth systemWomenVisitsInterventionCare
2013
A review of decisional balance research and directions for brief alcohol intervention among college students.
Foster DW, Neighbors C. A review of decisional balance research and directions for brief alcohol intervention among college students. OA Alcohol 2013, 1: 7. PMID: 25530871, PMCID: PMC4271314, DOI: 10.13172/2053-0285-1-1-575.Peer-Reviewed Original Research