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

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）：州立法机构和行政分支机构负责居民的福利和公共资金的良好管理。在试图为公民做出最好的决定的同时，他们受到游说者和一些倡导者的影响，这些人主张许多相互冲突的想法和关于国家资金的优先事项。整理这些相互矛盾的主张，并找到公正的研究和分析，给他们的背景可能是困难的。成瘾研究计划的目标是为国家政策制定者提供有关成瘾科学的当前相关科学发现，以便政策决策和拨款可以通过以明确，无党派的方式提供的科学证据来了解。这一努力可以被视为将科学发现转化为政策，因此，它代表了国家药物滥用研究所（NIDA）将科学的力量用于药物滥用和成瘾的使命的另一层表达。该计划通过为州政府举办研讨会，将研究纳入政策。在研讨会上，由立法者和执行机构主任组成的州小组从国家顶级研究人员那里了解成瘾科学，通过促进讨论与他们的对立分支进行对话，并共同努力改善他们州的药物滥用服务。在过去两年中，我们为八个国家小组举办了讲习班。在我们目前拨款的最后一年，将再为四个州提供服务。由于我们的计划导致公共政策和法律发生了变化，因此在本申请中，我们要求额外四年的资金来继续这项工作。在当前的金融危机中，该计划的使命更加重要。各州正面临前所未有的预算短缺，不得不削减各州的预算。该计划已证明有能力向国家政策制定者和拨款者提供研究，证明药物滥用服务的成本节约和投资回报。事实上，我们将2009年题为“拯救生命，节省美元：国家如何通过投资于药物滥用治疗和预防来拯救家庭和节省资金”的整个讲习班专门用于这一主题。我们建议在今后四年内为另外16个州举办讲习班。举办研讨会，导致有效的新法律和公共政策的变化的关键是我们花在每个研讨会之前，期间和之后的时间。我们通过州长、参议院议长和众议院议长招募州团队，他们将团队集合起来，派往研讨会。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，在整个研讨会期间为团队提供便利，帮助他们处理他们正在学习的内容，并制定改善国内政策的行动计划，并在研讨会后提供长达六个月的后续便利，以帮助团队实施他们的行动计划。该计划将继续维护和扩大其网站，以进一步加强研讨会，无论是从报告研讨会团队的角度，还是从促进他们获得当前科学的角度。我们将在现场和六个月后的研讨会上评估该计划，这将使我们能够继续加强该计划。我们召集了一批优秀的合作伙伴来为各州制定和实施我们的计划。他们是维克森林大学医学院（WFUSM），全国家庭行动（NFIA），国家立法机构全国会议（NCSL）和治疗研究所（TRI）。每个合作伙伴都有不同的作用，所有合作伙伴共同规划和举办讲习班。 公共卫生相关性：各州承担着为药物滥用服务（包括预防和治疗）分配资金和制定政策的主要责任。为了在分配过程中注入合理的科学，我们向州立法者和行政分支官员传授有关成瘾科学的最新发现（例如，成瘾是一种大脑疾病）。我们还直接与他们合作，为他们的州制定计划，反映他们的新理解，并将这种理解与每个州的应急措施相结合。这代表着将科学转化为公共政策。