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Drug Education for Rural Middle School Students in a Resilience Format: Author: Granger, Jamie Sue; Date: 2006-05-15; Program: Nursing; Abstract: Montana has the nation's youngest average age for first use of alcohol and marijuana. Montana also ranks among the top five states in the highest rates of alcohol use among youth. In one Montana county, 31% of eighth grade students report having had five or more drinks in a 30-day period, 14% were current cigarette smokers, and 12% smoked marijuana. The principal of a rural Montana middle school, in this same county, requested a drug education program for his sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. The goal of the program was resilience education. Resilience education allows for the develop...; Download File | View full details

A Survey of Postpartum Depression in Southeastern Montana: Author: Kent, Valerie Ann; Date: 2004-08-15; Program: Nursing; Abstract: There has been little research on postpartum depression (PPD) in the southeastern region of Montana. In the clinical experience of this researcher, relatively few health care providers perform a thorough assessment for PPD as part of postpartum care. Health care providers tend to underestimate both the incidence and effects of PPD. This study surveyed 16 women in southeastern Montana at their 4 to 6 week postpartum health care visit, using a standardized Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS). Surveys were scored while participants were at the clinic, and results were made available to t...; Download File | View full details