Shape Up! Barbers Building Better Brothers: A Sexual Health Intervention for Young Black Males in Philadelphia
February 25, 2014With men accounting for two-thirds of new HIV infections among blacks in the U.S., the University of Pennsylvania researchers looked for the best way to reach the population about safe sex. They found the barber’s chairs. The Shape Up! Barbers Building Better Brothers program launched in 2009 as a one-on-one intervention with Philadelphia -area barbers […]
Behavioral Health Barometer United States, 2013
February 4, 2014This is the first edition of the Behavioral Health Barometer: United States, one of a series of State and national reports that provide a snapshot of the state of behavioral health in the Nation. This national report presents a set of substance use and mental health indicators as measured through data collection efforts sponsored by […]
Veterans Empowering Teens Through Support
January 23, 2014Description: Veterans Empowering Teens Through Support (VETTS) connects gang involved youth or youth who are at-risk for gang involvement to an individual they can trust and work with to change the trajectory of their life. The goal is to reduce recidivism to Juvenile Detention among youth that are gang involved or are at risk for gang involvement. The program […]
Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT): Engaging Unmotivated Drug Users in Treatment
January 22, 2014Although motivation for drug abuse treatment is a substantial problem, unilateral intervention through concerned significant others (CSOs) represents a promising method for engaging unmotivated individuals. The Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) program, based on principles of reinforcement, was developed for this specific purpose. In Phase I, CSOs received the CRAFT intervention, whereby they were taught skills for modifying a […]
Health Inequities and Children with Special Health Care Needs
January 13, 2014This fact sheet discusses the importance of health insurance coverage for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and groups of CSHCN at greater risk for uninsurance. Topics include household income, race and ethnicity, functional status, age, primary household language, and immigration status. The fact sheet also discusses activities to identify problems associated with insurance […]
Race/Ethnicity and Geographic Access to Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the United States
Compared to elsewhere in the country, there are far fewer outpatient facilities in the U.S. South and Midwest that are able to help people on Medicaid who are battling alcohol or drug abuse, a new study finds. Overall, about 60 percent of U.S. counties have at least one of these facilities, the researchers said. People living […]
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