Posts by Saman
A Proposed Framework for Designing Trials Evaluating the Effectiveness and Implementation
Theresa Matson, PhD and Joseph Glass, PhD | February 21, 2023: Background: Clinicians and community health workers may wish to use digital interventions to reach more patients with unhealthy substance use, optimize costs of care, and improve outcomes. However, digital interventions have unique implementation considerations (e.g., technology infrastructure, digital literacy, monitoring and follow-up) and may…
Read MoreReflecting and Projecting: Advancing the Conversation to Re-envision, Retool, and Rebuild Prevention Science
Velma McBride Murry et al | February 14, 2023: The authors of the article, Re-envisioning, Retooling, and Rebuilding Prevention Science, will engage in a conversation to describe the team approach in writing this paper, as well as take away message from this effort. Following this fireside chat format, the authors will engage attendees in a…
Read MoreReorienting Latent Variable Modeling for Supervised Learning
Booil Jo, PhD | February 7, 2023: Despite its potentials benefits, using prediction targets generated based on latent variable (LV) modeling is not a common practice in supervised learning, a dominating framework for developing prediction models. In supervised learning, it is typically assumed that the outcome to be predicted is clear and readily available, and…
Read MoreThe Power and Limits and Evidence in Shaping Addiction-Focused Public Policy
Keith Humphreys, PhD | January 31, 2023: Many people hope that evidence — be it lived experience, clinical know how, or scientific research findings – can be used to improve policies towards addictive drugs, addiction, treatment, and recovery. But public policymaking can seem mysterious and irrational, such that many are cynical that evidence can matter.…
Read MorePSM Multi-level Adaptive Implementation Strategies (MAISYs): Design Principles, Optimization Questions
Daniel Almirall, PhD | January 24, 2023: Evidence-based practices often fail to be implemented or sustained due to barriers at multiple levels of an organization (e.g., system-level, practitioner-level). A growing cadre of implementation strategies can help mitigate challenges at these multiple levels, but significant heterogeneity exists in whether, and to what extent, organizations—and the practitioners…
Read MoreC-DIAS, the Center for Dissemination & Implementation at Stanford: A New NIDA P50 Center of Excellence
Mark McGovern, PhD and Helene Chokron Garneau, PhD, MPH | September 27, 2022: This presentation will introduce the new Center for Dissemination and Implementation At Stanford (C-DIAS), a NIDA P50 Center of Excellence. C-DIAS’ overarching mission is to expand equitable access to the most effective treatments available for addiction. It unites experts from implementation science…
Read MoreC-DIAS innovations in research methods presented at national conference in DC
C-DIAS presented two posters at the 15th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. One poster studied participant engagement in implementation trials, and the other described a micro-costing approach to estimating the total cost to implement an evidence-based practice.
Read MoreAn examination of NIDA-funded implementation research on treatments for SUD
Written by members of the C-DIAS team, this paper assessed how implementation research has been used in the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) efforts to address the opioid and stimulant epidemics.
Read MoreA study of a procedure to expand access to addiction medication
Though significant national campaigns have been launched to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), research has yet to properly address the challenges of implementing and sustaining MOUD in specialty addiction programs. This protocol paper describes a stagewise implementation-to-target (stepped “care” type) approach to implement MOUD whereby organizations engage in increasingly intensive implementation…
Read MoreC-DIAS Pre-conference Workshop
Register for C-DIAS’s pre-conference workshop! This interactive workshop will introduce key concepts and methods of implementation science. The focus will be on how to pragmatically integrate implementation research frameworks, measures, methods, and designs into typical addiction health services or intervention evaluation projects.
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