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Rachel Carmen Ceasar

Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

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Publications

  • Risk Factors for Infective Endocarditis and Serious Injection Related Infections Among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Feb 06; 269:112588. . View in PubMed
  • Sleep Health among Community-Recruited Opioid-Using People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO J Urban Health. 2024 Oct; 101(5):1058-1067. . View in PubMed
  • “I don’t need my kid to be high”: prioritizing harm reduction when using cannabis during pregnancy Harm Reduct J. 2024 Sep 09; 21(1):166. . View in PubMed
  • “Smoking weed it gets you over the hump”: Cannabis co-use as a facilitator of decreased opioid use among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, California Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2024 Sep; 12:100257. . View in PubMed
  • Housing and Displacement as Risk Factors for Negative Health Outcomes Among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO, USA Res Sq. 2024 Aug 17. . View in PubMed
  • J Sex Med. 2024 Apr 30; 21(5):464-470. . View in PubMed
  • Perceiving E-Cigarettes as Safe and Safer Alternative to Cigarettes Among Young Adults Subst Use Addctn J. 2024 Apr; 45(2):181-190. . View in PubMed
  • Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of Postoperative Opioid Use: A Qualitative, Thematic Analysis J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Apr; 59(4):718-724. . View in PubMed
  • Cannabis Use and Perinatal Health JAMA. 2024 01 16; 331(3):256-257. . View in PubMed
  • The unseen patient: competing priorities between patients and providers when cannabis is used in pregnancy, a qualitative study Front Glob Womens Health. 2024; 5:1355375. . View in PubMed
  • Physician Leadership and Burnout: The Need for Agency; a Qualitative Study of an Academic Institution J Healthc Leadersh. 2024; 16:121-130. . View in PubMed
  • “They might take my baby away:” Black and Latina peoples’ experiences of using cannabis during pregnancy in California while engaged in perinatal care J Perinatol. 2023 12; 43(12):1497-1499. . View in PubMed
  • Legislation has Changed But Issues Remain: Provider Perceptions of Caring for People Who Use Cannabis During Pregnancy in Safety Net Health Settings, a Qualitative Pilot Study Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2023; 4(1):400-408. . View in PubMed
  • Appetite. 2022 Aug 01; 175:106075. . View in PubMed
  • Trajectories of Nicotine Use Leading to Dual and Cyclical Tobacco Product Use in Young Adults Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 06 15; 24(7):986-993. . View in PubMed
  • Associations of cannabis product source and subsequent cannabis use among adolescents Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 04 01; 233:109374. . View in PubMed
  • Critical Challenges and Creative Solutions for Quantifying Nicotine Vaping: Qualitative Reports From Young Adults Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 02 14; 24(3):416-420. . View in PubMed
  • Factors associated with injury and blood-borne infection risk when providing assisted injection among people who inject drugs Int J Drug Policy. 2021 11; 97:103297. . View in PubMed
  • Factors associated with methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms among people who inject drugs Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 06 01; 223:108702. . View in PubMed
  • Characterizing symptoms of e-cigarette dependence: a qualitative study of young adults BMC Public Health. 2021 05 20; 21(1):959. . View in PubMed
  • Accessing Vaping Products When Underage: A Qualitative Study of Young Adults in Southern California Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 05 04; 23(5):836-841. . View in PubMed
  • Factors associated with health-related cannabis use intentions among a community sample of people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA 2016 to 2018 Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 02 01; 219:108421. . View in PubMed
  • Young adult perspectives on their respiratory health symptoms since vaping Subst Abus. 2021; 42(4):428-432. . View in PubMed
  • Opioid withdrawal symptoms, frequency, and pain characteristics as correlates of health risk among people who inject drugs Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 06 01; 211:107932. . View in PubMed
  • Sources and Impact of Time Pressure on Opioid Management in the Safety-Net J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 May-Jun; 32(3):375-382. . View in PubMed
  • Opioid pharmacovigilance: A clinical-social history of the changes in opioid prescribing for patients with co-occurring chronic non-cancer pain and substance use Soc Sci Med. 2017 08; 186:87-95. . View in PubMed
  • The risks of opioid treatment: Perspectives of primary care practitioners and patients from safety-net clinics Subst Abus. 2017 Apr-Jun; 38(2):213-221. . View in PubMed
  • Provider Experiences With the Identification, Management, and Treatment of Co-occurring Chronic Noncancer Pain and Substance Use in the Safety Net Subst Use Misuse. 2017 01 28; 52(2):251-255. . View in PubMed
  • Primary care providers’ experiences with urine toxicology tests to manage prescription opioid misuse and substance use among chronic noncancer pain patients in safety net health care settings Subst Abus. 2016; 37(1):154-60. . View in PubMed

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