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Webcast: Getting to Outcomes in Underage Drinking Prevention — May 21, 2012

In honor of National Underage Drinking Prevention Day, there will be a live, interactive webcast today (May 21) about successful approaches and resources to prevent underage drinking. The issue of underage drinking may sometimes be overshadowed by other forms of substance use, but it remains a steady and significant problem in the United States.

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Multicultural Web-Based Motivational Interviewing for Clients with a First-Time DUI Offense — Apr 1, 2012

A culturally relevant web-based Motivational Interviewing in English and Spanish was developed to serve as a standalone or adjunctive program in DUI educational settings. This study evaluated its feasibility and acceptability among clients.

PROJECT

Evaluation of Drug and Alcohol "Payment by Results" Pilots — Feb 13, 2012

RAND Europe is conducting an independent evaluation of the Department of Health's drug and alcohol recovery payment-by-results pilots to determine whether market forces can encourage the development of better recovery programmes.

NEWS RELEASE

Voluntary After-School Program Can Reduce Alcohol Use Among Middle School Children — Feb 8, 2012

If prevention researchers build programs with developmentally relevant content, and provide this content in an engaging, confidential, and non-judgmental way, it can help middle school-aged children avoid alcohol.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

What Oregon's Parity Law Can Tell Us About the Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and Spending on Substance Abuse Treatment Services — Feb 1, 2012

Oregon's experience suggests that behavioral health insurance parity that places restrictions on how plans manage the benefit may lead to increases in expenditures for alcohol treatment services but is unlikely to lead to increases in spending for other drug abuse treatment services.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Voluntary After-School Alcohol and Drug Programs for Middle School Youth: If You Build It Right, They Will Come — Jan 1, 2012

This study describes CHOICE, a voluntary after-school program which targeted AOD use among middle school students.

REPORT

Three Essays on Economics of Health Behavior in China — Nov 4, 2011

Three essays each focusing on one topic in economics of health behaviors in China.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Multisite Cost Analysis of a School-Based Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Prevention Program — Aug 31, 2011

The large cross-school variation in the cost of implementing Project CHOICE (a voluntary after-school prevention program for adolescents) highlights the importance of collecting cost information from multiple sites.

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Substance Use and Recessions: What Can Be Learned from Economic Analyses of Alcohol? — Aug 31, 2011

In developed countries, heavy drinkers consume less in a downturn, while light drinkers consume more. This pro-cyclical relationship does not hold for countries where disposable income is low.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Substance Use Among Middle School Students: Associations with Self-Rated and Peer-Nominated Popularity — May 31, 2011

More-popular middle school students are more likely to be cigarette smokers, drinkers, and marijuana users, as well as past-month drinkers, suggesting that popularity is a risk factor for substance abuse.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

An Effectiveness Trial of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Persistent Depressive Symptoms in Substance Abuse Treatment — May 31, 2011

Providing group cognitive behavioral therapy for depression to clients with persistent depressive symptoms receiving residential substance abuse treatment is associated with improved depression and substance use outcomes.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Prescription Sharing, Alcohol Use, and Street Drug Use to Manage Pain Among Veterans — Apr 30, 2011

About one-third of veterans report using alcohol, street drugs, or medication prescribed for others to manage pain.

PERIODICAL

Gays in the Military: Eventually, New Facts Conquer Old Taboos — Apr 29, 2011

This RAND Review cover story describes RAND's research and analysis of sexual orientation and U.S. military personnel policy relating to the likely repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Does the Response to Alcohol Taxes Differ Across Racial/ethnic Groups? Some Evidence from 1984-2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System — Mar 31, 2011

This study examines how the effect of alcohol excise taxes on the demand for alcohol varies across different racial and ethnic groups.

REPORT

Preliminary assessment of economic impacts of alcohol pricing policy options in the UK — Mar 21, 2011

This study provides evidence on potential economic impact of policies designed to increase the price of alcoholic drinks on consumers, producers and retailers in the UK. Policy-makers used recommendations to implement a new pricing policy.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Increased Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Migratory Homeless Youth: Exploring the Role of Social Network Composition — Mar 11, 2011

Young homeless "travelers" engage in higher risk behavior than non-traveler homeless and may have different service needs and require different service approaches.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Premises Is the Premise: Understanding Off- and On-Premises Alcohol Sales Outlets to Improve Environmental Alcohol Prevention Strategies — Mar 3, 2011

Outlets that sell alcohol on the premises (e.g., bars or restaurants) do more to prevent alcohol sales to minors than outlets such as convenience or liquor stores.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity: RAND's Drug Policy Research Center — Feb 6, 2011

This paper provides a look back at the creation, evolution and growth of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC).

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Neighborhood Archetypes for Population Health Research: Is There No Place Like Home? — Dec 31, 2010

Latent class analysis. A new approach to studying the role of place in population health, can be used in both research and practice.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Group Alcohol and Drug Treatment — Dec 31, 2010

Group treatment for teen alcohol and drug disorders can be enhanced by motivational interviewing, a technique that may be ideally suited to addressing barriers to treating teens in groups because it is inherently collaborative, focusing on achievable approaches for change.

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