Herb Severson
Oregon Research Institute
12 Papers
22 Citations
Herb Severson is an academic researcher from Oregon Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nicotine & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications.
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Papers
Tobacco attitudes, practices, and behaviors: a survey of dentists participating in managed care
TL;DR: The survey revealed that dentists do not routinely incorporate tobacco cessation into their practices, and newer information-transfer technologies may serve as vehicles for increased smoking cessation activities by dentists.
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Rationale for the use of passive consent in smoking prevention research: politics, policy, and pragmatics.
Herb Severson,Anthony Biglan +1 more
TL;DR: The passive consent procedure, as used in smoking prevention research, meets the requirement of positive parental consent and is recommended to examine how consent procedures can affect the results of prevention studies.
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Systematic Screening of Pupils in the Elementary Age Range At Risk for Behavior Disorders Development and Trial Testing of a Multiple Gating Model
Hill M. Walker,Herb Severson,Bruce Stiller,Gregory J. Williams,Norris G. Haring,Mark R. Shinn,Bonnie Todis +6 more
TL;DR: The Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders (SSBD) as mentioned in this paper is designed to improve the quality of referrals to multidisciplinary teams and to provide each pupil in regular classroom settings with an equal chance to be identified for both externalizing and internalizing behavior problems.
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Cigarette Smokers Versus Cousers of Cannabis and Cigarettes: Exposure to Toxicants
Ellen Meier,Ryan Vandrey,Nathan Rubin,Lauren R. Pacek,Joni Jensen,Eric C. Donny,Stephen S. Hecht,Steven G. Carmella,Sharon E. Murphy,Xianghua Luo,Irina Stepanov,Joshua Ikuemonisan,Herb Severson,Mustafa al'Absi,Dorothy K. Hatsukami +14 more
TL;DR: Co-users of cannabis and tobacco appear to be exposed to greater levels of harmful chemicals, but similar levels of nicotine as cigarette smokers, and higher concentrations of biomarkers of exposure than CS.
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Promoting School Success: Developing Social Skills and Early Literacy in Head Start Classrooms.
TL;DR: The results of a pilot intervention to improve the social skills and literacy preparation of behaviorally at-risk Head Start children suggest that a combined intervention addressing literacy and social skills shows promise and is worthy of further development and evaluation.