Water pipe (hookah) smoking and cardiovascular disease risk: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

A Bhatnagar, W Maziak, T Eissenberg, KD Ward… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Tobacco smoking with a water pipe or hookah is increasing globally. There are millions of
water pipe tobacco smokers worldwide, and in the United States, water pipe use is more …

Androgen abuse epidemiology

D Sagoe, S Pallesen - Current Opinion in Endocrinology …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
From the 1970s, androgen abuse spread from athletes into the general population.
Consistent with previous evidence, reviewed studies suggest that androgen abuse …

[PDF][PDF] Efficacy of Health Beliefs Model-Based Intervention in Changing Substance Use Beliefs among Mosul University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial …

N Muwfaq Younis - Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health …, 2021 - revistabionatura.com
Substance use disorders (SUD) are a significant health concern worldwide. Substance
abuse is a persistent problem linked to high rates of illness and loss. These issues are also …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of Electronic Hookah and Risk Factors among University Students in Mosul City/Iraq

NM Younis - International Journal of Membrane Science and …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Abstracts: Tobacco use is considered as one of the largest public health threats facing the
world. The estimated number of current smokers in the world epidemic now in the …

Helping women suffering from drug addiction: Needs, barriers, and challenges

MA Motyka, A Al-Imam, A Haligowska… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Statistical data on the use of various psychoactive substances indicate a narrowing of
previous differences in substance use between men and women. Data from studies …

Tramadol use and public health consequences in Iran: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Y Rostam‐Abadi, J Gholami, M Amin‐Esmaeili… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Misuse of tramadol, an opioid prescription analgesic, is
known as a public health challenge globally. We aimed to systematically review studies on …

Apply Health Beliefs Model Towards of Substance Abuse

NM Younis, RM Ibrahim, MM Ahmed - Journal of Current Medical Research …, 2024 - cmro.in
Background: Substance use disorders (SUD) are significant health concern worldwide.
Substance use is inveterate trouble which is associated with significant morbidity and …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing the effect of an educational intervention based on health belief model on preventive behaviors of addiction

NM Younis, AB Naji - Pakistan J Med Health Sci, 2021 - pjmhsonline.com
Background: Addiction are a major public health concern that is increasingly expanding
across the world, affecting consumers, their communities and their environments causing …

The Iraqi national study of suicide: Report on suicide data in Iraq in 2015 and 2016

MJ Abbas, N Alhemiary, EA Razaq, S Naosh… - Journal of affective …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Very little is known regarding the epidemiology of suicides in Iraq, given the
lack of a national surveillance system. Therefore, the government initiated this project “The …

Impact of an education intervention on knowledge of high school students concerning substance use in Kurdistan Region-Iraq: A quasi-experimental study

N Mahmood, S Othman, N Al-Tawil, T Al-Hadithi - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background and aims Substance use among adolescents especially smoking, is becoming
a public health problem in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. School-based health education is an …