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Ethical and Practical Considerations for Including Marginalised Groups in Quantitative Survey Research
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Mark Adley; Hayley Alderson; Katherine Jackson; William McGovern; Liam Spencer; Michelle Addison; Amy O'Donnell – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
This paper considers the ethical and practical issues of recruiting for, and administering a quantitative survey with marginalised populations. These issues were identified through a focus group discussion, which consolidated and expanded upon informal conversations held previously by five researchers about their experiences of conducting a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Research, Research Design
Social and Environmental Factors Influencing In-Prison Drug Use
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Woodall, James – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: There is a strong political imperative to regard the prison as a key social setting for health promotion, but evidence indicates that drug misuse continues to be a significant issue for many prisoners. This paper aims to examine the social and environmental factors within the setting that influence individuals' drug taking.…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Correctional Institutions, Focus Groups, Drug Use
A Practitioner's Commentary
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McVey, Richard – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2010
I have been delivering the flexible family work approaches outlined in this supplement at Aquarius for the past 8 years. Aquarius is an English Midlands-based addictions charity working with people who have problems with alcohol, drugs, or gambling and supporting their family members/concerned others. I have been a practitioner participating in…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Barriers, Action Research, Foreign Countries
Attributions and Relapse in Opiate Addicts.
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Bradley, Brendan P.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1992
Investigated whether attributions of opiate addicts would predict abstinence and reactions to abstinence violations. Found that addicts who at admission attributed to themselves greater responsibility for negative outcomes and who attributed relapse episodes to more personally controllable factors were subsequently more likely either to be…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Foreign Countries
Smoking in Pregnancy and Parenthood: What Is the Role of Depression, Anxiety and Nicotine Addiction?
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Bull, Leona; Burke, Ronan; Walsh, Siobhan; Whitehead, Emma – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
Examined attitudes toward smoking, current smoking behavior, mental health difficulties, and nicotine addiction among 38 pregnant women, mothers of young children, and their partners in East Surrey, England. Found that 11 female respondents presented symptoms of depression, anxiety, or social dysfunction. Smokers did not differ from ex-smokers or…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Drug Addiction
"Throughcare" for Drug-Using Prisoners in Britain: A Clinical Report
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Harman, Karen; Paylor, Ian – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
CARAT (Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare) schemes have been operational in prisons throughout England and Wales for three and a half years, designed to increase the support available to drug-using prisoners both during custody and on release. Specifically the CARAT service has a remit to "bridge the gap" between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation