In “Cervical cancer screening, abnormal results, and follow-up in women with substance use-related diagnoses,” authors McKenna C. Eastment, MD, MPH, Ayushi Gupta, MS, MBA, Jocelyn James, MD, Barbra A. Richardson, PhD, Leeya Pinder, MD, MPH, H. Nina Kim, MD, MSc, Anna Wald MD, MPH, and Judith I. Tsui , MD, MPH report that the goal of their analytical research was to compare rates of cervical cancer screening, screening abnormalities, and follow-up care in women with and without a substance use-related diagnosis seen for primary care between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2019 in the University of Washington healthcare system.

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In “Satisfaction with group-based appointments among patients with opioid use disorder in an urban buprenorphine clinic,” authors Serra Akyar, MD, MPH, Amesika Nyaku, MD, MS, Kristyn Lao, MD, Stephanie Ruthberg, MD, MS, and Erin A. Zerbo, MD sought to understand the acceptability of group-based appointments for opioid use disorder (OUD) in an urban clinical setting that treats predominantly ethnic minority populations.

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In “The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use Among Women with Opioid Use Disorder,” authors Chelsea Pallatino, PhD, MPH, Judy C. Chang, MD, MPH, and Elizabeth E. Krans, MD, MSc examine the limited understanding of how IPV influences substance use behaviors among women with OUD.

“We chose an open, descriptive qualitative approach using individual interviews to understand the issue of OUD and IPV from the perspectives of women with OUD to avoid imposing our biases or assumptions with any predetermined theoretical framework or pre-determined answer selections.  For our sampling and recruitment, we were able to use infrastructure and staff support from an existing trial that was actively recruiting women who fit characteristics targeted for our sampling.”

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In this brief report, authors Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD, Huiru Dong, PhD, Michee-Ana Hamilton, MSc, Walter Cullen, MD, Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, Evan Wood, PhD and Nadia Fairbairn, MD evaluate how an international one-year intensive research training program for addiction medicine physicians contributed to subsequent research involvement and productivity.

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