Featured Publications
Access challenges to opioid use disorder treatment among individuals experiencing homelessness: Voices from the streets
Hsu M, Jung O, Kwan L, Jegede O, Martin B, Malhotra A, Suzuki J. Access challenges to opioid use disorder treatment among individuals experiencing homelessness: Voices from the streets. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2023, 157: 209216. PMID: 37981243, DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.209216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid use disorderSocioeconomic statusUse disordersCOVID-19 pandemicBuprenorphine/naloxoneActive substance useUse disorder treatmentPercent of participantsActive prescriptionMOUD accessSublingual buprenorphineOUD treatmentTreatment gapTreatment accessMOUDDisorder treatmentBuprenorphineAdverse effectsSubstance useVulnerable populationsIndividual-level factorsMedicationsAccess challengesWhite participantsDisordersPsychiatric and Substance Use Disorders and Related Service Use in the Diverse Black Sub-Populations in the United States
Jegede O, Na PJ, Rhee TG, Stefanovics EA, Rosenheck RA. Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders and Related Service Use in the Diverse Black Sub-Populations in the United States. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2021, 9: 2237-2247. PMID: 34590245, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-021-01163-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelated service useSubstance use diagnosesSubstance use disordersService useUse diagnosesUse disordersRelated Conditions Wave IIILogistic regression analysisNational Epidemiologic SurveyDiverse black populationsAfrican AmericansMultinomial logistic regression analysisBlack/African AmericanBlack populationClinical characteristicsMethodsThe dataWave IIIEpidemiologic SurveyMeasures of qualityMental healthPhysical healthReference groupSubstance useGroup differencesBlack individuals
2024
Investigating the association between multiple substance Use and dating violence involvement among U.S adolescents
Nwabueze C, Nkemjika S, Okereke O, Fagbenle O, Arisoyin A, Ibeneme C, Brown C, Ikekwere J, Petion J, Oke O, Johnson B, Azim S, Jegede O. Investigating the association between multiple substance Use and dating violence involvement among U.S adolescents. Psychiatry Research Communications 2024, 4: 100150. DOI: 10.1016/j.psycom.2023.100150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiple substance useSubstance useHigher oddsMultiple logistic regressionTimes higher oddsYouth Risk Behavior Surveillance SystemPublic health concernUnited States adolescentsStudy populationNight sleepPast monthLogistic regressionHealth concernPrevalenceConfoundersOddsAdolescentsSurveillance systemMeta-analytic studyAssociationRepresentative sampleViolence involvementMore substancesRepresentative surveyDescriptive analysis
2022
What’s in a Name? Terminology Preferences Among Patients Receiving Methadone Treatment
Gazzola MG, Maclean E, Beitel M, Carmichael ID, Cammack KM, Eggert KF, Roehrich T, Madden LM, Jegede O, Zheng X, Bergman E, Barry DT. What’s in a Name? Terminology Preferences Among Patients Receiving Methadone Treatment. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 38: 653-660. PMID: 36163526, PMCID: PMC9971370, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07813-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderSubstance use disordersMethadone treatmentUse disordersOutpatient methadone treatment programMethadone treatment programsPresenting problemPreferences of patientsTerminology preferencesSubstance-dependent personsCross-sectional surveyAdult patientsMean ageUnivariate analysisMain MeasuresParticipantsPatientsTreatment programKey ResultsWeSubstance abuseSubstance useDisordersSignificant differencesTreatmentDemographic differencesAddiction counselors
2018
Tobacco and Substance Use among Psychiatric Inpatients in a Community Hospital: Cessation Counseling, Correlates, and Patterns of Use
Jegede O, Ojo O, Ahmed S, Kodjo K, Virk I, Rimawi D, Mellon C, Jolayemi A, Olupona T. Tobacco and Substance Use among Psychiatric Inpatients in a Community Hospital: Cessation Counseling, Correlates, and Patterns of Use. Journal Of Addiction 2018, 2018: 7919704. PMID: 30662786, PMCID: PMC6312619, DOI: 10.1155/2018/7919704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCessation counselingTobacco smokingSubstance usePsychiatric diagnosisUnderserved African American populationEffective public health strategiesTobacco cessation counselingTobacco treatment strategiesPrimary psychiatric diagnosisCommunity teaching hospitalCurrent tobacco smokersPublic health strategiesInpatient psychiatric unitUrine toxicology reportsIllicit drug usePublic health concernOnly significant predictorCurrent smokersTobacco screeningRetrospective reviewSmoking groupUrine toxicologyTobacco smokersEntire cohortTobacco dependence