Risky substance use environments and addiction: a new frontier for environmental justice research

J Mennis, GJ Stahler, MJ Mason - International journal of environmental …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Substance use disorders are widely recognized as one of the most pressing global public
health problems, and recent research indicates that environmental factors, including access …

Racial and ethnic disparities in outpatient substance use disorder treatment episode completion for different substances

J Mennis, GJ Stahler - Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates how racial and ethnic disparities in treatment episode completion
vary across different problem substances in an urban sample of 416,224 outpatient …

[HTML][HTML] Racial/ethnic disparities in mutual help group participation for substance use problems

SE Zemore, PA Gilbert, M Pinedo… - Alcohol research …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mutual help groups are a ubiquitous component of the substance abuse treatment system in
the United States, showing demonstrated effectiveness as a treatment adjunct; so, it is …

Use of a machine learning framework to predict substance use disorder treatment success

L Acion, D Kelmansky, M van der Laan, E Sahker… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
There are several methods for building prediction models. The wealth of currently available
modeling techniques usually forces the researcher to judge, a priori, what will likely be the …

Residential and outpatient treatment completion for substance use disorders in the US: Moderation analysis by demographics and drug of choice

GJ Stahler, J Mennis, JP DuCette - Addictive behaviors, 2016 - Elsevier
Background This study investigates the impact of residential versus outpatient treatment
setting on treatment completion, and how this impact might vary by demographic …

Treatment outcome disparities for opioid users: Are there racial and ethnic differences in treatment completion across large US metropolitan areas?

GJ Stahler, J Mennis - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The present study examined racial/ethnic disparities in initial treatment episode
completion for adult clients reporting opioids as their primary problem substance in large US …

How long does it take to complete outpatient substance use disorder treatment? Disparities among Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites in the US

J Mennis, GJ Stahler, S Abou El Magd, DA Baron - Addictive behaviors, 2019 - Elsevier
This research investigates racial and ethnic disparities in outpatient substance use disorder
treatment completion and duration in treatment, for different substances, across the US …

The future of research on alcohol-related disparities across US racial/ethnic groups: A plan of attack

SE Zemore, KJ Karriker-Jaffe, N Mulia, WC Kerr… - Journal of studies on …, 2018 - jsad.com
Objective: Research suggests striking disparities in alcohol use, problems, and treatment
across racial/ethnic groups in the United States. However, research on alcohol-related …

Effectiveness of treatment for opioid use disorder: a national, five-year, prospective, observational study in England

B Eastwood, J Strang, J Marsden - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2017 - Elsevier
Background This the first 5-year effectiveness study of publicly funded treatment for opioid
use disorder (OUD) in England. Methods All adults initiating treatment in 2008/09 in all 149 …

Substance use improvement depends on race/ethnicity: outpatient treatment disparities observed in a large US national sample

E Sahker, G Pro, M Sakata, TA Furukawa - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Racial/ethnic disparities exist at many levels of substance use disorder (SUD)
treatment and recovery, reflecting biological and socioeconomic factors. However …