UK drug advisers recommended decriminalising possession in 2016, leak reveals
Exclusive: Guardian has seen copy of 27-page report that Home Office attempted to keep confidentialThe UK government ’s official drug advisers privately advocated for a formal repeal of the criminalisation of personal-use drug possession in 2016, a leaked document has revealed.The Guardian has seen a copy of the 27-page pro-decriminalisation report, which the Home Office ignored at the time but then fought a three-year battle to keep confidential after a freedom of information request.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Mattha Busby Tags: Drugs policy Politics David Nutt Science Society UK news Source Type: news

Training to improve spatial hearing and  situation awareness when wearing hearing protection - Golob EJ, Nelson JT, Walasek JA, Piedra ET, Mock JR, Adams MJK, Esquivel CCR, Spear CSA.
INTRODUCTION: Hearing protection devices (HPDs) are standard personal protective equipment in military settings, but many service members may choose to not use HPDs because they impair spatial hearing and situation awareness. In an effort to reduce barrier...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

"What does not kill me makes me stronger": perceived negative and positive consequences of teachers' exposure to violence directed at them - Ben-Hayun SG, Zysberg L.
Teachers' exposure to aggression and violence at work has long been associated with numerous negative outcomes. Based on recent models rooted in positive psychology we wished to explore the possibility of positive outcomes alongside the negative ones, as a...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

A 3-year retrospective analysis of dento-alveolar injuries at the University Children's Hospital Zurich (2018-2020) - Schmid C, Fongaufier C, Hamza B, H öhn T, Staubli G, Stadlinger B.
Children and adolescents are vulnerable to dental trauma due to their active lifestyles, lack of coordination, and inexperience in recognizing potentially dangerous situations. Early recognition and proper management of dental trauma is crucial in order to...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

A descriptive study of  casualties evacuated out of Afghanistan by critical care air transport teams during the withdrawal of U.S. Troops - Baldwin D, Arana AA, Savell SC, Cutright J, Medellin K, Castaneda M, Bebarta VS, Davis WT, Maddry JK, Ng PC.
INTRODUCTION: The War in Afghanistan ended in August 2021. Evacuation from the country was a large effort during the last days of the conflict. During evacuation efforts at Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport, a suicide bombing occurred necessitating ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Addressing sexual assault in Pakistan: insights from an analysis of female survivors at Lahore General Hospital - Bandesha FN, Zarif P, Faraz MA, Moeen F, Rehan KI, Khalid R.
The objective was to investigate the demographic and clinical features of female survivors of sexual assault in Lahore, Pakistan. ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Antenatal and early childhood exposures associated with non-fatal infant injury: evidence from a longitudinal birth cohort in New Zealand - Ghebreab L, Kool B, Lee A, Morton S.
OBJECTIVE: To identify antenatal and early childhood exposures of unintentional injury among infants in New Zealand (NZ). METHOD: The theoretical life-course framework of child injury prevention domains was utilised to analyse data from a prospecti...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Estimation of injury risk of different child restraint systems in realistic frontal impact tests for future mobility applications - Kriston A, Broggi D, Re F, Minarini F, Bonato C.
27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV): Enhanced and Equitable Vehicle Safety for All: Toward the Next 50 Years https://www-esv.nhtsa.dot.gov/Proceedings/27/27ESV-000277.pdf Motorized vehicle crashes represen...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Mild traumatic brain injury characteristics and symptoms in preschool children: how do they differ to school age children? A multicenter prospective observational study - Crowe LM, Rausa VC, Anderson V, Borland ML, Kochar A, Lyttle MD, Gilhotra Y, Dalziel SR, Oakley E, Furyk J, Neutze J, Bressan S, Davis GA, Babl FE.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if preschool children differ to school age children with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) with respect to injury causes, clinical presentation, and medical management. DESIGN: A secondary analysis of a dataset from a larg...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Advances in the understanding of acetaminophen toxicity mechanisms: a clinical toxicology perspective - Chiew AL, Isbister GK.
INTRODUCTION: Acetaminophen (paracetamol) is a commonly used analgesic and antipyretic agent, which is safe in therapeutic doses. Acetaminophen poisoning due to self-harm or repeated supratherapeutic ingestion is a common cause of acute liver injury. Acety...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Executive functions in non-suicidal self-injury comorbid first-episode and drug-na ïve depression among adolescents - Wang Y, Zhou Y, Li G, Qin P, Wang J, Qi L, Li L, Wang Y, Wang J, Li J, Liang Z, Zhou Y.
Executive functions(EFs) may be associated with the emergence of non-suicidal self-injury(NSSI) due to their role as behavior controllers. EFs includes three core cognitive processes: inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility(i.e. the a...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Factors influencing students' attitudes toward bullying: a multilevel analysis from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taipei - Zhang H, Tang H, Zhang M, Wang F.
The present study investigated how students' attitudes toward bullying were influenced simultaneously by personal and contextual factors in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Participants included 25,338 students (15-year-olds, from grade 7 to 12) and ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Personal and witnessed cyber victimization experiences among adolescents at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic - Espinoza G.
Personal experiences with cyber victimization among adolescents have been consistently associated with well-being problems. Few studies have examined the impact of witnessing cyber victimization on adolescent well-being. The current study examines adolesce...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Predicting injury and illness with machine learning in elite youth soccer: a comprehensive monitoring approach over 3 months - Haller N, Kranzinger S, Kranzinger C, Blumkaitis JC, Strepp T, Simon P, Tomaskovic A, O'Brien J, D üring M, Stöggl T.
The search for monitoring tools that provide early indication of injury and illness could contribute to better player protection. The aim of the present study was to i) determine the feasibility of and adherence to our monitoring approach, and ii) identify...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

PROTOCOL: Participation in organised sport to improve and prevent adverse developmental trajectories of at-risk youth: a systematic review - Filges T, Verner M, Ladekj ær E, Bengtsen E.
This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The main objective of this review is to answer the research question: What are the effects of organised sport on risk behaviour, personal, emotional and social skills of young people, who either have e...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

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