Dental hygienists' evaluation of local anesthesia education and administration in the United States.

Purpose: The goal of this project was to investigate the educational experiences and the use of local anesthesia by dental hygiene providers in the U.S.

Methods: Approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Pittsburgh and undertaken from February to May 2009, this study was designed using a questionnaire-based survey.

Reducing out-of-community placement and recidivism: diversion of delinquent youth with mental health and substance use problems from the justice system.

For a number of reasons, researchers and policy makers are now focusing on diversion of youth from the juvenile justice system. This study examines New York State's diversion efforts focused on youth with mental health and substance abuse problems who are at risk of out-of-community placement (N = 2,309). Twelve counties participated in the Mental Health Juvenile Justice (MH/JJ) Diversion Project.

Diverting multi-problem youth from juvenile justice: investigating the importance of community influence on placement and recidivism.

In the U.S., diversion has increasingly become one of the most utilized alternatives to detention of delinquent youth.