Shari Van Hook
Boston Children's Hospital
18 Papers
130 Citations
Shari Van Hook is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 18 publications. Previous affiliations of Shari Van Hook include Harvard University.
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Papers
An Electronic Screen for Triaging Adolescent Substance Use by Risk Levels
Sharon Levy,Roger D. Weiss,Lon Sherritt,Rosemary E. Ziemnik,Allegra L. Spalding,Shari Van Hook,Lydia A. Shrier +6 more
TL;DR: A single screening question assessing past-year frequency use for 8 commonly misused categories of substances appears to be a valid method for discriminating among clinically relevant risk categories of adolescent substance use.
Adolescent substance use screening in primary care: Validity of computer self-administered versus clinician-administered screening
Sion Kim Harris,John R. Knight,Shari Van Hook,Lon Sherritt,Traci Brooks,John Kulig,Christina A Nordt,Richard Saitz +7 more
TL;DR: Substance use screening by computer self-entry is a valid and time-efficient alternative to clinician-administered screening.
Motivational interviewing for adolescent substance use : A pilot study
John R. Knight,Lon Sherritt,Lon Sherritt,Shari Van Hook,Shari Van Hook,Elizabeth C. Gates,Sharon Levy,Grace Chang,Grace Chang,Grace Chang +9 more
TL;DR: A 2-session motivational interviewing intervention for substance use among 14- to 18-year-old medical patients reduced their use of substances and risk of driving after drinking during the 3-month follow-up period.
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Heavy drinking and alcohol policy enforcement in a statewide public college system.
TL;DR: Within this single state system, stricter enforcement by campus security officers of policies that limit underage drinking tends to be associated with lower rates of heavy drinking by students.
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Alcohol policy enforcement and changes in student drinking rates in a statewide public college system: a follow-up study
TL;DR: Study findings suggest that stronger enforcement of a stricter alcohol policy may be associated with reductions in student heavy drinking rates over time, and an aggressive enforcement stance by deans may be an important element of an effective college alcohol policy.