American Indian or Alaska Native
CRISOL: Building Community Resilience and Integrating Efforts to Understand and Address Syndemic Health Conditions Afflicting Young Latino Immigrants
The goal of the project is to adapt, implement and evaluate a multi-level intervention to mitigate the multi-dimensional toll of COVID-19 among Latino immigrant communities in Philadelphia.
Family-focused vs. Drinker-focused Smartphone Interventions to Reduce Drinking-related Consequences of COVID-19
This project is a Hybrid II RCT/implementation study modifying and testing two of our alcohol smartphone interventions to address the fallout from COVID. This work is an extension of our evidence-based Addiction–Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support system (ACHESS), augmented with COVID resources.
Testing Scalable, Single-Session Interventions for Adolescent Depression In the Context of COVID-19
This project will integrate machine learning approaches and large-scale SSI research to rapidly test potent, accessible strategies for reducing adolescent major depression during COVID-19.
Telehealth 2.0: Evaluating Effectiveness and Engagement Strategies for Asynchronous Texting-based Trauma Focused Therapy for PTSD
Digital mental health (DMH) interventions for PTSD address well-documented barriers to traditional in-person psychotherapy or telehealth delivery of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for PTSD, but many consumers do not remain engaged. Thus, acceptable, efficient, and engaging forms of EBTs are sorely needed.
Chukka Auchaffi’ Natana: The Weaving Healthy Families Program to Promote Wellness and Resilience and Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence
The overall objective of the project is to test the efficacy of the community-based, “Weaving Healthy Families program (WHF)”, which aims to prevent, reduce, and postpone the secondary health effects of COVID-19, while promoting resilience and wellness (including mental health) among Native American adults and youth.
Examining the Role of Sleep Disturbances in Contributing to Health Risk Behaviors and Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Urban Native American Youth
This project aims to examine how COVID-19 has affected American Indian/Alaskan Native communities, including changes in sleep, risk-taking behaviors, mental health, routines, behaviors, and family/community dynamics.
States' COVID-19 Mitigation Policies and Psychological Health, Drug Overdose, and Suicide among U.S. Adults
The overarching objective of this project is to rigorously assess how state-level COVID-19 mitigation policies have affected psychological health and related mortality from drug overdose and suicide among working age and older adults.
Indigenous Pathways of Substance Use and Mental Health through Early Adulthood
This project aims to understand the broad impact of COVID-19 and related stressors on substance use and access to addiction treatment among Indigenous young adults living on or near reservations/reserves.
Impact of COVID-19 on Care Transitions and Health Outcomes for Vulnerable Populations in Nursing Homes and Home Healthcare Agencies (ACROSS-CARE)
The pandemic has disrupted care transitions from hospitals to home healthcare agencies and nursing homes, which may lead to important health outcomes consequences, including the widening of existing health disparities.
Increasing Peer Support for OUD Recovery during COVID-19 through Digital Health: A National Randomized Controlled Trial
This project uses a randomized controlled trial of a novel mobile peer support app platform among a national sample of 1300 patients in recovery from opioid use disorders (OUDs), as an adjunct to usual care, during COVID-19.