TRI PROJECTS-AT-A-GLANCE (continued)
Evaluation of the Bronx Community Recovery Center: Amy Mericle, Ph.D. The Bronx Community Recovery Center (BCRC) provides an array of services and resources that support recovery from alcohol and other drugs among individuals age 18 and over, their families, and other members of the community. TRI is partnering with staff at the BCRC to conduct an evaluation of the BCRC program and its goals.
Evaluation of the Children’s Program at the Betty Ford Center: Amelia Arria, PhD:TRI is helping evaluate short- and long-term outcomes of the program.
Evaluation of the 17th Judicial District Drug Treatment Court (Pennsylvania): David S. Festinger, Ph.D. Two evaluations (Process and Final Outcomes) will include findings from separate focus groups with judges and court staff to learn more about the Drug Court’s goals, processes and procedures, planned changes that may affect client outcomes, and organizational and other current issues relevant to the program and the Union/Snyder County Correctional System. TRI will also analyze data collected using TRI-CEP™ and the Treatment Research Institute Client Assessment survey (TRI-CA™), designed to allow drug court and other problem solving court clients to easily and confidentially complete program assessments.
Evaluation of Web-based Recovery Monitoring with Clinical Alerts; Adam Brooks, Ph.D. The aims of this NIDA-funded project are to conduct a three-phased study to modify RecoveryTrack™ (implemented in all publicly funded outpatient treatment programs in the State of Delaware) so that counselors and their supervisors are provided with an automated Clinical Alert when a patient’s regularly administered monitoring assessment indicates a high risk of drop out from treatment, and to adapt a cognitive-behavioral intervention (CBI) to equip counselors in responding to “High Risk” patients.
Family Training for Concerned Significant Others of Drug and Alcohol Users: Kimberly Kirby, Ph.D.: This is a NIDA-funded study where family members and significant others seeking help regarding an adult loved one using drugs or drinking too much were randomly assigned to one of the three family training models. The results are being evaluated for change in rates of treatment seeking and retention, and family member life improvement and intervention satisfaction.
Forum on Integration: Mady Chalk, Ph.D. Dr. Chalk and others from TRI are leading a SAMHSA/CSAT-funded project to accelerate integration of appropriate services for substance use conditions in health care settings. An April 2010 kick-off meeting showcased innovative programs in fourteen health care organizations across the country, concentrating on financing barriers and other issues that must be overcome for comprehensive substance use screening in medical settings to gain widespread implementation. Results of the April meeting were summarized by TRI and released as a white paper September 2010.
Group Contingency Management: Kimberly Kirby, Ph.D.: This is a NIDA Behavior Therapy Development grant to develop a contingency management intervention for group therapy. Pilot studies are evaluating the 1) feasibility of targeting multiple behaviors in a group treatment format, and 2) reducing the urine monitoring schedule for treatment groups without significantly reducing the efficacy of the intervention.
Health Care Reform: Mady Chalk, Ph.D.; Jack Kemp; Richard Rawson, Ph.D. TRI is leading a number of projects to weave substance use/abuse issues into healthcare reform (HCR) efforts undertaken by the states. In California, Drs. Chalk and Rawson and Mr. Kemp are consulting with policymakers at the state and county levels to plan for statewide HCR implementation. In addition, Chalk and Kemp are working with other states to assist them in focusing on strategic planning for implementation of healthcare reform. For the Center on Substance Abuse Treatment, Chalk and Kemp are presenting a workshop for the State Systems Development Program (SSDP) entitled “State-Level Planning for Health Care Reform NOW” at the 2010 SSDP conference in Baltimore, with regional presentations to follow in 2011.
Health Information Technology: Improving Communication between Criminal Justice and Treatment Organizations: Mady Chalk, Ph.D., David Festinger, Ph.D., Jason Matejkowski, Ph.D. This is a CSAT-funded project focusing on development of national recommendations on health information technology (HIT) and its role in data collection and information sharing between criminal justice and substance use treatment systems.
HIV/AIDS Drug Use and Vulnerable Populations in U.S.: David Festinger, Ph.D.; David Metzger, Ph.D. First-ever study examining the efficacy of a brief, computerized HIV risk reduction intervention in drug court populations.
Incentivized Consent in Drug Court: David S. Festinger, Ph.D.; Kimberly C. Kirby, Ph.D.; Karen Dugosh, Ph.D. This study extends previous TRI studies to further improve the ethics of informed consent to participate in research studies. Findings will be helpful in developing enhanced procedures for protecting the autonomy and improving human subject protections of vulnerable populations entering research.
Improving the Ethics of Research: Development of the Coercion Assessment Scale: Karen Dugosh, Ph.D. This is a NIDA-funded project is developing and evaluating a Coercion Assessment Scale (CAS) responding to the need for an instrument to accurately measure perceptions of coercion among substance abusing criminal justice clients participating in research.
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