Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to R Herring.
Access to health care services is of paramount interest to all New Jerseyans. For people with varying degrees of hearing loss, affordable health insurance, while important, is not the only barrier to quality health care. Doctors are required by law to ensure effective communication between themselves and their deaf or hard-of-hearing patients.
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This paper reports the findings of an AUDIT questionnaire administered to a sample of young (16-24-year-old) white males. Of the sample, 65% were drinking at potentially harmful levels. Averaging 45 U/week, 18-21 years was the age of highest alcohol consumption. Compared with 16-17- and 22-24-year-olds, this group recorded the highest proportion of hazardous drinkers and most negative consequences of drinking.
Data are presented from a screening study of ambulant attendees at two London Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments. Among young people (aged 16-24 years), 37.2% were drinking harmfully [an Alcohol-Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score of 8 or more]; 17.3% admitted to drinking alcohol in the 6 h prior to attendance; and 14.6% considered that their attendance was alcohol related. Young women were as likely as men to score 8 or over. This age group had nearly twice the odds of scoring highly on the AUDIT, compared to those over 25 years old, and were more likely to report that their attendance was alcohol related. Screening in A&E departments would identify considerable numbers of young people who might benefit from brief intervention, but the problems of doing so are acknowledged.
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