Researchers in ISER’s Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS) conducted interviews with individuals who use heroin to explore ways individuals began opioid use and how their use progressed over time. Their report found that few participants began use with heroin but transitioned to heroin due to increased cost and reduced availability of prescription opioids.
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Becky Porter and Bridget Hanson, researchers at ISER’s Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services (CBHRS), collected information from providers of prenatal care in Hawaii on the challenges of delivering SBIRT, an evidenced-based practice to identify patients who misuse alcohol and help them reduce their drinking. The practice can both help prevent alcohol use during pregnancy and prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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Jessica Passini, ISER researcher, shared work being done at ISER and its Center for Behavioral Health Research at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting in San Diego. Passini presented a poster developed with co-authors Rosyland Frasier and Diane King, on how health care practitioners’ use of data in Electronic Health Records is important to the successful implementation of SBIRT - an evidence-based practice to identify patients who misuse alcohol and help them reduce their drinking.
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The Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services at ISER and the Alaska Department of Corrections will hold workshops December 6, 7, and 8, with presentations on treatment and therapeutic interventions for sex offenders with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities. The workshops will be held in Room 106 at UAA's Gorsuch Commons, and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. all three days. The last day for registration is December 4. For more information on the workshops and registration costs, go to http://www.iser.uaa.alaska.edu/cbhrs/home/training.php.
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The Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services at ISER and the Alaska Department of Corrections will hold workshops December 6, 7, and 8, with presentations on treatment and therapeutic interventions for sex offenders with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities. The workshops will be held in Room 106 at UAA's Gorsuch Commons, and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. all three days. The last day for registration is December 4.
Originally published on November 1, 2017.