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The Center for Addicitons Research and Services presented the following at the Addictions Health Services and Research Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA, October 28 – 30, 2009:

Lundgren, L., Amodeo, M., Horowitz, A., Chassler, D., Zerden, L., Gowler, R., Lederer, J., Cohen, A., Keller, S., Beltrame, C., Weidenfeld, R. (2009). Implementation of Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment by Community-Based Organizations: Is Clinical Training Likely to Help Use of Evidence-Based Treatment? Results From a National Study.

Lundgren, L., Horowitz, A., Chassler, D., Adorno, E., Purington, T. (2009). Social and Economic Factors Associated with Recent Incarcertation and Overall Time Spent in Jail/Prison in a Latina/o Drug Using Criminal Justice Sample.

Merighi, J., Chassler, D., Horowitz, A., Gowler, R., Innis, H., Rose, D., Zerden, L., Lundgren, L. (2009). Sexual Identity and Health Care Provider Use in a Men Who Have Sex With Men.

López, L., Horowitz, A., Chassler, D., Ross, A., Weidenfeld, R., Wasserman, R., Lundgren, L. (2009). Factors Associated with Substance Abuse Treatment Utilization for Mainland and Island Puerto Rican Active Opiate Users.

Lisa de Saxe Zerden, MSW, PhD, will present at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference which occurs August 23-26, in Atlanta, GA.

“Needle sharing behaviors of Puerto Rican injection drug users in a dual-site study: Acculturation matters” is derived from Zerden’s dissertation research and is co-authored by Luz Lopez, MSW, MPH, PhD and Lena Lundgren, MA, PhD. The study aims to identify the acculturative markers associated with needle sharing among Puerto Rican injection drug users.

Zerden was granted a new scholar scholarship by the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control, to participate in the conference. Zerden, a former staff member at the Center for Addictions Research and Services, completed her Doctorate in Sociology and Social Work at Boston University School of Social Work.

The Center for Addictions Research and Services is pleased to announce that two abstracts were accepted to the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting in Philadelphia November 7-11, 2009.

“Implementation of evidence-based substance abuse treatment by community-based organizations: Preliminary results from a national study” describes community-based organizations’ (CBOs) variations in organizational responses to  federally-funded evidence-based treatments (EBTs). This national study is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

“Factors associated with recent incarceration in a Latina/o criminal justice sample” discusses the association between housing status and maternal contact, public assistance, and recent incarceration of drug-using adult Latina/o women and men in Massachusetts.

“Differences in mental health symptoms and attempted suicide among Puerto Rican drug users in Puerto Rico and Massachusetts” was accepted for an oral presentation and is authored by Luz Lopez, PhD, MSW, MPH; Abigail Ross, MSW; Deborah Chassler, MSW; and Lena Lundgren, PhD.