This year we presented during two sessions at the 40th Annual RSA Scientific Meeting:
UNDERSTANDING ALCOHOL USE AND TREATMENT
EFFECTS IN MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS
ORGANIZER/CHAIR: SUSAN E. COLLINS
LIFE ENHANCING ALCOHOL-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (LEAP): COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF HOUSING FIRST PROGRAMMING – SEEMA L. CLIFASEFI – A nonrandomized controlled trial of LEAP programming (N =118) indicated that participants receiving LEAP programming are more likely to participate in meaningful activities than control participants who received treatment as usual.
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF HARM-REDUCTION TREATMENT FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH AUDS – SUSAN E. COLLINS – A randomized controlled trial (N=180) of individual behavioral harm-reduction treatment for AUDs follows on a successful pilot study, which was associated with reduced alcohol quantity, frequency and problems.
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HEALTH DISPARITIES IN ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG PROBLEMS AND HEALTH EQUITY APPROACHES (WORKSHOP)
TREATMENT AND PREVENTION: COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES – SEEMA CLIFASEFI, SUSAN COLLINS, & LONNIE NELSON – CBPR intervention for housing-unstable urban Native Americans and Alaska Natives with substance use disorders.