CBHRS researchers, as part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national effort, collaborated with healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations to implement evidence-based practices found to reduce unhealthy alcohol use and alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Alcohol-exposed pregnancies can lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)–one of the most common preventable causes of lifelong intellectual and developmental disabilities in the U.S.
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Robyn Mertz, a graduate research assistant with the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS) and co-authors earned a citation at the April 2021 Society for Behavioral Medicine national conference for their abstract, "Using Facebook Advertising as a Recruitment Tool for an mHealth Alcohol Intervention Clinical Trial."
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CBHRS associate professor Dr. Diane King (co-investigator) and research professional Alex Edwards (project manager) are collaborating with psychology professor Dr. Patrick Dulin (principal investigator) on a clinical trial to reduce drinking. Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, study participants will test either a smart-phone app or a chatbot version of an evidence-based program called Step Away.
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Diane King, Director of the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS) within ISER, along with Bridget Hanson, Research Associate Professor and Alexandra Edwards, Research Professional, recently attended the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) Grantee Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The meeting, hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focused on sharing innovative practices and disseminating findings from across the country related to preventing and addressing FASDs.
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CBHRS and its partners on the Women’s Health Nurses and Midwives Collaboration for Alcohol-Free Pregnancy (WHNMCAP) project are meeting for the first time this week to map out the next four years. They are also sharing information at the Alaska Public Health Summit as part of a panel presentation.
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Safe and healthy aging for LGBT elders, personal experiences of Naloxone users, and how national women's health nursing and midwifery organizations are promoting alcohol-free pregnancies will be among research shared by ISER's Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS) at the 2019 Health Summit in Anchorage, January 22-24.
CBHRS researchers will participate in the following:
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Diane King, director of the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services at ISER, is one of the authors of a recent article, "Perspectives of LGBQT Older Adults on Aging in Place: A Qualitative Investigation," published in the Journal of Homosexuality. Learn more.