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Medicaid Managed Care, Substance Abuse Treatment, and People with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature

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 

Evidence for Connections Between Prosecutor-Reported Marijuana Case Dispositions and Community Youth Marijuana-Related Attitudes and Behaviors

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 

Differential Trends in Weight-Related Health Behaviors Among American Young Adults by Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status: 1984-2006

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 

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