A5010009869- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- History of Science and Medicine
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Census and Population Estimation
- Community Health and Development
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Hepatitis C virus research
- American History and Culture
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Data Analysis and Archiving
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
Tennessee Department of Health
2018-2022
Vanderbilt University
2012-2015
Kennesaw State University
2011
Methods of integrating qualitative data across diverse studies and within multi-site research consortia are less developed than those for quantitative data. The development ofsuchmethods is essential to support the exchange needed cross-study inquiry given increasing emphasis on sharing open science. We describe methods integration National Cancer Institute's Improving Management symPtoms During And following Treatment (IMPACT) Consortium funded by MoonshotSM. Data collection analysis were...
To develop and validate algorithms for predicting 30-day fatal nonfatal opioid-related overdose using statewide data sources including prescription drug monitoring program data, Hospital Discharge Data System Tennessee (TN) vital records. Current prevention efforts in TN rely on descriptive retrospective analyses without prognostication.Study included 3 041 668 patients with 71 479 191 controlled substance prescriptions from 2012 to 2017. Statewide socioeconomic indicators were used train,...
To better understand patterns of drug use trajectories over time, it is essential to have standard measures change. Our goal here introduce we developed quantify change in behaviors. A secondary provide effective visualizations these for applied use. We analyzed data from a sample 92 older users (ages 45 65) identify transition across the life course. Data were collected every year since birth using mixed methods design. The community-drawn active and former 40% female, 50% African American,...
Recent epidemiological data show that older adults comprise a growing age group of drug users and new AIDS cases in the United States. Prevention intervention studies risk behaviors leading to HIV infection are increasing among users, particularly socially vulnerable. Yet remain an under-researched population little is known about their behaviors. Our aim address this gap knowledge on by comparing contextual factors influence harm reduction strategies practiced living different communities....
We investigate the relationship between homeownership and personal sense of mastery in transition to adulthood examine whether three important adult transitions (employment, marriage/cohabitation, parenthood) moderate impact on mastery. Utilizing N ational L ongitudinal S urvey Y outh— oung A dult ample ( = 1,609), we estimate change models assess direct effects as well this is modified by roles. Homeownership increases among young adults. Homeowners who are unemployed paradoxically receive...
American youth transitioning to adulthood consume more alcohol than in any other period of the life course. This high level consumption can result serious consequences, including lost productivity, death and disability, sexual assault, addiction. Nevertheless, relatively little is known, especially by race gender, about how prior history heavy drinking (e.g., late adolescence) impacts young adulthood. Utilizing data from National Longitudinal Survey Youth (1994-2004) for African Americans,...
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C (HCV), and injection drug use are syndemic in the central Appalachian states. In Tennessee (TN), declines HIV among persons who inject drugs (PWID) stalled, HCV infection rates increased significantly from 2013–2017. To better target strategies to address syndemic, county-level socioeconomic, opioid use, access healthcare, health factors were modeled identify indicators predictive of vulnerability an HIV/HCV outbreak PWID TN. Methods...