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New in SAj: Predictors of substance use disorder treatment initiation and engagement among adolescents enrolled in Medicaid

Jul 8, 2022 by AMERSA

Adolescents with substance use disorders (SUD) should receive timely access to treatment to improve lifelong outcomes. The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) initiation and engagement in treatment (IET) performance measure was intended to promote quality improvement for patients with SUD. Yet, few studies have assessed predictors of measure performance among adolescents or other engagement in mental health services, which is critical to understanding disparities in treatment quality or opportunities for targeted improvement strategies. The present study reports the rates and predictors of IET among adolescents with SUD, as well as receipt of any mental health services.

This article comes from authors Laura J. Chavez, PhD, MPH,Danielle L. Steelesmith , PhD,Jeffrey A. Bridge, PhD, and Cynthia A. Fontanella, PhD and was published in SAj on June 3, 2022.

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New in SAj: Differences in the delivery of medications for opioid use disorder during hospitalization by racial categories: A retrospective cohort analysis

Jun 29, 2022 by AMERSA

This study assessed differences in the delivery of buprenorphine versus methadone during acute medical or surgical hospitalizations for veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) by racial categories (Black Non-Hispanic or Latino vs. White Non-Hispanic or Latino).

Kelsey C. Priest, MD PhD MPH, Caroline A. King, PhD MPH, Honora Englander, MD, Travis I. Lovejoy, PhD MPH and Dennis McCarty, PhD found that differences in hospital-based MOUD delivery may be influenced by MOUD received prior to hospitalization within the racialized outpatient addiction treatment system.

This original research article was just published in SAj Volume 43, Issue 1 on June 7, 2022. Read it now!

New in SAj: Perceptions of prescription opioid use among rural farming and ranching communities: Preliminary implications for outreach and treatment

Jun 27, 2022 by AMERSA

The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence and perceptions related to prescription opioids among rural producers and farmworkers. Authors, Kristine Ramsay-Seaner, PhD, Amber Letcher, PhD, Meagan Scott Hoffman, PhD, Emily Anderson, MA and Charlotte Heckmann, BS, found that outreach efforts that increase access to healthcare services and alternative pain management treatments for agricultural workers may mitigate the experience of chronic pain that can interfere with their overall quality of life.

You can find this article in SAj Volume 43, Issue 1 or you can read it here.

New in SAj: Smartphone-based alcohol interventions: A systematic review on the role of notifications in changing behaviors toward alcohol

Jun 24, 2022 by AMERSA

The aim of “Smartphone-based alcohol interventions: A systematic review on the role of notifications in changing behaviors toward alcohol” was to assess the role of notifications in smartphone-based interventions designed to support, manage, or reduce alcohol consumption.

Charlotte Williamson, MSc, Katie White, BSc, Roberto J. Rona, PhD, Amos Simms, MSc, Nicola T. Fear, DPhil (OXON), Laura Goodwin, PhD, Dominic Murphy, PhD and Daniel Leightley, PhD conducted this review using 14 papers meeting inclusion criteria: (1) studies using a smartphone-based alcohol intervention, (2) the intervention used notifications, and (3) published between 1st January 2007 and 30th April 2021 in English.

This review was published in SAj Volume 43, Issue 1 on June 7, 2022. Read it now!

New in SAj: Cannabis and cocaine use, drinking outcomes, and quality of life in general hospital inpatients with alcohol use disorder

Jun 23, 2022 by AMERSA

Esperanza Romero-Rodríguez, MD MSc PhD, Clara A. Chen, MHS, Kimberly A. Dukes, PhD, Kaitlin Hartlage, MPH, Tibor P. Palfai, PhD, Kara M. Magane, MS, Jeffrey H. Samet, MD MA MPH and Richard Saitz, MD MPH assess associations between cannabis and cocaine use and two outcomes [heavy drinking days and quality of life] among hospital inpatients with an alcohol use disorder.

This brief report was just published in SAj Volume 43, Issue 1 on June 7, 2022. Read it now!