4072.0 Prescription Drug Misuse: Predictors, Measuring & Related Factors

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Prescription medication misuse, overdose, and death have become increasing public health issues over the past several years. This session will examine some of the epidemiologic factors related to prescription medication misuse and the interaction of behavioral factors and other substances of abuse with prescription medication misuse.
Session Objectives: Describe factors related to prescription medication misuse Describe the interaction between alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and prescription medication misuse Evaluate circumstances regarding prescription drug overdose and death
Moderator:
Kathye Gorosh, MBA
Panelists:
Richard Goldsworthy, PhD, MSEd , Ralph W. Hingson, ScD, MPH , Erin Johnson, MPH and Connie L. Kitchens, MS

10:30am
Prescription medication misuse: Time for an expanded conceptualization?
Richard Goldsworthy, PhD, MSEd
  
10:50am
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use: Predictors of Prescription Drug Misuse: A Prospective National Analysis
Ralph W. Hingson, ScD, MPH and Wenxing Zha, PhD
  
11:10am
Identification of Factors Associated with Prescription Opioid Overdose Death Through Next-of-Kin Interviews
Erin Johnson, MPH, William Lanier, DVM, MPH, Robert Rolfs, MD, MPH and Christina Porucznik, PhD, MSPH
  
11:30am
Identification of Behavioral Risk Factors for Medically Unsupervised Use of Prescription PAIN Medications in Utah
Connie L. Kitchens, PhD, Christina Porucznik, PhD, MSPH and Erin Johnson, MPH
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Medical Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
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