Substance Abuse Research Reports

DSHS Research and Data Analysis

• Reports about alcohol and other drugs
• Risk and Prevention Profiles
• RDA Home Page 

Adolescents

• Improving the Statewide Adolescent Treatment System of Care - Strategic Plan January 2008
• Levels of Risk, Protection and Drug Use in Schools Predict Students’ WASL Score (2006)
• Multilevel Examination of the Relationships Between Risk/Protective Factors and Academic Test Scores, July 2006 

Cost and Cost Savings

• Bending the Health Care Cost Curve by Expanding Alcohol/Drug Treatment, 2010
• The effect of substance abuse treatment on Medicaid expenditures, 2009
• Treatment Expansion Cost Offsets: Spring 2009 Update
• Economic Costs of Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Washington State, 2005
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy - Return on Investment Study (July 2011 )

Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs

Prescription for Danger (ONDCP) (2008)

Surveys

• Washington State Healthy Youth Survey
• Patients Speak Out 2009 Patient Satisfaction Survey
• Patients Speak Out 2006 Sixth Annual Statewide Patient Satisfaction Survey
• Patients Speak Out 2007 Seventh Annual Statewide Patient Satisfaction Survey

Tobacco

Progress with enforcing youth tobacco access laws. Federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment block grant funding can be reduced if the state retailer violation rate exceeds 20 percent.  The reports below cover methods and protocols, and outcomes of retailer compliance checks.

• Synar Report - FY 2011     Survey Sample/Violations Rate
• Synar Report - FY 2012     Survey Sample/Violation Rate
• Synar Report - FY 2013     Survey Sample/Violation Rate

Trends

• Staffing Patterns in Washington State Chemical Dependency Treatment Facilities: Trends Over a 15-Year Period (2008)
• Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Trends Report (2010)

Workforce Development

The Chemical Dependency Professional: Issues in Diversity and Workforce Planning (October 2011)

Chemical dependency professionals (CDPs) form the cornerstone of alcohol and drug treatment services in Washington State. This research brief highlights findings related to CDPs from a 2009 survey conducted by the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery. The findings underscore the need for policy makers, treatment providers, and other professionals involved in CDP workforce planning to address disparities in gender, race/ethnicity, and compensation, plus the challenge posed by health care reform.

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