141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4183.0
Dynamics of Prescription Drug Abuse, Identifying Vulnerable Populations

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Nick Reuter, MPH

12:30pm
Simulating health policy interventions to reduce nonmedical use of pharmaceutical opioids   
Alexandra Nielsen, Wayne Wakeland, PhD and Teresa Schmidt, MA
     
12:50pm
Prescription drug abuse: Developing evidence-based state level interventions   
Signe Shackelford, MPH
     
     
1:10pm
How does availability of prescription opioids affect pain reliever abuse at the county level? an ecological study in Indiana   
Eric R. Wright, PhD and Marion S. Greene, MPH
     
1:30pm
Factors associated with non-medical abuse of prescription drugs among college students   
Nichole Snyder, BS, Blake Barrett, MSPH, Kathleen Moore, PhD and Lawrence Schonfeld, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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