Sean J Haley, James A Johnson, Linda J Frazier

Opioids and Population Health: A Primer

A Primer

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Produktbeschreibung

"Opioids and Population Health: A Primer, will help senior undergraduate and graduate students to: 1. Describe theories of addiction. 2. Demonstrate the differences between substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment. 3. Explain the United States' historical response to opioids. 4. Discuss the differential scope and burden of the current opioid and heroin epidemic on communities and populations. 5. Explain the various sectors, government agencies, and institutions that address addiction generally and the opioid/heroin epidemic specifically. 6. Describe the effectiveness of policy, legal, and regulatory approaches currently in use to address the epidemic. 7. Consider recommendations for sustainable policy and systems changes that are needed to change the opioid addiction trajectory and reduce the epidemic. The text is written through an interdisciplinary approach using the fields of public health, addiction health services research, and implementation science. The authors' experiences with direct client services, city, county, and state governments, managing non-profits, and evaluating treatment interventions speaks to their ability to address issues related to the epidemic thoroughly and critically"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 125
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 147mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9781284173185
• ISBN-10: 1284173186
• Artikelnr.: 53684951

Autorenporträt

Dr. Haley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Dr. Haley's research explores implementation and policy factors that influence the prevention of substance misuse and access to treatment for substance use disorders. Before completing his doctorate at Brandeis' Heller School of Social Policy and Management in 2007 where he was a NIAAA trainee, Dr. Haley held management and consultant positions in state government and not for profit organizations. Dr. Haley completed post his doctorate training as a Policy Research Scientist at the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia where he evaluated the use of performance contracting to improve treatment initiation for patients leaving medically monitored withdrawal services (formerly known as Detox units). He served as the Senior Research Analyst for the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) in Washington, D.C. before joining the faculty of the CUNY School of Public Health in 2010. Dr. Haley spent the 2018-2019 academic year on a Fulbright supported implementation study to improve alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care within Rio de Janeiro's public health care system. He serves as the Immediate Past Chair for the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Section of the American Public Health Association where he leads national efforts to reduce alcohol availability expansion efforts initiated during COVID. Most recently Dr. Haley served as the convenor and lead facilitator of a national coalition to address racial equity and tobacco control which produced the following value statement: "Decriminalizing Commercial Tobacco: Addressing Systemic Racism in the Enforcement of Commercial Tobacco Control." Dr. Haley completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Vermont and his MPH in policy and administration from the University of Michigan's School of Public Health.