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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Among Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents

Despite a 2005 CMS mandate that all nursing home residents be offered the influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations, racial/ethnic disparities persist.

Sep 15, 2017
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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
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Primary Care Providers with More Experience and Stronger Self-Efficacy Beliefs Regarding Women Veterans Screen More Frequently for Interpersonal Violence

Some primary care provider experiences and beliefs regarding women's health care influence rates of screening for military sexual trauma (MST) and/or intimate partner violence (IPV) .

Sep 6, 2017
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Treatment for Opioid or Alcohol Abuse Can Be Successful in Primary Care Settings

Combining substance abuse treatment with regular medical care can successfully treat people with opioid or alcohol addiction, providing an option that might expand treatment and lower the cost of caring for people caught up in the nation's opioid epidemic.

Sep 5, 2017
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Association Between Process Based Quality Indicators and Mortality for Patients With Substance Use Disorders

Receiving appropriate care is associated with lower mortality for patients with substance use disorders.

Sep 1, 2017
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Did the Dependent Coverage Expansion Increase Risky Substance Use Among Young Adults?

This analysis of the dependent coverage expansion under the ACA suggests that historical trends rather than the insurance expansion ittself account for increases in substance use among people ages 19-25 since 2010.

Aug 25, 2017
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Building Capacity for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): A Pilot Study

We designed and tested the feasibility, effectiveness, and sustainability of CQI approaches in substance use disorder treatment settings

Aug 24, 2017
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Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Across studies, our analyses did not indicate that MBRP has beneficial clinical effects beyond comparator interventions (such as relapse prevention, health education, CBT, andTAU) on substance use relapse.

Aug 15, 2017
Blog

RAND's Summer Reading List for Congress

Hill staffers can make the most of the Congressional recess with this list of must-read research and commentary on the policy issues they will be addressing this fall.

Aug 4, 2017
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The Association Between Discharge Status, Mental Health, and Substance Misuse Among Young Adult Veterans

Veterans who received General and Other Than Honorable discharges were significantly more likely to screen positive for generalized anxiety disorder, depression, PTSD, and hazardous alcohol use than those who received an Honorable discharge.

Jul 26, 2017
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Predicting Evidence-Based Treatment Sustainment: Results from a Longitudinal Study of the Adolescent-Community Reinforcement Approach

Providers' ability to sustain A-CRA programming beyond initial implementation support depended on factors such as the level of implementation success, staff perceptions toward the intervention, funding stability, and community support.

Jul 18, 2017
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The Impact of Normative Perceptions on Alcohol Consumption in Military Veterans

The attitudes of military personnel about drinking predict their future drinking behaviors and may be key to understanding the relationship between normative perceptions about drinking and drinking behaviors.

Jul 14, 2017
News Release

Three Possible Measures for Quality Medical Care May Help Cut Deaths from Opioid Addiction by One-Third

Following three possible recommendations for medical care for people with an opioid addiction may cut deaths among such patients by as much as one-third. Deaths were much lower among patients who were not prescribed opioids or common types of anxiety medications, those who received psychosocial counseling, and those who had quarterly visits with a physician.

Jun 27, 2017
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Overview of Drug Treatment for Drug-Abusing Criminal Offenders: Insights from California's Proposition 36 and Arizona's Proposition 200

California's Proposition 36 and Arizona's Proposition 200 allowed some drug-abusing criminal offenders to enter drug treatment instead of being incarcerated. This policy brief provides early results of the two programs.

Jun 13, 2017
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Desistance Mandates Compared with Treatment Mandates in Criminal Justice Populations

Empowering those under criminal justice supervision to cease drug use on their own - rather than forcing them into formal treatment against their will - is a policy approach that warrants further evaluation.

Jun 8, 2017
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Identifying Policy Implications and Future Research Directions Regarding Military Community Support and Child Psychosocial Adjustment

Efforts to organize and consolidate the wide range of support services designed to bolster resilience in military families could enhance service members' mission readiness.

Jun 7, 2017
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Relationship Between Provider Stigma and Predictors of Staff Turnover Among Addiction Treatment Providers

Addiction treatment providers are less likely to be satisfied with their work if they hold negative views towards patients with substance abuse disorders.

Jun 6, 2017
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Sources of Care for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems: The Role of the African American Church

Many Los Angeles-area African American churches provide recovery supports and services for alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and actively connect individuals to formal AOD treatment.

Jun 6, 2017
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The Return on Investment for Preventive Healthcare Programmes

Only a small amount of pharmaceutical companies measure the return on investment of their workplace health promotion programmes in a systematic manner, but data from GSK clearly demonstrates the potential business case for companies to invest in the health and wellbeing of its workforce.

May 30, 2017
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The Werther Effect Revisited: Measuring the Effect of News Items on User Behavior

A new methodology detects how news coverage can have both positive and negative effects on people; feedback to journalists might offer an opportunity to modify a publication to reduce negative effects.

May 24, 2017

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