Publications by authors named "T A Slade"

Background: Adolescence is a critical period for preventing substance use and mental health concerns, often targeted through separate school-based programs. However, co-occurrence is common and is related to worse outcomes. This study explores prevention effects of leading school-based prevention programs on co-occurring alcohol use and psychological distress.

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Background: Setting rules about alcohol use and minimizing its availability in the home are known effective parent-level strategies for reducing underage drinking risk. However, parents' restrictions and their perceptions of their child's alcohol access have rarely been considered in combination (e.g.

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Article Synopsis
  • The rising global impact of substance use, including various drugs, is a significant concern, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, where these substances are among the top causes of disease burden.
  • The Monitoring Illicit Substance Use (MISUse) Consortium was created to study these substances more effectively by combining data from four established cohort studies across the two countries, which will allow for larger and more comprehensive research.
  • The goal of the MISUse Consortium is to better understand the patterns and long-term effects of illicit substance use, with an emphasis on finding modifiable factors that can inform public health policies and interventions.
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Background: The relationship between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems remains unclear and contradictory. These inconsistencies may in part be due to differences in the measurement and operationalization of alcohol use and emotional problems across studies, as well as confounder selection and missing data decisions. This study explores the associations between common specifications of adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems in a large sample of adolescents.

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Purpose: Despite evidence of efficacy, the effectiveness of telerehabilitation in real-world clinical settings is still largely unknown. Telerehabilitation requires a substantial transformation of the organization and delivery of traditional services. Considering that a virtual setting can create unique challenges for providing physiotherapy services and given the physical and potential hands-on nature of evidence-based assessments and interventions, it is important to investigate what injured workers think of receiving physiotherapy care via telerehabilitation and to examine if rehabilitation needs are adequately met.

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