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1. Media portrayal of prenatal and postpartum marijuana use in an era of
scientific uncertainty.
2. Predatory journals and their effect on the advancement of nursing
science.
3. Factors affecting publication in peer-reviewed journals of abstracts
presented from 2008 to 2012 ACVO meetings.
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Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Apr 11. pii: S0376-8716(18)30183-2.
1. Media portrayal of prenatal and postpartum marijuana use in an era of
scientific uncertainty.
Jarlenski M, Koma JW, Zank J, Bodnar LM, Tarr JA, Chang JC
BACKGROUND: Objectives were to characterize how scientific information about
prenatal and postpartum marijuana use was presented in online media content,
and to assess how media portrayed risks and benefits of such marijuana use.
METHODS: We analyzed online media items (n = 316) from March 2015 to January
2017. A codebook was developed to measure media content in 4 domains:
scientific studies, information about health and well-being, mode of
ingestion, and portrayal of risks and benefits. Content analysis was
performed by two authors, with high inter-rater reliability (mean ĸ = 0.82).
Descriptive statistics were used to characterize content, and regression
analyses were used to test for predictors of media portrayal of the
risk-benefit ratio of prenatal and postpartum marijuana use.
RESULTS: 51% of the media items mentioned health risks of prenatal and
postpartum marijuana use. Nearly one-third (28%) mentioned marijuana use for
treatment of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Most media items mentioned a
specific research study. More than half of media (59%) portrayed prenatal or
postpartum marijuana risks > benefits, 10% portrayed benefits> risks, and the
remainder were neutral. While mention of a scientific study was not
predictive of the portrayal of the risk-benefit ratio of marijuana use in
pregnancy or postpartum, discussion of health risks and health benefits
predicted portrayals of the risk-benefit ratio.
CONCLUSIONS: Online media content about prenatal and postpartum marijuana use
presented health risks consistent with evidence, and discussed a health
benefit of marijuana use for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Portrayal of
risks and benefits was somewhat equivocal, consistent with current scientific
debate.
Keywords: Communications; Marijuana; Media; Pregnancy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.02.021
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29655873
J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2018 Apr;23(2): e12216
2. Predatory journals and their effect on the advancement of nursing
science.
Ryan-Wenger NA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jspn.12216
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29656570
Vet Ophthalmol. 2018 Apr 14.
3. Factors affecting publication in peer-reviewed journals of abstracts
presented from 2008 to 2012 ACVO meetings.
Bentley E, Koester M, Bdolah-Abram T, Yair N, Ofri R
PURPOSE: To examine variables that affect publication of ACVO meeting
abstracts in peer-reviewed journals and compare results to ECVO publication
rate (PR).
METHODS: Published papers were identified via online searches for abstracts
from 2008 to 2012 ACVO/ECVO meetings. Variables analyzed (via Pearson's
chi-Squared test) included the following: oral presentation/poster, type of
abstract (clinical/basic science/case report), species, ocular tissue,
nationality, funding, first/last/any author a diplomate, resident as first
author, and author affiliation (private practice/university).
RESULTS: One hundred and eighty-six of 577 ACVO abstracts were published
within 608 ± 479 days, with 103 published in Veterinary Ophthalmology.
Significant factors included the following: nationality of first/last authors
(P = .005); English as first language (P < .001); presentation type (P <
.001, oral 40% PR, poster 22% PR); type of study (P = .037, clinical study
35% PR, basic science 30% PR, case report 16% PR); resident as first author
(P < .001); diplomate as any author except first/last (P < .001); first
author affiliation (P = .001, university 37% PR, practice 21% PR); last
author affiliation (P = .003, university 36% PR, practice 22% PR); and
species (P < .001, horses 53% PR, multiple species 50% PR, cats 35% PR, food
animals 31% PR, exotics/wildlife 31% PR, dogs 27% PR, laboratory animals/in
vitro 24%). Nonsignificant factors were as follows: diplomate as first/last
author, funding, and ocular tissue. Presentation type, resident as first
author, university affiliation of first author, and species had the greatest
effect on publication probability. For the same period, ECVO PR was 87 of
299, which was not significantly different from ACVO PR (P = .342).
CONCLUSION: At 32%, ACVO PR for the study years is similar to ECVO PR of 29%.
Keywords: American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists; abstract; oral
paper; poster; publication rate; scientific meeting
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/vop.12573
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29656563
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