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Nearly seven million Americans with disabilities receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and, in most states, are enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans. Research has shown that there is a high rate of co-occurring substance abuse disorders among SSI... Published In: Health & Social Work | Journal articles | 11/20/2009 |
Rethinking Substance Abuse Treatment Strategies In 1983, William R. Miller, Ph.D., introduced "motivational interviewing" into the field of substance abuse treatment. | Grantee profiles | 11/19/2009 |
Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention This article looks specifically at the design of the Urban Health Initiative evaluation. It highlights the program's integrated evaluation design, bringing together a theory of change and a quasi-experimental approach, including comparison city usage. Published In: American Journal of Evaluation | Journal articles | 11/17/2009 |
Changing Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Services in Franklin County, Ohio The Technical Assistance Collaborative and The Avisa Group designed initiatives to improve substance abuse and mental health services by integrating funding streams and involving more agencies. | Grant Results Sidebars | 11/10/2009 |
This article examines the relationship between local drug policy, and adolescent attitudes toward and use of marijuana. More severe local drug policy on marijuana use is associated with a decreased likelihood that adolescents will use the drug and an increased... Published In: Crime & Delinquency | Journal articles | 11/03/2009 |
Pilot Program of Research to Integrate Substance Abuse Issues into Mainstream Medicine (PRISM) PRISM sought to encourage physicians and health care researchers to address the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on serious chronic illnesses. | Grant Results Reports | 10/15/2009 |
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program The Substance Abuse Policy Research Program funds investigator-initiated projects that identify and assess policies to reduce the harm caused by substance abuse. | Grant Results Reports | 10/12/2009 |
Social disparities in body weight may increase because Black women, Hispanic women and men with lower socioeconomic status show declining trends in positive weight-related health behaviors compared with White young adults with higher socioeconomic status. Published In: American Journal of Public Health | Journal articles | 10/08/2009 |
Free To Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities tested an innovative approach to two closely related public health problems - substance abuse and child abuse. | Grant Results Reports | 10/05/2009 |
Webinar: Changing Lives Through Literature This Reclaiming Futures webinar will provide an overview of the CLTL initiative, which is based on the philosophy that studying literature can transform lives of criminal offenders, and implementation in Bristol County, Massachusetts. | Stories and articles | 08/10/2009 |