Addiction Studies Program for State Legislatures

州立法机构成瘾研究计划

• 批准号: 8261970
• 负责人: David P Friedman
• 金额: $ 24.81万
• 依托单位: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-25 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8261970
• 关键词: Address; Adolescent; Advocate; Brain Diseases; Budgets; Charge; Conflict (Psychology); Cost Savings; Decision Making; Education; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Evaluation; Expenditure; Failure; Family; Feedback; Funding; Goals; Grant; Home environment; Housing; Human Resources; Individual; Interview; Investments; Laws; Learning; Mission; National Institute of Drug Abuse; Policies; Pregnant Women; Prevention; Process; Public Policy; Recruitment Activity; Reporting; Research; Research Institute; Research Personnel; Residential Treatment; Resources; Role; Science; Services; Site; Social Welfare; Sorting - Cell Movement; State Government; Structure; Substance Addiction; Substance abuse problem; Surveys; Time; Training; Translations; Universities; Work; addiction; follow-up; forest; improved; medical schools; meetings; named group; programs; public health relevance; sound; substance abuse treatment; symposium; web site; Address; Adolescent; Advocate; Brain Diseases; Budgets; Charge; Conflict (Psychology); Cost Savings; Decision Making; Education; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Evaluation; Expenditure; Failure; Family; Feedback; Funding; Goals; Grant; Home environment; Housing; Human Resources; Individual; Interview; Investments; Laws; Learning; Mission; National Institute of Drug Abuse; Policies; Pregnant Women; Prevention; Process; Public Policy; Recruitment Activity; Reporting; Research; Research Institute; Research Personnel; Residential Treatment; Resources; Role; Science; Services; Site; Social Welfare; Sorting - Cell Movement; State Government; Structure; Substance Addiction; Substance abuse problem; Surveys; Time; Training; Translations; Universities; Work; addiction; follow-up; forest; improved; medical schools; meetings; named group; programs; public health relevance; sound; substance abuse treatment; symposium; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): State legislatures and executive branch agencies are charged with the welfare of their residents and with being good stewards of public funds. While attempting to make the best decisions for their citizens, they are engaged by lobbyists and some advocates who argue for many conflicting ideas and priorities about state funding. Sorting through these conflicting claims and finding unbiased research and analysis to give them context can be difficult. The goal of the Addiction Studies Program for the States is to provide current relevant scientific findings about addiction science to state policymakers so that policy decisions and appropriations can be informed by scientific evidence delivered in a clear, non-partisan manner. This effort can be seen as a translation of scientific findings into policy, and as such, it represents another layer of expression to the mission of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to bring the power of science to substance abuse and addiction. The program brings research to policy by conducting workshops for state governments. At the workshops, state teams composed of both legislators and executive agency directors learn about addiction science from the nation's top researchers, engage in dialogues with their opposite branch through facilitated discussions, and work together to improve substance abuse service delivery in their states. In the past two years, we have conducted workshops for eight state teams. Four more states will be served in this last year of our current grant. Because changes in public policy and law have resulted from our program, in this application we ask for an additional four years of funding to continue this work. In the current financial crisis, the program's mission is even more vital. States are facing unprecedented budgetary shortfalls and have to make cuts across state budgets. The program has the demonstrated ability to present state policymakers and appropriators with research demonstrating cost savings and return on investment in substance abuse services. In fact, we have dedicated our entire 2009 workshop, titled "Saving Lives, Saving Dollars: How States Can Save Families and Save Money by Investing in Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention," to this very subject. We propose to conduct workshops for 16 more states over the next four years. Key to conducting workshops that result in effective new laws and public policy change is the time we spend before, during, and after each workshop. We recruit state teams through governors, senate presidents, and speakers of the house who assemble their teams to send to the workshops. We work with the teams beforehand to set goals for what they hope to accomplish at the workshop, facilitate teams throughout the workshop to help them process what they are learning and develop action plans for improved policy at home, and provide follow-up facilitation after the workshop for up to six months to help teams implement their action plans. The program will continue to maintain and expand its website to further enhance the workshop, both from the perspective of reporting on workshop teams and furthering their access to current science. We will evaluate the program on site and at six months post workshop, which will enable us to continue to strengthen the program. We have put together an outstanding group of partners to create and implement our program for the states. They are Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM), National Families in Action (NFIA), the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), and the Treatment Research Institute (TRI). Each partner has a distinct role and all partners work together to plan and deliver the workshops. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The states hold the primary responsibility for allocating funds for and developing policies surrounding substance abuse services, including prevention and treatment. In order to inject sound science into the allocation process, we teach state legislators and executive branch officials the latest findings about the science of addiction (e.g., addiction is a brain disease). We also work with them directly to formulate plans for their states that reflect their new understanding and integrate that understanding with the contingencies of each individual state. This represents a translation of science into public policy.

描述（由申请人提供）：州立法机关和行政部门机构被控以其居民的福利，并成为公共资金的好管家。在试图为公民做出最佳决定的同时，他们是由游说者和一些拥护者参与的，他们主张许多关于国家资金的矛盾思想和优先事项。通过这些相互矛盾的主张进行分类并找到公正的研究和分析以给他们上下文可能很困难。国家成瘾研究计划的目的是为国家决策者提供有关成瘾科学的当前相关科学发现，以便以明确，无党派的方式提供的科学证据来告知政策决策和拨款。这项努力可以看作是将科学发现转化为政策的一种翻译，因此，它代表了国家药物滥用研究所（NIDA）将科学的力量带到药物滥用和成瘾的使命。该计划通过为州政府开设研讨会将研究带入政策。在研讨会上，由立法者和执行机构董事组成的州团队从美国顶级研究人员那里学习成瘾科学，通过促进的讨论与他们的分支机构进行对话，并共同努力，以改善其州的药物滥用服务。在过去的两年中，我们为八个州团队举办了研讨会。在我们目前的赠款的最后一年中，将再服务四个州。由于我们计划的变化是由我们的计划导致的，因此在此应用程序中，我们要求另外四年的资金继续这项工作。在当前的金融危机中，该计划的使命更加重要。各州面临着前所未有的预算短缺，必须跨州预算进行削减。该计划具有证明的能力，可以对国家决策者和拨款人进行研究，以证明节省成本和对药物滥用服务的投资回报。实际上，我们为这个主题献上了整个2009年的研讨会，标题为“挽救生命，挽救美元：如何通过对药物滥用治疗和预防进行投资来拯救家庭并节省金钱”。我们建议在未来四年内为另外16个州举办研讨会。进行导致有效的新法律和公共政策变更的研讨会的关键是我们在每个研讨会之前，之中和之后花费的时间。我们通过州长，参议院总统和众议院议长招募州团队，他们组建了他们的团队来送往讲习班。我们事先与团队合作，为他们希望在研讨会上完成的目标设定目标，促进整个研讨会的团队，以帮助他们处理他们正在学习的内容，并制定行动计划，以改善家庭的政策，并在研讨会后提供最多六个月的后续工作，以帮助团队帮助实施行动计划。该计划将继续维护和扩展其网站，以进一步增强研讨会，这是从报道研讨会团队的角度以及进一步访问当前科学的访问。我们将在现场和研讨会后六个月内评估该计划，这将使我们能够继续加强该计划。我们已经组建了一个出色的合作伙伴小组，以为各州创建和实施我们的计划。他们是韦克森林大学医学院（WFUSM），行动中的国家家庭（NFIA），国家立法机关（NCSL）和治疗研究所（TRI）。每个合作伙伴都有独特的角色，所有合作伙伴共同努力计划和举办研讨会。 公共卫生相关性：各州负责为围绕药物滥用服务（包括预防和治疗）分配资金并制定政策。为了将合理的科学注入分配过程，我们向州立法者和执行部门官员教授有关成瘾科学的最新发现（例如，成瘾是脑部疾病）。我们还直接与他们合作，为他们的国家制定计划，以反映他们的新理解并将理解与每个州的意外情况融合在一起。这代表了将科学转化为公共政策。