Matthew Lootens
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2025
System dynamics modeling in support of community-based decision-making to reduce opioid overdose fatalities
Canty T, Lootens M, Sabounchi N, Thompson R, Ganguly A, Dsouza N, Kilburn S, Beloch J, Hirsch G, Huang T, El-Bassel N, Lounsbury D. System dynamics modeling in support of community-based decision-making to reduce opioid overdose fatalities. Frontiers In Public Health 2025, 13: 1616032. PMID: 40791632, PMCID: PMC12336117, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1616032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvidence-based practiceCommunity coalitionsNew York StateOpioid overdose fatalitiesOverdose fatalitiesEvidence-based practice implementationImplementation teamImplementation research studyCommunity-engaged approachSystems-level barriersCommunity-based strategiesHEALing Communities StudyCommunity-based decision-makingPrevalence of opioid useOpioid useNew York siteCTH interventionImplementation researchOpioid overdose deathsLocal action plansDecision-makingCommunity studiesHealing initiationOpioid overdoseOverdose deathsXylazine Test Strip Use Among People Who Use Drugs in New York State.
Gelberg K, Montero F, Chang M, Russo M, Lootens M, David J, Chandler R, Oga E, Gilbert L, El-Bassel N. Xylazine Test Strip Use Among People Who Use Drugs in New York State. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2025 PMID: 40693665, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk reduction behaviorsStudy baseline surveyHarm reduction toolInverse probabilityCharacteristics of peopleObservational cohort studyInverse probability of treatment weightingBaseline surveyProbability of treatment weightingSociodemographic characteristicsPropensity score weightingTest strip useCohort studyNew York StatePWUDScore weightingTreatment weightingInjected drugsDrug typeStrip useDrugRiskUseful drugsSystem dynamics modeling to inform implementation of evidence-based prevention of opioid overdose and fatality: A state-level model from the New York HEALing Communities Study
Sabounchi N, Thompson R, Lootens M, Lounsbury D, Hirsch G, Blevins D, Canty T, El-Bassel N, Gilbert L, Mateu-Gelabert P, Feaster D, Rapkin B, Huang T. System dynamics modeling to inform implementation of evidence-based prevention of opioid overdose and fatality: A state-level model from the New York HEALing Communities Study. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2025, 142: 104843. PMID: 40435932, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHEALing Communities StudyOpioid use disorderPrevention effortsCommunity awarenessNew York StateNaloxone distributionCombination of evidence-based strategiesOpioid use disorder prevalenceCommunity studiesOverdose riskNew York State populationOverdose deathsEvidence-based strategiesPrevention of opioid overdoseCapacity-building needsNaloxone supplyHarm reductionMOUD initiationPrevention strategiesOpioid overdoseOpioid supplyOpioid epidemicOverdose fatalitiesUse disorderCoalition members
2024
Implementing a specialized fourth trimester clinic pilot for high-risk individuals
Vani K, Huang C, Hecht J, Lootens M, Karkowksy C, Fiori K, Allen E, Lounsbury D. Implementing a specialized fourth trimester clinic pilot for high-risk individuals. American Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM 2024, 6: 101523. PMID: 39374660, PMCID: PMC12455480, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStratifying Risk for Cognitive Decline in Older Adult Populations using the Geriatric Depression Scale.
Ceïde M, Wang S, Lootens M, Cantor A, Verghese J, Lounsbury D. Stratifying Risk for Cognitive Decline in Older Adult Populations using the Geriatric Depression Scale. Journal Of Psychiatry And Cognitive Behaviour 2024, 8 PMID: 39781213, PMCID: PMC11709455, DOI: 10.29011/2574-7762.000072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeriatric Depression ScaleOlder adult populationOlder adultsConfirmatory factor analysisDepression ScaleCohort of older adultsCognitive concernsFunctional declinePrimary care cohortAdult populationCognitive declineUnique cohortOlder adult cohortApathy Scale scoresDomains of depressionFactor analysisCare cohortBaseline wavePsychological symptomsConcern ScaleScale scoreGeriatricR. RESULTSAdult cohortMeasurement model1170 Linking patients to primary and subspecialty care through a high-risk fourth trimester clinic
Vani K, Huang C, Hecht J, Lootens M, Karkowsky C, Allen E, Fiori K, Lounsbury D. 1170 Linking patients to primary and subspecialty care through a high-risk fourth trimester clinic. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2024, 230: s612. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.11.1194.Peer-Reviewed Original Research1171 The need for mental health screening and care at a high-risk fourth trimester clinic
Vani K, Hecht J, Huang C, Lootens M, Karkowsky C, Allen E, Fiori K, Lounsbury D. 1171 The need for mental health screening and care at a high-risk fourth trimester clinic. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2024, 230: s612. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.11.1195.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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