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Motivational Network Intervention to Reduce Substance Use and Increase Supportive Connections Among Formerly Homeless Emerging Adults Transitioning to Housing: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
This article describes a pilot test of a brief motivational network intervention for youth experiencing homelessness transitioning to a housing program reduce their substance use and strengthen their prosocial supportive connections.
Jun 15, 2023
Joan S. Tucker, David P. Kennedy, Karen Chan Osilla, Daniela Golinelli
Journal Article
Social Networks of Clients in First-Time DUI Programs
Individuals convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) having networks with more substance use individuals had greater substance use and drinking and driving behaviors. Network support was associated with lower drinking and driving.
Jun 15, 2023
Mauri Matsuda, Karen Chan Osilla, David P. Kennedy, Susan M. Paddock
Journal Article
State Policy and the Breadth of Buprenorphine-Prescriber Networks in Medicaid Managed Care
Researchers used a diff-in-diff approach to compare three Medicaid Managed Care networks for buprenorphine providers across specialties and market segments within the same state.
Jun 14, 2023
Mark K. Meiselbach, Coleman Drake, Jane M. Zhu, Brynna Manibusan, Dylan Nagy, Mark J. Sorbero, Brendan Saloner, Bradley D. Stein, Daniel Polsky
Journal Article
Prevalence of Buprenorphine Providers Requiring Cash Payment From Insured Women Seeking Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Researchers used an audit (simulated patient) study methodology to examine appointment-granting behavior by buprenorphine prescribers in ten different U.S. states.
Jun 14, 2023
Michael R. Richards, Ashley A. Leech, Bradley D. Stein, Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Stephen W. Patrick
Journal Article
Evaluation of Approaches to Recruitment of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Breast Cancer Patients from an Integrated Health Care Setting for Collection of Observational Social Network Data
We compared approaches to recruitment of diverse women with breast cancer in a study of social networks. Mailed letter was the best approach to recruit diverse women with breast cancer and collection of social network data.
Jun 14, 2023
Candyce Kroenke, Elaine Kurtovich, Rhonda Aoki, Veronica C. Shim, Tracy D. Chan, Leslie Manace Brenman, Jane Bethard-Tracy, Alyce S. Adams, David P. Kennedy
Report
Reconstructing Ukraine: Creating a Freer, More Prosperous, and Secure Future
The authors of this analysis draw on lessons from relevant historical examples of post-war and post–natural disaster reconstruction to provide insights on how to organize, finance, and provide security for Ukraine's reform and reconstruction.
Jun 14, 2023
Howard J. Shatz, Gabrielle Tarini, Charles P. Ries, James Dobbins
Testimony
Geographic Availability of Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Veterans: The Need for Data-Driven Solutions
Testimony presented before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 14, 2023.
Jun 14, 2023
Jonathan H. Cantor
Report
Managing Military Personnel Costs: Operation Retrenchment Specter, A Workforce Futures Game
To weigh options in managing military personnel costs, the U.S. Air Force explores trade-offs in a workforce futures policy game that simulates the monetary and nonmonetary effects of workforce and personnel policies in real time.
Jun 13, 2023
Matthew Walsh, Lisa M. Harrington, Thomas Light
Report
Toward a Unified Multiscale Computational Model of the Human Body's Immediate Responses to Blast-Related Trauma: Proceedings and Expert Findings from a U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting
These proceedings describe the tenth U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting on Blast Injury Research, where experts discussed innovations in multiscale modeling of the human body's response to blast-related trauma.
Jun 13, 2023
Samantha McBirney, Emily Hoch
Report
Evaluation of California's Statewide Mental Health Campaigns
This report describes surveys of a representative sample of California adults to understand the reach and impact of the California Mental Health Services Authority's mental health prevention and early intervention campaigns.
Jun 13, 2023
Nicole K. Eberhart, Christina Crowley, Elizabeth Roth, Ingrid Estrada-Darley
Report
Antarctica at Risk: Geostrategic Manoeuvring and the Future of the Antarctic Treaty System
Leveraging open-source literature and a tabletop exercise, the authors examine the possible implications that geostrategic manoeuvring in the Antarctic in the coming decades might have on the longevity and resilience of the Antarctic Treaty System.
Jun 13, 2023
Marigold Black, Benjamin J. Sacks, Peter Dortmans, Jade Yeung, Scott Savitz, Scott R. Stephenson, Abbie Tingstad, Stephanie Pezard, Nicolas Jouan, James Black
Report
Advancing Equitable Decisionmaking for the Department of Defense Through Fairness in Machine Learning
This report provides policymakers and developers of machine learning algorithms with a framework and tools to produce algorithms that are consistent with the U.S. Department of Defense's equity priorities.
Jun 13, 2023
Irineo Cabreros, Joshua Snoke, Osonde A. Osoba, Inez Khan, Marc N. Elliott
Journal Article
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Human Capital in the United States
Natural disasters affect a region's human capital as well as its physical capital, reducing both student achievement and educational attainment. These effects are persistent, and when monetized are of a similar magnitude as the property damage.
Jun 13, 2023
Isaac M. Opper, R. Jisung Park, Lucas Husted
Journal Article
Feasibility of a Computer-Assisted Social Network Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Reduce Substance Use and Increase Supportive Connections Among Emerging Adults Transitioning from Homelessness to Housing
Results suggest that a substance use intervention using Motivational Interviewing and social network visualizations is acceptable to youth transitioning to housing from and can be feasibly delivered by case managers during case management sessions.
Jun 13, 2023
David P. Kennedy, Karen Chan Osilla, Joan S. Tucker
Journal Article
Typologies of Dementia Caregiver Support Networks: A Pilot Study
This study suggests that there are different types of care and support networks available to caregivers to people with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementias, and that the size and structure of networks vary considerably among demographic groups.
Jun 13, 2023
Esther M. Friedman, David P. Kennedy
Commentary
Identifying Promising Prevention Strategies and Interventions to Support Justice-Involved Veterans: Veterans' Issues in Focus
A better understanding of veterans who are incarcerated or otherwise involved with the criminal justice system can help identify promising interventions and improve support for formerly incarcerated veterans as they reintegrate into their communities.
Jun 12, 2023
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Lynsay Ayer, Lauren Skrabala
Testimony
Chinese Strategy in the Freely Associated States and American Territories in the Pacific: Implications for the United States: Addendum
Document submitted June 5, 2023, as an addendum to testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs on May 16, 2023.
Jun 12, 2023
Derek Grossman
Journal Article
Association of Selected State Policies and Requirements for Buprenorphine Treatment With Per Capita Months of Treatment
State-mandated educational requirements beyond the initial training required to prescribe buprenorphine were associated with increased buprenorphine use over time.
Jun 8, 2023
Bradley D. Stein, Brendan Saloner, Olivia Golan, Barbara Andraka-Christou, Christina Andrews, Andrew W. Dick, Corey S. Davis, Yaou Flora Sheng, Adam J Gordon
Journal Article
Entente Versus Alliance: When Should States Be Friends but Not Allies?
This essay examines the conditions under which states choose to adopt formal alliances or instead craft ambiguous relations, commonly known as ententes.
Jun 8, 2023
Emerson M. Niou, Sean M. Zeigler
Journal Article
Competitive Alliances and Civil War Recurrence
Why do internal wars start anew after they apparently end? This essay examines competition between allied rebel groups in civil wars as a contributor to civil war renewal.
Jun 8, 2023
Sean M. Zeigler

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