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Higgins T, Goodman D, Meyer M
Prev Med . 2019 Jul; 128:105786. PMID: 31356827
Perinatal opioid use disorder (OUD) is a life-threatening condition that significantly impacts women in rural areas. Medication assisted treatment (MAT) is the recommended treatment but can be difficult to access....
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Higgins T, Dougherty A, Badger G, Heil S
Contraception . 2017 Sep; 97(1):76-78. PMID: 28887052
Objective: This study examined whether women with Medicaid are less likely to receive long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in a clinic requiring two visits for insertion. Study Design: LARC insertion and...
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Higgins S, Washio Y, Lopez A, Heil S, Solomon L, Lynch M, et al.
Prev Med . 2014 Apr; 68:51-7. PMID: 24704135
Objective: To examine whether an efficacious voucher-based incentives intervention for decreasing smoking during pregnancy and increasing fetal growth could be improved without increasing costs. The strategy was to redistribute the...
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Higgins S, Washio Y, Heil S, Solomon L, Gaalema D, Higgins T, et al.
Prev Med . 2012 Jan; 55 Suppl:S33-40. PMID: 22227223
Objective: Smoking during pregnancy is the leading preventable cause of poor pregnancy outcomes in the U.S., causing serious immediate and longer-term adverse effects for mothers and offspring. In this report...
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Hsia A, Castle A, Wing J, Edwards D, Brown N, Higgins T, et al.
Stroke . 2011 May; 42(6):1697-701. PMID: 21546471
Background And Purpose: Few patients arrive early enough at hospitals to be eligible for emergent stroke treatment. There may be barriers specific to underserved, urban populations that need to be...
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Washio Y, Higgins S, Heil S, Badger G, Skelly J, Bernstein I, et al.
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2010 Sep; 114(1):73-6. PMID: 20870365
Excessive maternal weight gain during pregnancy can result in serious adverse maternal and neonatal health consequences making it an important outcome to monitor in developing smoking-cessation interventions for pregnant women....
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Higgins S, Bernstein I, Washio Y, Heil S, Badger G, Skelly J, et al.
Addiction . 2010 Sep; 105(11):2023-30. PMID: 20840188
Aims: This study examined whether smoking cessation using voucher-based contingency management (CM) improves birth outcomes. Design: Data were combined from three controlled trials. Setting: Each of the trials was conducted...
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Higgins T, Higgins S, Heil S, Badger G, Skelly J, Bernstein I, et al.
Nicotine Tob Res . 2010 Mar; 12(5):483-8. PMID: 20339141
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to use data from controlled trials to examine whether smoking cessation increases breastfeeding duration. Correlational studies have confirmed associations between smoking status and...