Posts by Jason Lutjen

Theresa Matson, PhD, MPH | March 11, 2025 : Understanding why some interventions succeed while others fail is crucial for implementing evidence-based practices in real-world settings. Implementation efforts are complex, involving many factors, including the intervention itself, the strategies used to put it into practice, and the unique characteristics of each setting. Traditional research methods…

Beth Rutkowski, MPH and Thomas Freese, PhD | March 4, 2025 : Recent evidence indicates that methamphetamine and cocaine play a substantial and increasing role in the illicit drug crisis in the US—the 4th wave of the overdose crisis. The behavioral treatment known as contingency management (CM) has more than three decades of robust research supporting…