Substance Use Research: Prevalence, Policy, Treatment
Overview of substance use health services research covering prevalence, policy, treatment, study designs, and data sources, culminating in a research proposal.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Describe trends in substance use in the United States.
Demonstrate understanding of the U.S. health care infrastructure to treat and mitigate the harms associated with substance use.
Describe clinical, health systems, and policy interventions to prevent, treat, and mitigate the harms associated with substance use, and evidence of their effectiveness.
Summarize strengths and limitations of datasets available for substance use health services research
Formulate a substance use health services research question and summarize the relevant evidence in a concise literature review.
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Provides an overview of substance use health services research topics, study designs, data sources, and sufficient knowledge of one substantive topic to support the development of a research proposal.
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- Substance use health services research topics, study designs, and data sources
- Trends in U.S. substance use
- U.S. health care infrastructure for treating and mitigating substance use harms
- Clinical, health systems, and policy interventions for substance use prevention and treatment
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- Developing a research proposal using study designs and data sources
- Evaluating strengths and limitations of substance use research datasets
- Formulating research questions and writing concise literature reviews
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