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M M Hohman

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PubMed2000

The relationship between the geographic density of alcohol outlets and alcohol-related hospital admissions in San Diego County.

Increasing concerns regarding the cost of medical care have led to research that has found a relationship between alcohol abuse, increased medical problems, longer hospital stays, and higher medical costs. Research has also found a positive relationship between alcohol availability and crime, car accidents, and liver cirrhosis deaths. One area of interest is how alcohol availability, as measured by the number of alcohol outlets, is related to medical care needs. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the geographic density of alcohol outlets and the number of alcohol-related hospital admissions. Alcohol-related ICD-9 codes were selected based on epidemiologic research in the literature to determine alcohol-related morbidity from the California Discharge Data System, which collects information on all hospital admissions and discharges in California. In San Diego County, in 1996, 3,759 admissions were alcohol-related. Alcohol-related admissions for each zip code were compared to the number of liquor licenses that were held by each zip code through a multiple regression analysis. The regression model demonstrated that the number of liquor outlets was a significant predictor of alcohol-related hospital admissions, net of other predictors. Implications are discussed, including regulation of alcohol availability, which may have a beneficial impact on alcohol morbidity.

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PubMed2000

Surrogate motherhood: personality traits and satisfaction with service providers.

This study explored the personality traits of 15 women who served as surrogate mothers in a California-based surrogacy program. Their satisfaction with their service providers, i.e., the program director, psychologist, and medical doctor, were explored. All had given birth to one or more children, and five had been a surrogate more than once. 13 used in vitro fertilization, with only two choosing artificial insemination. 15 subjects were given the NEO-R Personality Inventory, a global measure of normal personality traits. Analysis indicated that surrogates overall were very pleased with their experiences, and they differed from the general population on nine personality traits.

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How soon is too soon? Addiction recovery and family reunification.

This article describes the addiction recovery process and its impact on parenting behaviors-information needed by child welfare workers involved in decisionmaking regarding family reunification. Two models of recovery-from alcoholism and from cocaine addiction-are reviewed, along with issues encountered in recovery, particularly for women. Case examples and discussion demonstrate how child welfare workers can apply these models in determining the appropriateness of reunification.

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Motivational interviewing: an intervention tool for child welfare case workers working with substance-abusing parents.

Child welfare case workers have long known that abuse of alcohol and drugs is a major problem with many parents on their caseloads. This article discusses motivational interviewing, an intervention technique used with substance abusers. Motivational interviewing, which is based on the principles of motivational psychology, postulates that motivation is created in an interaction between the client and worker. Principles of motivational interviewing are discussed and illustrated in a case example.

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