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| Charles D ParrySummaryAffiliation: Medical Research Council Country: South Africa Publications
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Alcohol, cannabis, and methamphetamine use and other risk behaviours among Black and Coloured South African women: a small randomized trial in the Western CapeWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Int J Drug Policy 19:130-9. 2008..The secondary aim was to examine differences between Black and Coloured South African women across pre- and post-intervention measures of alcohol and illicit drug use and sex risk behaviours...- Addressing alcohol problems in primary care settings: a study of general medical practitioners in Cape Town, South AfricaFred A Koopman
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa
Scand J Public Health 36:298-302. 2008..Method: A cross-sectional survey of 50 GPs was conducted between November 2004 and April 2005. A questionnaire assessing GPs' alcohol-related practices and barriers to alcohol-related interventions was administered to participating GPs... - Beyond the rhetoric: Towards a more effective and humane drug policy framework in South AfricaCharles Parry
Medical Research Council
S Afr Med J 101:5222. 2011..The 17 evidence-based drug policy strategies identified by Babor et al. may serve as a useful starting point for policy development... - Cocaine treatment admissions at three sentinel sites in South Africa (1997-2006): findings and implications for policy, practice and researchCharles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2:37. 2007..The purpose of this study was to provide surveillance information about the nature and extent of problematic cocaine use in South Africa... - Cannabis and other drug use among trauma patients in three South African cities, 1999-2001Charles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg
S Afr Med J 95:429-32. 2005..To assess the extent of cannabis and other drug use among patients presenting with recent injuries at trauma units in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban from 1999 to 2001... - Rapid assessment of drug-related HIV risk among men who have sex with men in three South African citiesCharles Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, P O Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
Drug Alcohol Depend 95:45-53. 2008.... - Alcohol use in South Africa: findings from the first Demographic and Health Survey (1998)Charles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
J Stud Alcohol 66:91-7. 2005.... - Rapid assessment of HIV risk behavior in drug using sex workers in three cities in South AfricaCharles D H Parry
Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town, 7505, South Africa
AIDS Behav 13:849-59. 2009..Interventions recognizing the role of drug abuse in HIV transmission should be prioritized, and issues of access to services, stigma and power relations must be considered... - Rapid assessment of drug use and sexual HIV risk patterns among vulnerable drug-using populations in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria, South AfricaCharles Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
SAHARA J 5:113-9. 2008..Targeted interventions could play an important role in limiting the spread of HIV in and through these under-reached and vulnerable populations... - HIV-risk behavior among injecting or non-injecting drug users in Cape Town, Pretoria, and Durban, South AfricaCharles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
Subst Use Misuse 44:886-904. 2009..The findings suggest greater synergy is needed between drug- and HIV-intervention sectors and that consideration should be given to making various risk-reduction strategies more accessible. The study's limitations have been noted... - Alcohol use in South Africa: findings from the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug use (SACENDU) ProjectCharles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
J Stud Alcohol 63:430-5. 2002..To provide community-level public health surveillance on alcohol misuse in South Africa and the associated negative consequences... - Alcohol consumption and non-communicable diseases: epidemiology and policy implicationsCharles D Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa
Addiction 106:1718-24. 2011..This paper summarizes the relationships between different patterns of alcohol consumption and various on non-communicable disease (NCD) outcomes and estimates the percentage of NCD burden that is attributable to alcohol... - Responding to the threat of HIV among persons with mental illness and substance abuseCharles D Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
Curr Opin Psychiatry 20:235-41. 2007..It contains a review of the prevalence and consequences of dual/triple diagnosis, HIV risk behaviour and current HIV risk-reduction interventions among persons with dual diagnosis and interventions for triply diagnosed individuals... - Opportunities for enhancing and integrating HIV and drug services for drug using vulnerable populations in South AfricaCharles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
Int J Drug Policy 21:289-95. 2010..Little has been done to improve the integration of drug use and HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa where substance use and HIV epidemics often co-exist... - Methamphetamine use, aggressive behavior and other mental health issues among high-school students in Cape Town, South AfricaAndreas Pluddemann
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
Drug Alcohol Depend 109:14-9. 2010..This study investigated the prevalence of methamphetamine use among high-school students in Cape Town and whether students reporting methamphetamine use were more likely to be at risk for mental health and aggressive behavior problems... - Estimating the burden of disease attributable to alcohol use in South Africa in 2000Michelle Schneider
Burden of Disease Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Cape Town
S Afr Med J 97:664-72. 2007..To make quantitative estimates of the burden of disease attributable to alcohol use by sex and age group in South Africa in 2000... - Alcohol use and trauma in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth, South Africa: 1999--2001Andreas Pluddemann
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
Inj Control Saf Promot 11:265-7. 2004..To assess acute alcohol intoxication among patients presenting with recent injuries at trauma units in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban from 1999 to 2001... - A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South AfricaAndreas Pluddemann
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 5:25. 2010..This prospective study investigated the association between life-long methamphetamine and other drug use and high school non-attendance, in a sample of high school students in Cape Town, South Africa... - The 3-metros study of drugs and crime in South Africa: findings and policy implicationsCharles D Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg (Cape Town, 7505, South Africa
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 30:167-85. 2004.... - Surge in treatment admissions related to methamphetamine use in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for public healthAndreas Pluddemann
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:185-9. 2008..The purpose of this study is to describe the changing trends in treatment admissions for methamphetamine abuse in Cape Town, South Africa and to highlight the implications of these changes for policy, practice and research... - Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sitesAlan J Flisher
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health and Adolescent Health Research Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa
S Afr Med J 96:825-30. 2006..To document and compare prevalence rates of adolescent injury-related risk behaviours at six sites in South Africa... - The South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU) project, phases 1-8--cannabis and MandraxArvin Bhana
Human Sciences Research Council, Durban
S Afr Med J 92:542-7. 2002..To provide community-level public health surveillance information on cannabis and Mandrax (methaqualone) use and associated health and social consequences... - Substance use by adolescents in Cape Town: prevalence and correlatesAlan J Flisher
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health of the University of Cape Town, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, and the Biostatistics Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
J Adolesc Health 32:58-65. 2003..To document the prevalence rates for use of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis among high school students in Cape Town, and to investigate whether use of these substances is associated with a set of hypothesized psychosocial correlates... - Over-the-counter and prescription medicine misuse in Cape Town--findings from specialist treatment centresBronwyn Myers
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, Medical Research Council, Cape Town
S Afr Med J 93:367-70. 2003..The study also points to the need for further community-based research on the nature and extent of OTC/prescription drug misuse among the general population... - The alcohol injury fundA B Van As
S Afr Med J 93:828-9. 2003 - Ecstasy use in South Africa: findings from the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU) project (January 1997-December 2001)Andreas Pluddemann
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Subst Use Misuse 39:87-105. 2004..These are targeted at both Ecstasy demand reduction and harm minimization. The study points to the need for continued monitoring of Ecstasy use and its associated consequences in this country... - Brief report: Social and neighbourhood correlates of adolescent drunkenness: a pilot study in Cape Town, South AfricaCharles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, Medical Research Council of South Africa, PO Box 19070, 7505 Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
J Adolesc 27:369-74. 2004..To identify social and neighbourhood correlates of drunkenness among adolescents... - Trends in adolescent alcohol and other drug use: findings from three sentinel sites in South Africa (1997-2001)Charles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, Medical Research Council of South Africa, P O Box 19070, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505
J Adolesc 27:429-40. 2004..The study points to the need for AOD intervention programmes that target young people and the need for continued monitoring of adolescent AOD use in the future... - South Africa: alcohol todayCharles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Coucil of South Africa, Tygerberg
Addiction 100:426-9. 2005..In 1995 Addiction published an editorial on prospects for substance abuse control in South Africa. This paper reflects on where the country is 10 years later... - Alcohol use and sexual behaviour among risky drinkers and bar and shebeen patrons in Gauteng province, South AfricaNeo K Morojele
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Private Bag X385, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Soc Sci Med 62:217-27. 2006..This study suggests a need for multi-faceted HIV intervention strategies for reducing levels of alcohol abuse in general, and enhancing protective sexual behaviours among alcohol-using populations... - Heroin treatment demand in South Africa: trends from two large metropolitan sites (January 1997-December 2003)Charles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:419-23. 2005.... - Substance use, sexual risk, and violence: HIV prevention intervention with sex workers in PretoriaWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, Behavioral Health Research Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
AIDS Behav 10:131-7. 2006..This study demonstrates the feasibility of implementing cross-cultural behavioral HIV prevention interventions, and supports the need for future studies of women's contextual issues and the effectiveness of targeted interventions... - The South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU): description, findings (1997-99) and policy implicationsCharles D H Parry
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Addiction 97:969-76. 2002..Through regular, systematic data collection the SACENDU project has made available more evidence-based information to direct AOD abuse policy and practice and has had an impact on research agendas... - Critical issues in the debate on decriminalization or legalization of cannabis in South AfricaCharles D H Parry
S Afr Med J 92:696-7. 2002