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    Attrition and related trends in scientific rigor: A score card for ART adherence intervention research and recommendations for future directions

    Scientific rigor in intervention trials is frequently used in systems that identify effective interventions for dissemination. In these systems, and in work that synthesizes bodies of research, percent attriti...

    K. Rivet Amico, Jennifer J. Harman, Megan A. O’Grady in Current HIV/AIDS Reports (2008)

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    What You Think You Know Can Hurt You: Perceptual Biases About HIV Risk in Intimate Relationships

    The use of heuristic biases and the false consensus effect can lead individuals to misperceive risk of HIV infection. The current paper presents the results of two studies which sought to examine whether indiv...

    Jennifer J. Harman, Megan A. O’Grady, Kristina Wilson in AIDS and Behavior (2009)

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    Preliminary Findings from a Brief, Peer-Led Safer Sex Intervention for College Students Living in Residence Halls

    The purpose of this study was to evaluate a single-session peer-led safer sex intervention, based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills theoretical model, for college students residing in campus resi...

    Megan A. O’Grady, Kristina Wilson, Jennifer J. Harman in The Journal of Primary Prevention (2009)

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    Educators’ views of eating disorder prevention programs

    Further understanding of educators’ views of eating disorder prevention can further engage them in this effort. No previous studies of educators have used acceptability methodology or compared eating disorder ...

    Paula J. Varnado-Sullivan, Francoise Parr in Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on A… (2013)

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    Building sustainable SBIRT in an integrated hospital system in New York

    Megan A O'Grady, Sandeep Kapoor, Mark Auerbach in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2015)

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    Proceedings of the 14th annual conference of INEBRIA

    Aisha S. Holloway, Jennifer Ferguson in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2017)

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    Delivery of screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in an urban academic Federally Qualified Health Center

    Screening and brief intervention (SBI) for unhealthy drinking has not been widely implemented in primary care partly due to reliance on physicians to perform it.

    Marcus A. Bachhuber, Megan A. O’Grady, Henry Chung in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2017)

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    A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a cross-systems service delivery model to improve identification and care for HIV, STIs and substance use among justice-involved young adults

    Justice-involved young adults (JIYA) aged 18–24 are at significant risk for HIV and problematic substance use (SU) but are unlikely to know their HIV status or be linked to HIV or SU treatment and care. Intens...

    Katherine S. Elkington, Megan A. O’Grady, Susan Tross, Patrick Wilson in Health & Justice (2020)

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    A facilitation model for implementing quality improvement practices to enhance outpatient substance use disorder treatment outcomes: a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial study protocol

    The misuse of and addiction to opioids is a national crisis that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare. There is an urgent need for strategies to improve opioid use disorder treatment qu...

    Megan A. O’Grady, Patricia Lincourt, Belinda Greenfield in Implementation Science (2021)

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    Implementing a text-messaging intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in emergency departments: protocol for implementation strategy development and a pilot cluster randomized implementation trial

    Unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) is a leading cause of premature mortality among adults in the USA. Emergency departments (EDs) are key intervention settings for UAU but often have limited time and resources. One l...

    Megan A. O’Grady, Sandeep Kapoor, Laura Harrison in Implementation Science Communications (2022)

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    The POP (Permanent Supportive Housing Overdose Prevention) Study: protocol for a hybrid type 3 stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

    Permanent supportive housing (PSH)—subsidized housing paired with support services such as case management—is a key part of national strategic plans to end homelessness. PSH tenants face high overdose risk due...

    Kelly M. Doran, Allison Torsiglieri, Stephanie Blaufarb in Implementation Science (2023)

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    A cross-sectional study of the relationship between depression status, health care coverage, and sexual orientation

    Health care coverage is an important factor in receipt of behavioral healthcare. This study uses data from the New York City Community Health Survey to examine how sexual minority status impacts the relationsh...

    Yang Liu, Megan A. O’Grady in Discover Mental Health (2023)

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    Referral to and engagement in substance use disorder treatment within opioid intervention courts in New York: a qualitative study of implementation barriers and facilitators

    People with opioid use disorder (OUD) are frequently in contact with the court system and have markedly higher rates of fatal opioid overdose. Opioid intervention courts (OIC) were developed to address increas...

    Megan A. O’Grady, Katherine S. Elkington in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and… (2024)

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    Is legalization of recreational cannabis associated with levels of use and cannabis use disorder among youth in the United States? A rapid systematic review

    Cannabis legalization policies are rapidly changing in the United States. While there are concerns that recreational legalization will negatively affect young people, previous reviews have not provided clear i...

    Megan A. O’Grady, Marissa G. Iverson in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2024)