Publications by authors named "H W BIRD"
Background: Understanding risk factors for emergency department (ED) visits for overdose and substance use disorder (SUD) can inform prevention efforts. Few studies have considered non-fatal opioid overdoses, stimulant overdoses and SUD, and limited data exists by overdose intentionality and by sex.
Methods: We conducted a serial cross-sectional study with Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Michigan (MI) 2019-2020 ED discharge data (=5,716,716).
-Factor(s) for Youth Psychopathology Across Informants and Models in 24 Societies.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
May 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study examines how to best measure the general factor of psychopathology using various statistical models on data from youth ratings in 24 societies.
- Four models were tested: principal axis, hierarchical factor, bifactor, and a simple Total Problem score, analyzing data from over 25,000 youth ages 11-18.
- Findings show that all models yielded similar results, suggesting that the simplest approach (the Total Problem score) is recommended for evaluating youth psychopathology in both clinical and research settings.
Importance: Sleep quality is a known marker of overall health. Studies suggest that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with sleep disturbances among children and adults.
Objective: To examine the association of retrospective and prospective ACEs with sleep quality among a cohort of Puerto Rican young adults from 2 sociocultural contexts.
Objective: To examine the association between changes in self-reported neighborhood stressors and sleep quality and determine whether this varied by sociocultural context among Puerto Rican young adults.
Methods: Data come from the Boricua Youth Study Health Assessment, a sample of Puerto Rican young adults from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and South Bronx, New York (n = 818; mean age=22.9years).
Background: Stigma contributes to the negative social conditions persons with intellectual disabilities are exposed to, and it needs tackling at multiple levels. Standing Up for Myself is a psychosocial group intervention designed to enable individuals with intellectual disabilities to discuss stigmatising encounters in a safe and supportive setting and to increase their self-efficacy in managing and resisting stigma.
Objectives: To adapt Standing Up for Myself to make it suitable as a digital intervention; to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of Digital Standing Up for Myself and online administration of outcome measures in a pilot; to describe usual practice in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic to inform future evaluation.