Journal Article
Study Design to Evaluate a Group-based Therapy for Support Persons of Adults on Buprenorphine/Naloxone
This study will evaluate whether the adapted intervention, also known as integrating support persons into recovery, is effective in increasing patient retention on buprenorphine when compared to usual care.
Sep 18, 2020
Journal Article
Persistence of Shifts in Beliefs Associated With Exposure to Alcohol Advertising Among Adolescents
Youths are exposed to an average of three alcohol ads per day-and black and Hispanic youths' exposure is roughly double that of white youths—and the effect of a single exposure can last up to two days.
Jun 21, 2018
Research Brief
Drinking It In: The Impact of Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising
Youths in this study (ages 11-14) were exposed to an average of three alcohol ads per day; black and Hispanic youths' exposure was roughly double that of white youths. Exposure to alcohol ads led youths to view alcohol and drinking more positively.
May 23, 2018
Journal Article
Demographic and Mental Health Characteristics of Individuals Who Present to Community Health Clinics With Substance Misuse
Patients of community health clinics who screen positive for alcohol or opioid misuse have a high probability of an alcohol- or substance-use disorder and a slightly higher prevalence of mental illness than the overall clinic population.
Nov 22, 2017
Journal Article
Scaled Inverse Probability Weighting: A Method to Assess Potential Bias Due to Event Nonreporting in Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies
This article introduces a new approach to assessing the risk of missing data and bias in a psychology method known as ecological momentary assessment.
Nov 22, 2017
Journal Article
Barriers to Integrating the Continuum of Care for Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study
Some perceived barriers to implementing the continuum of care for opioid and alcohol use disorders in primary care clinics persist over time, but most barriers decreased.
Oct 13, 2017
Journal Article
Exposure to Alcohol Advertising and Adolescents' Drinking Beliefs: Role of Message Interpretation
Recent research revealed momentary associations between exposure to alcohol advertising and positive beliefs about alcohol among adolescents (Martino et al., 2016). We reanalyzed those data to determine whether associations depend on adolescents' appraisal of ads.
Sep 28, 2017
Journal Article
Collaborative Care for Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care: The SUMMIT Randomized Clinical Trial
Among adults with opioid and alcohol use disorders, a collaborative care intervention—which integrates behavioral health care into primary care—increased both access to treatment and abstinence.
Sep 15, 2017
Journal Article
Factors Associated with Younger Adolescents' Exposure to Online Alcohol Advertising
Young adolescents are more likely to be exposed to online alcohol ads if they are rebellious in nature; parental monitoring of online access reduces exposure.
Nov 28, 2016
Journal Article
Alcohol Advertising Exposure Among Middle School-Age Youth: An Assessment Across All Media and Venues
Middle school-age youth from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds in the Los Angeles area indicated exposure to two to four alcohol advertisements per day, with girls and minority youth seeing more ads than their peers.
Jun 24, 2016
Journal Article
Ecological Momentary Assessment of the Association Between Exposure to Alcohol Advertising and Early Adolescents' Beliefs About Alcohol
This study evaluates the momentary association between exposure to alcohol advertising and middle-school students' beliefs about alcohol in real-world settings and to explore racial/ethnic differences in this association.
2016
Report
Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care Survey: Development and Field Test
RAND researchers designed and field tested an Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care Survey for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for use with adult patients who have visited the emergency department.
Sep 30, 2014
Journal Article
Drug Use Among Gay and Bisexual Men at Weekend Dance Parties: The Role of Intentions and Perceptions of Peers' Behaviors
Substance use is high among gay and bisexual men attending weekend dance events, yet little research has investigated motivations for drug use and contextual factors influencing use in these settings.
2013
Journal Article
Using Indirect Estimates Based on Name and Census Tract to Improve the Efficiency of Sampling Matched Ethnic Couples from Marriage License Data
We describe a new method that allows oversampling on the basis of indirectly estimated race/ethnicity when name and address information are available.
2013
Journal Article
Assessing and Improving Organizational Readiness to Implement Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care: Findings from the SUMMIT Study
An organizational readiness intervention improved some implementation outcomes related to integrating treatment for opioid and alcohol use disorders in primary care, but not all.
2012
Journal Article
PartyIntents: A Portal Survey to Assess Gay and Bisexual Men's Risk Behaviors at Weekend Parties
Portal survey methods can be used to anonymously survey gay and bisexual men about HIV-risk behaviors before and after a weekend party–oriented vacation.
2011
Journal Article
Long-term Effect of Community-Based Treatment: Evidence from the Adolescent Outcomes Project
A growing literature on adolescent drug treatment interventions demonstrates the efficacy of research therapies, but few rigorous studies examine the effectiveness of community-based treatments that are more commonly available to and utilized by youths and their families, the criminal justice system and other referring agencies. This study evaluates the effects 72-102 months after intake to a widely disseminated community-based treatment model, residential therapeutic community treatment, using data from RAND's Adolescent Outcomes Project.
Feb 1, 2010
Journal Article
Provider-related Barriers to Rapid HIV Testing in U.S. Urban Non-Profit Community Clinics, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and Hospitals
This study of the diffusion of rapid HIV testing methods among urban U.S. healthcare providers found that administrative barriers and insufficient training among non-laboratory staff were important factors in hindering the use of rapid HIV testing.
2010
Journal Article
Seven-year Life Outcomes of Adolescent Offenders in Los Angeles
The authors examined important life outcomes for adolescent offenders to describe how they were faring in young adulthood.
2009
Journal Article
Scope of Rapid HIV Testing in Private Nonprofit Urban Community Health Settings in the United States
The authors examined patterns of rapid HIV testing in a multistage national random sample of private, nonprofit, urban community clinics and community-based organizations to determine the extent of rapid HIV test availability outside the public health system.
2008
Journal Article
Scope of Rapid HIV Testing in Urban U. S. Hospitals
Rapid HIV testing is increasing in urban U.S. hospitals, primarily for occupational exposure and in hospitals with greater resources and need. Testing should be encouraged in smaller facilities, the West, and communities with racial/ethnic diversity.
2008
Journal Article
The Dimensions of Change in Therapeutic Community Treatment Instrument
The results of the 2 studies are encouraging and support use of the 54-item DCI as a tool to measure treatment process.
2006
Journal Article
How Important Are Client Characteristics to Understanding Treatment Process in the Therapeutic Community?
Examines the in-treatment experience for different clients by exploring the relationships between treatment process and client characteristics.
2004
Journal Article
Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Violence, Substance Use and Disorder, and HIV Risk Behavior: A Comparison of Sheltered and Low-Income Housed Women in Los Angeles County
Violence against women, substance use and disorder, and HIV represent three significant threats to the health of women, yet little is known about the extent of these epidemics among indigent women. This study investigates and documents differences in the prevalence and co-occurrence of physical and sexual violence, substance use and disorder, and HIV risk behavior in sizable probability samples of sheltered homeless and low-income housed women.
2004
Journal Article
Trauma Exposure and Retention in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
Trauma exposure and related symptoms interfere with adult adherence to drug treatment.
2004
Journal Article
An Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Juvenile Probationers at Phoenix Academy of Los Angeles
Established in 1987, the program model, called Phoenix Academy, is a modified therapeutic community for adolescents that integrates an on-site public school into the treatment milieu. The model employs the view that substance abuse is the outward manifestation of a broad set of personal and developmental problems.
2003
Journal Article
An Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Juvenile Probationers at Phoenix Academy of Los Angeles
In this chapter the authors describe the Phoenix Academy program.
2003
Draft
Sampling with Field Burden Constraints: An Application to Sheltered Homeless and Low-Income Housed Women
In this paper we present a statistically efficient means of collecting a probability sample in the presence of field burden constraints.
2003