Publications by authors named "R M J Aikins"
The study aims to examine how higher education institutions (HEIs) in three countries responded to the challenges of COVID-19 over a six-month period at the outbreak of the global pandemic. Employing document analysis, we examined 732 publicly available communications from 27 HEIs in Canada, China, and the USA. Through theoretical frameworks of crisis management and Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT), we explore how HEIs respond to the pandemic and protect campus stakeholders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSo-called cognitive enhancing drugs (CEDs) are relatively common in higher education, especially among students who are white, male, and attend highly selective institutions. Using qualitative data from a diverse sample of 32 students at an elite university, the present study aims to examine whether students perceive CED use to be advantageous, equitable, and fair. Participants were either medical or nonmedical users of CEDs-primarily ADHD stimulant medications such as Adderall.
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- * The most frequently asked about drugs were marijuana (16.4%), alcohol (8.5%), tobacco (6%), cocaine (5.7%), and pharmaceutical drugs (4.5%).
- * Common questions focused on drug effects, experiences of being high, addictiveness, pharmacology, and sales, highlighting the information needs of young people for drug education programs.
Objective: Prescription drug diversion, the transfer of prescription drugs from lawful to unlawful channels for distribution or use, is a problem in the United States. Despite the pervasiveness of diversion, there are gaps in the literature regarding characteristics of individuals who participate in the illicit trade of prescription drugs. This study examines a range of predictors (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To identify the prevalence of substance use and mental health problems among veterans and student service members/veterans (SSM/V) returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to New York City's low-income neighborhoods.
Participants: A sample of 122 veterans attending college and 116 veterans not enrolled recruited using respondent-driven sampling.
Methods: Logistic regression analysis of variation in characteristics of those veterans attending college; linear regression examining effects of college attendance on life satisfaction.