Publications

Scaling up overdose education and naloxone distribution in Kentucky: adoption and reach achieved through a "hub with many spokes" model. 
Addiction science & clinical practice 
12/11/2023
Knudsen, Hannah K; Freeman, Patricia R; Oyler, Douglas R; Oser, Carrie B; Walsh, Sharon L

Community Coalitions' Perspectives on Engaging with Hospitals in Ohio to Address the Opioid Crisis.
Population health management
12/2/2023
Walker, Daniel M; Shiu-Yee, Karen; Chen, Sadie; DePuccio, Matthew J; Jackson, Rebecca D; McAlearney, Ann Scheck

Telemedicine Buprenorphine Initiation and Retention in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Medicaid Enrollees.
JAMA network open
10/25/2023
Hammerslag, Lindsey R; Mack, Aimee; Chandler, Redonna K; Fanucchi, Laura C; Feaster, Daniel J; LaRochelle, Marc R; Lofwall, Michelle R; Nau, Michael; Villani, Jennifer; Walsh, Sharon L; Westgate, Philip M; Slavova, Svetla; Talbert, Jeffery C

Lessons Learned from Developing Tailored Community Communication Campaigns in the HEALing Communities Study.
Journal of health communication 
10/25/2023
Stein, Michael D; Krause, Carol; Rodgers, Emma; Silwal, Anita; Helme, Donald; Slater, Michael; Beard, Dacia; Lewis, Nicky; Luster, Jamie; Stephens, Kara; Lefebvre, Craig

Applied risk mapping and spatial analysis of address-level decedent data to inform opioid overdose interventions: The Massachusetts HEALing Communities Study.
Drug and alcohol dependence
10/23/2023
Pustz, Jennifer; Srinivasan, Sumeeta; Shrestha, Shikhar; Larochelle, Marc R; Walley, Alexander Y; Samet, Jeffrey H; Babakhanlou-Chase, Hermik; Carpenter, Jane F; Stopka, Thomas J

Massachusetts Prevalence of Opioid Use Disorder Estimation Revisited: Comparing a Bayesian Approach to Standard Capture-Recapture Methods.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
10/4/2023
Wang, Jianing; Doogan, Nathan; Thompson, Katherine; Bernson, Dana; Feaster, Daniel; Villani, Jennifer; Chandler, Redonna; White, Laura F; Kline, David; Barocas, Joshua A

The representation of females in clinical trials for substance use disorder conducted in the United States (2010-19).
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
10/2/2023
Gunn, Christine M; Pankowska, Magda; Harris, Miriam; Helsing, Emma; Battaglia, Tracy A; Bagley, Sarah M

Disparities in Opioid Overdose Death Trends by Race/Ethnicity, 2018-2019, From the HEALing Communities Study.
American journal of public health
9/15/2023
Larochelle, Marc R; Slavova, Svetla; Root, Elisabeth D; Feaster, Daniel J; Ward, Patrick J; Selk, Sabrina C; Knott, Charles; Villani, Jennifer; Samet, Jeffrey H

Broadband internet subscription rates and opioid prescribing via telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Journal of rural health: Official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association
9/2/2023
Oyler, Douglas R; Slavova, Svetla; Freeman, Patricia R; Huang, Zhengyan; Talbert, Jeffery; Walsh, Sharon L; Westgate, Philip M

Application of group model building in implementation research: A systematic review of the public health and healthcare literature.
PloS one 
8/23/2023
Estrada-Magbanua, Weanne Myrrh; Huang, Terry T-K; Lounsbury, David W; Zito, Priscila; Iftikhar, Pulwasha; El-Bassel, Nabila; Gilbert, Louisa; Wu, Elwin; Lee, Bruce Y; Mateu-Gelabert, Pedro; S Sabounchi, Nasim

The HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-term,) Communities Study: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial at the community level to reduce opioid overdose deaths through implementation of an integrated set of evidence-based practices.
8/18/2023
Drug and alcohol dependence
HEALing Communities Study Consortium

Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Understand the Impact of COVID-19 on People Who Use Drugs During Lockdown and Social Distancing.
Journal of addiction medicine 
8/15/2023
El-Bassel, Nabila; Hochstatter, Karli R; Slavin, Melissa N; Yang, Chenghao; Zhang, Yudong; Muresan, Smaranda

Drug disposal deserts: An assessment of receptacle availability in Kentucky community pharmacies.
The Journal of rural health: Official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association
7/26/2023
Miracle, Dustin K; Smith, Noah; Slavova, Svetla; Stinson, Laura K; Roberts, Monica F; Rock, Peter; Walsh, Sharon L; Freeman, Patricia R

Opioid Use Disorder Among Ohio's Medicaid Population: Prevalence Estimates From 19 Counties Using a Multiplier Method.
American journal of epidemiology
7/25/2023
Doogan, Nathan J; Mack, Aimee; Wang, Jianing; Crane, Dushka; Jackson, Rebecca; Applegate, Mary; Villani, Jennifer; Chandler, Redonna; Barocas, Joshua A

Spatial access to buprenorphine-waivered prescribers in the HEALing communities study: Enhanced 2-step floating catchment area analyses in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Kentucky.
Journal of substance use and addiction treatment
7/11/2023
Shrestha, Shikhar; Lindstrom, Megan R; Harris, Daniel; Rock, Peter; Srinivasan, Sumeeta; Pustz, Jennifer C; Bayly, Ric; Stopka, Thomas J

Community coalition and key stakeholder perceptions of the community opioid epidemic before an intensive community-level intervention.
Journal of substance abuse treatment
7/3/2023
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Knudsen, Hannah K; Adams, Kathy; Andrews-Higgins, Shaquita A; Auritt, Vanessa; Back, Sandi; Barkowski, Laura K; Batty, Evan J; Behrooz, Melika R; Bell, Sydney; Chen, Sadie; Christopher, Mia-Cara; Coovert, Nicolette; Crable, Erika L; Dasgupta, Anindita; Goetz, Michael; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn; Hartman, Jeanie L; Heffer, Holly; Iftikhar, Pulwasha; Jones, Latasha; Lang, Samantha; Lunze, Karsten; Martin, Anna; McCrimmon, Tara; Reedy-Johnson, Melissa K; Roeber, Carter; Scalise, Ariel L; Sieck, Cynthia J; Walker, Daniel M; Walt, Galya; Wood, Jennifer D; Zito, Priscilla; McAlearney, Ann Scheck

Community selected strategies to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths in the HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-term,) communities study.
Drug and alcohol dependence 
7/1/2023
Chandler, Redonna; Nunes, Edward V; Tan, Sylvia; Freeman, Patricia R; Walley, Alexander Y; Lofwall, Michelle; Oga, Emmanuel; Glasgow, LaShawn; Brown, Jennifer L; Fanucchi, Laura; Beers, Donna; Hunt, Timothy; Bowers-Sword, Rachel; Roeber, Carter; Baker, Trevor; Winhusen, T John

The role of health plans in addressing the opioid crisis: A qualitative study.
Journal of substance use and addiction treatment 
5/31/2023
Davis, Margot Trotter; Bohler, Robert; Hodgkin, Dominic; Hamilton, Greer; Horgan, Constance

Integrating harm reduction and clinical care: Lessons from Covid-19 respite and recuperation facilities.
Journal of substance abuse treatment
4/26/2023
Kimmel, Simeon D; Bazzi, Angela R; Barocas, Joshua A

Exploring perspectives on changing opioid prescribing practices: A qualitative study of community stakeholders in the HEALing Communities Study.
Drug and alcohol dependence 
4/2/2023
Walker, Daniel M; Childerhose, Janet E; Chen, Sadie; Coovert, Nicolette; Jackson, Rebecca D; Kurien, Natasha; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; Volney, Jaclyn; Alford, Daniel P; Bosak, Julie; Oyler, Douglas R; Stinson, Laura K; Behrooz, Melika; Christopher, Mia-Cara; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

Changing Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality in Kentucky: An Examination of Race and Ethnicity, Age, and Contributing Drugs, 2016-2020.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C.: 1974)
3/29/2023
Slavova, Svetla; Freeman, Patricia R; Rock, Peter; Brancato, Candace; Hargrove, Sarah; Liford, Madison; Quesinberry, Dana; Walsh, Sharon L

Impacts of the New York State COVID-19 disaster emergency orders on prescription dispensing for opioids and medication for opioid use disorder.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
3/26/2023
Suri, Abhinav; Feaster, Daniel J; Balise, Raymond R; Quinn, James; Nunes, Edward V; Gilbert, Louisa; El-Bassel, Nabila; Rundle, Andrew G

Intertwined epidemics: progress, gaps, and opportunities to address intimate partner violence and HIV among key populations of women.
3/15/2023
The lancet. HIV
El-Bassel, Nabila; Mukherjee, Trena I; Stoicescu, Claudia; Starbird, Laura E; Stockman, Jamila K; Frye, Victoria; Gilbert, Louisa

The prevalence of opioid use disorder in Kentucky's counties: A two-year multi-sample capture-recapture analysis.
Drug and alcohol dependence
3/13/2023
Thompson, Katherine; Barocas, Joshua A; Delcher, Chris; Bae, Jungjun; Hammerslag, Lindsey; Wang, Jianing; Chandler, Redonna; Villani, Jennifer; Walsh, Sharon; Talbert, Jeffery

The policy landscape for naloxone distribution in four states highly impacted by fatal opioid overdoses.
Drug and alcohol dependence reports
3/2/2023
Bohler, Robert M; Freeman, Patricia R; Villani, Jennifer; Hunt, Tim; Linas, Beth S; Walley, Alexander Y; Green, Traci C; Lofwall, Michelle R; Bridden, Carly; Frazier, Lisa A; Fanucchi, Laura C; Talbert, Jeffery C; Chandler, Redonna

What is the prevalence of and trend in opioid use disorder in the United States from 2010 to 2019? Using multiplier approaches to estimate prevalence for an unknown population size.
Drug and alcohol dependence reports
2/25/2023
Keyes, Katherine M; Rutherford, Caroline; Hamilton, Ava; Barocas, Joshua A; Gelberg, Kitty H; Mueller, Peter P; Feaster, Daniel J; El-Bassel, Nabila; Cerda, Magdalena

Corrigendum to "Model and approach for assessing implementation context and fidelity in the HEALing Communities Study" [Drug Alcohol Depend. 217 (2020) 108330].
Drug and alcohol dependence 
2/22/2023
Knudsen, Hannah K; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Gilbert, Louisa; Huerta, Timothy R; Oser, Carrie B; Aldrich, Alison M; Campbell, Aimee N C; Crable, Erika L; Garner, Bryan R; Glasgow, LaShawn M; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn; Marks, Katherine R; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; Oga, Emmanuel A; Scalise, Ariel L; Walker, Daniel M

Placing Racial Equity at the Center of Substance Use Research: Lessons From the HEALing Communities Study.
American journal of public health
2/2/2023
Chatterjee, Avik; Glasgow, LaShawn; Bullard, Mackenzie; Sabir, Mariah; Hamilton, Greer; Chassler, Deborah; Stevens-Watkins, Danelle J; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn; Rodgers, Emma; Chaya, Joan; Rodriguez, Sandra; Gutnick, Damara N; Oga, Emmanuel A; Salsberry, Pamela; Martinez, Linda Sprague

Modifications to the HEALing Communities Study in response to COVID-19 related disruptions.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/21/2022
Walters, Scott T; Chandler, Redonna K; Clarke, Thomas; El-Bassel, Nabila; Glasgow, Lashawn M; Jackson, Rebecca D; Oga, Emmanuel A; Samet, Jeffrey H; Walsh, Sharon L; Zarkin, Gary A

Health communication campaigns to drive demand for evidence-based practices and reduce stigma in the HEALing communities study.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/21/2022
Lefebvre, R Craig; Chandler, Redonna K; Helme, Donald W; Kerner, Robin; Mann, Sarah; Stein, Michael D; Reynolds, Jennifer; Slater, Michael D; Anakaraonye, Amarachi R; Beard, Dacia; Burrus, Olivia; Frkovich, Jenna; Hedrick, Haley; Lewis, Nicky; Rodgers, Emma;

Health economic design for cost, cost-effectiveness and simulation analyses in the HEALing Communities Study.
Drug and alcohol dependence 
12/21/2022
Aldridge, Arnie P; Barbosa, Carolina; Barocas, Joshua A; Bush, Joshua L; Chhatwal, Jagpreet; Harlow, Kristin J; Hyder, Ayaz; Linas, Benjamin P; McCollister, Kathryn E; Morgan, Jake R; Murphy, Sean M; Savitzky, Caroline; Schackman, Bruce R; Seiber, Eric E; E Starbird, Laura; Villani, Jennifer; Zarkin, Gary A

Operationalizing and selecting outcome measures for the HEALing Communities Study.
Drug and alcohol dependence 
12/21/2022
Slavova, Svetla; LaRochelle, Marc R; Root, Elisabeth D; Feaster, Daniel J; Villani, Jennifer; Knott, Charles E; Talbert, Jeffery; Mack, Aimee; Crane, Dushka; Bernson, Dana; Booth, Austin; Walsh, Sharon L

Introduction to the special issue on the HEALing Communities Study.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/21/2022
El-Bassel, Nabila; Jackson, Rebecca D; Samet, Jeffrey; Walsh, Sharon L

The Opioid-overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach (ORCCA): Evidence-based practices in the HEALing Communities Study.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/21/2022
Winhusen, Theresa; Walley, Alexander; Fanucchi, Laura C; Hunt, Tim; Lyons, Mike; Lofwall, Michelle; Brown, Jennifer L; Freeman, Patricia R; Nunes, Edward; Beers, Donna; Saitz, Richard; Stambaugh, Leyla; Oga, Emmanuel A; Herron, Nicole; Baker, Trevor; Cook, Christopher D; Roberts, Monica F; Alford, Daniel P; Starrels, Joanna L; Chandler, Redonna K

Model and approach for assessing implementation context and fidelity in the HEALing Communities Study.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/21/2022
Knudsen, Hannah K; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Gilbert, Louisa; Huerta, Timothy R; Oser, Carrie B; Aldrich, Alison M; Campbell, Aimee N C; Crable, Erika L; Garner, Bryan R; Glasgow, LaShawn M; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn; Marks, Katherine R; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; Oga, Emmanuel A; Scalise, Ariel L; Walker, Daniel M

Community dashboards to support data-informed decision-making in the HEALing communities study.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/21/2022
Wu, Elwin; Villani, Jennifer; Davis, Alissa; Fareed, Naleef; Harris, Daniel R; Huerta, Timothy R; LaRochelle, Marc R; Miller, Cortney C; Oga, Emmanuel A

Community engagement to implement evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/21/2022
Sprague Martinez, Linda; Rapkin, Bruce D; Young, April; Freisthler, Bridget; Glasgow, LaShawn; Hunt, Tim; Salsberry, Pamela J; Oga, Emmanuel A; Bennet-Fallin, Amanda; Plouck, Tracy J; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Freeman, Patricia R; Surratt, Hilary; Gulley, Jennifer; Hamilton, Greer A; Bowman, Paul; Roeber, Carter A; El-Bassel, Nabila; Battaglia, Tracy

Addressing opioid overdose deaths: The vision for the HEALing communities study.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/21/2022
Chandler, Redonna K; Villani, Jennifer; Clarke, Thomas; McCance-Katz, Elinore F; Volkow, Nora D

The impact of the national stay-at-home order on emergency department visits for suspected opioid overdose during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Drug and alcohol dependence 
12/21/2022
Root, Elisabeth D; Slavova, Svetla; LaRochelle, Marc; Feaster, Daniel J; Villani, Jennifer; Defiore-Hyrmer, Jolene; El-Bassel, Nabila; Ergas, Rosa; Gelberg, Kitty; Jackson, Rebecca; Manchester, Kara; Parikh, Megha; Rock, Peter; Walsh, Sharon L

Commentary on Barbosa et al. (2019): The value of using community simulation modeling to achieve HCV elimination targets in people who inject drugs.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
12/13/2022
Schackman, Bruce R; Meisel, Zachary F

Marginal modeling in community randomized trials with rare events: Utilization of the negative binomial regression model.
Clinical trials (London, England)
12/13/2022
Westgate, Philip M; Cheng, Debbie M; Feaster, Daniel J; Fernandez, Soledad; Shoben, Abigail B; Vandergrift, Nathan

Using community engagement to implement evidence-based practices for opioid use disorder: A data-driven paradigm & systems science approach.
Drug and alcohol dependence
12/3/2022
El-Bassel, Nabila; Gilbert, Louisa; Hunt, Tim; Wu, Elwin; Oga, Emmanuel A; Mukherjee, Trena I; Campbell, Aimee N C; Sabounchi, Nasim; Gutnick, Damara; Kerner, Robin; Venner, Kamilla L; Lounsbury, David; Huang, Terry T K; Rapkin, Bruce

Protocol for community-driven selection of strategies to implement evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdoses in the HEALing Communities Study: a trial to evaluate a community-engaged intervention in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio.
BMJ open 
10/10/2022
Young, April M; Brown, Jennifer L; Hunt, Timothy; Sprague Martinez, Linda S; Chandler, Redonna; Oga, Emmanuel; Winhusen, T John; Baker, Trevor; Battaglia, Tracy; Bowers-Sword, Rachel; Button, Amy; Fallin-Bennett, Amanda; Fanucchi, Laura; Freeman, Patricia; Glasgow, LaShawn M; Gulley, Jennifer; Kendell, Charles; Lofwall, Michelle; Lyons, Michael S; Quinn, Maria; Rapkin, Bruce David; Surratt, Hilary L; Walsh, Sharon L

Relative Cost Differences of Initial Treatment Strategies for Newly Diagnosed Opioid Use Disorder: A Cohort Study.
Medical care
10/5/2022
Larochelle, Marc R; Wakeman, Sarah E; Ameli, Omid; Chaisson, Christine E; McPheeters, Jeffrey T; Crown, William H; Azocar, Francisca; Sanghavi, Darshak M

Prevalence of Covid-19 Infection and Subsequent Cohorting in a Residential Substance Use Treatment Program in Boston, MA.
Journal of addiction medicine
10/5/2022
Barocas, Joshua A; Blackstone, Elizabeth; Bouton, Tara C; Kimmel, Simeon D; Caputo, Andrea; Porter, Sarah J; Walley, Alexander Y

Opioid-Related Public Health Communication Campaigns: An Environmental Scan.
American journal of health promotion: AJHP 
8/8/2022
Frkovich, Jenna; Hedrick, Haley; Anakaraonye, Amarachi R; Bornkessel, Alexandra; Lefebvre, R Craig

A clash of epidemics: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response on opioid overdose.
Journal of substance abuse treatment
7/16/2022
Linas, Benjamin P; Savinkina, Alexandra; Barbosa, Carolina; Mueller, Peter P; Cerda, Magdalena; Keyes, Katherine; Chhatwal, Jagpreet

Methadone Access for Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic Within the United States and Canada.
JAMA network open 
3/27/2022
Joudrey, Paul J; Adams, Zoe M; Bach, Paxton; Van Buren, Sarah; Chaiton, Jessica A; Ehrenfeld, Lucy; Guerra, Mary Elizabeth; Gleeson, Brynna; Kimmel, Simeon D; Medley, Ashley; Mekideche, Wassim; Paquet, Maxime; Sung, Minhee; Wang, Melinda; You Kheang, R O Olivier; Zhang, Jingxian; Wang, Emily A; Edelman, E Jennifer

Extracting Semantics from Census-based Reference Data.
Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing
3/9/2022
Harris, Daniel R; Seyedtalebi, Nima

Economic Evaluation in Opioid Modeling: Systematic Review.
Value in health: the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
2/2/2022
Beaulieu, Elizabeth; DiGennaro, Catherine; Stringfellow, Erin; Connolly, Ava; Hamilton, Ava; Hyder, Ayaz; Cerda, Magdalena; Keyes, Katherine M; Jalali, Mohammad S

Integrating Harm Reduction into Outpatient Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Settings: Harm Reduction in Outpatient Addiction Treatment.
Journal of general internal medicine 
1/20/2022
Taylor, Jessica L; Johnson, Samantha; Cruz, Ricardo; Gray, Jessica R; Schiff, Davida; Bagley, Sarah M

Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates in Kentucky, 2019-2020.
JAMA network open 
1/3/2022
Slavova, Svetla; Quesinberry, Dana; Hargrove, Sarah; Rock, Peter; Brancato, Candace; Freeman, Patricia R; Walsh, Sharon L

Addressing long overdue social and structural determinants of the opioid epidemic.
Drug and alcohol dependence
9/6/2021
El-Bassel, Nabila; Shoptaw, Steven; Goodman-Meza, David; Ono, Hiromi