2021
Diversity Inclusion in United States Opioid Pharmacological Treatment Trials: A Systematic Review
Nalven T, Spillane N, Schick M, Weyandt L. Diversity Inclusion in United States Opioid Pharmacological Treatment Trials: A Systematic Review. Experimental And Clinical Psychopharmacology 2021, 29: 524-538. PMID: 34242040, PMCID: PMC8511246, DOI: 10.1037/pha0000510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderPharmacological treatmentPharmacological treatment trialsTreatment trialsRandomized controlled trialsLack of subgroup analysesDiverse sampleMultiracial individualsNative Hawaiian/Other Pacific IslanderAmerican Indian/Alaska Native (AI/ANMedication typeSystematic reviewPharmacological careMarginalized backgroundsRandomized clinical trialsPreferred Reporting ItemsBlack individualsOpioidSex/genderSES indicatorsNaltrexoneSubgroup analysisClinical trialsReporting ItemsIncreased risk
2020
Alcohol- and drug-related consequences across latent classes of substance use among American Indian adolescents
Schick M, Goldstein S, Nalven T, Spillane N. Alcohol- and drug-related consequences across latent classes of substance use among American Indian adolescents. Addictive Behaviors 2020, 113: 106682. PMID: 33038678, PMCID: PMC8392693, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-related consequencesClasses of substance useCigarette useSubstance useAI adolescentsHealth disparitiesMonth substance useLatent classes of substance useCross-class comparisonsNegative consequencesSubstance use behaviorsSignificant public health concernTribal authorityIncreased riskPolysubstance usePublic health concernInstitutional IRBRacial/ethnic groupsCigaretteMarijuanaSecondary analysisMultiple substancesUse behaviorsAdolescentsLatent classesIdentifying Competing Life Reinforcers for Substance Use in First Nation Adolescents
Spillane N, Kirk-Provencher K, Schick M, Nalven T, Goldstein S, Kahler C. Identifying Competing Life Reinforcers for Substance Use in First Nation Adolescents. Substance Use & Misuse 2020, 55: 886-895. PMID: 31965888, PMCID: PMC7224337, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1710206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtective factors associated with substance useFactors associated with substance useFirst Nation adolescentsSubstance useBehavioural theory of choiceNon-Indigenous youthNation adolescentsIncreased riskCulturally appropriate prevention strategiesAvailability of substancesIndigenous youthQualitative focus groupsModified grounded theory approachIndigenous populationCommunity influencePrevention strategiesGrounded theory approachPeer influenceFocus groupsNegative consequencesIndividual interviewsAvailability of alternativesRiskInvestigate riskYouth