Publications by authors named "Fatima Dobani"
A brief descriptive analysis of a pilot study of peer support training and supervision for Texas firefighters.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)
September 2024
Background: Peer support has been shown to reduce the incidence and severity of mental health disorders among firefighters. This pilot project had two aims: (1) to assess training satisfaction and knowledge, self-efficacy, and skills development of Texas firefighters participating in the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Peer Support Training, and (2) to determine if newly trained peer support specialists would use monthly phone supervision.
Methods: The study included 14 Texas firefighters who enrolled in the IAFF Peer Support Training.
Background And Purpose: This study aimed to develop and test a novel model integrating social-learning and self-medication frameworks by examining the association between self-efficacy to resist alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and daily AOD use and unhealthy drinking risk among trauma-exposed sexual minority women (SMW) and transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people. We examined whether minority stressors moderated these associations.
Methods: Data were from 57 trauma-exposed SMW and TGD people who participated in a 14-day daily diary study.
Background And Aims: Although multiracial people comprise the fastest growing population in the United States, multiracial youth are nearly invisible in alcohol research. This meta-analysis synthesized the youth alcohol literature to estimate the magnitude of difference in alcohol use as a function of multiracial status.
Design And Measurements: Empirical studies reporting multiracial and monoracial comparisons in youth (aged 10-24 years) alcohol use were identified through a systematic literature search.
Introduction: Adolescents are at risk for both sleep problems and cannabis use. Despite emerging evidence for college students' self-medication with cannabis to help sleep, generalizability to earlier developmental stages remains unknown. This study remedied this literature gap by characterizing high school students' cannabis sleep aid use in terms of psychosocial correlates and prospective associations with substance use and sleep.
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- Firefighters serve as a valuable group to study the impact of trauma exposure and the development of mental health symptoms, with the study focusing on their experiences over the first three years of service.* -
- A total of 322 firefighter recruits participated in this study, which involved annual psychological assessments and regular symptom check-ins to track exposure to traumatic events and the development of disorders like PTSD.* -
- Despite facing around nine potentially traumatic events on average, only 3% were diagnosed with major mental health disorders, highlighting the resilience among firefighters and the need for further research to reconcile these findings with existing literature on PTSD risks in the fire service.*