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J Groups Addict Recover · Jan 2010
Self-efficacy and substance use outcomes for women in single gender versus mixed-gender group treatment.
This study examined baseline self-efficacy as a moderator of outcomes comparing women receiving either the Women's Recovery Group (WRG), a new manualized group treatment for substance use disorders combining single-gender group composition and women-focused content, or Group Drug Counseling (GDC), an empirically supported mixed-gender group treatment. ⋯ The findings suggest that women with low self-efficacy may have enhanced treatment outcomes in a single-gender substance use treatment group.
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Comparative Study
The effect of two church-based interventions on breast cancer screening rates among Medicaid-insured Latinas.
Latinas face disparities in cancer screening rates compared with non-Latina whites. The Tepeyac Project aims to reduce these disparities by using a church-based approach to increase breast cancer screening among Latinas in Colorado. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of two Tepeyac Project interventions on the mammogram rates of Latinas and non-Latina whites enrolled in the Medicaid fee-for-service program. ⋯ A personalized community-based education was only modestly effective in increasing breast cancer screening among Medicaid-insured Latinas. Education alone may not be the answer for this population. The barriers for these Medicaid enrollees must be investigated so that interventions can be tailored to address their needs.
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Phentolamine in amounts of 10 to 40 microgram/kg/min was infused intravenously for the emergency treatment of acute pulmonary edema due to left ventricular failure. Fourteen patients with arteriosclerotic heart disease, ranging in age from 52 to 87 years, had clinical and roentgenographic signs of pulmonary edema. ⋯ A reduction in the pulmonary artery wedge pressure to 14 mm Hg and an increase in the cardiac index to 2.5 liters/min/m2 was observed in response to this alpha adrenergic blocking agent. Reduction in peripheral resistance with phentolamine was associated with reversal of pulmonary edema.