SUBSTANCE USE RESEARCH: PREVALENCE, POLICY, TREATMENT
Provides an overview of substance use health services research topics, study designs, data sources, and sufficient knowledge of one substantive topic to support the development of a research proposal.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe trends in substance use in the United States. Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate understanding of the U.S. health care infrastructure to treat and mitigate the harms associated with substance use. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe clinical, health systems, and policy interventions to prevent, treat, and mitigate the harms associated with substance use, and evidence of their effectiveness. Audience: Graduate 4. Summarize strengths and limitations of datasets available for substance use health services research Audience: Graduate 5. Formulate a substance use health services research question and summarize the relevant evidence in a concise literature review. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe trends in substance use in the United States. Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate understanding of the U.S. health care infrastructure to treat and mitigate the harms associated with substance use. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe clinical, health systems, and policy interventions to prevent, treat, and mitigate the harms associated with substance use, and evidence of their effectiveness. Audience: Graduate 4. Summarize strengths and limitations of datasets available for substance use health services research Audience: Graduate 5. Formulate a substance use health services research question and summarize the relevant evidence in a concise literature review. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027