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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Policy Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment
5029.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Policy Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment
Learning Objectives: See individual abstracts
Moderator(s):Sharon Reif, PhD
8:30 AMWe really do care-the Detroit Recovery Project: Merging public health and the drug/free recovery community
Andre Johnson, MA, Sha Juan Colbert, MPH
8:48 AMMotivation and change in syringe exchange program participants
Jonathan Freedlander, BA
9:06 AMLessons learned from Baltimore's city-wide performance improvement system for drug addiction treatment programs  [ Recorded presentation ]
Peter Beilenson, MD, MPH, Elaine K. Swift, PhD, Robert Schwartz, MD, Melisa Lindamood, MPS, Jerome H. Jaffe, MD, Bonnie L. Cypull, LCSW
9:24 AMEffects of eliminating Medicaid substance abuse and mental health benefits for its most vulnerable citizens: The Oregon Health Plan experience
Roy M. Gabriel, PhD, Dennis D. Deck, PhD, Kelly Vander Ley, PhD, Katherine E. Laws, BA
9:42 AMState drug policy reform movement: The use of ballot initiatives and legislation to promote diversion to drug treatment
Curtis VanderWaal, PhD, ACSW, Jamie F. Chriqui, PhD, MHS, Rachel M. Bishop, Duane C. McBride, PhD, Doug Longshore, PhD, Mioara Diaconu, MSW
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA