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)：州立法机关和行政机关负责为其居民提供福利，并负责管理公共资金。在试图为他们的公民做出最好的决定的同时，游说者和一些倡导者也参与其中，他们在国家资金问题上主张许多相互冲突的想法和优先事项。梳理这些相互矛盾的主张，并找到不偏不倚的研究和分析来给出它们的背景可能是困难的。美国成瘾研究方案的目标是向州政策制定者提供有关成瘾科学的当前相关科学发现，以便以明确、无党派的方式提供科学证据，为政策决策和拨款提供信息。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)将科学的力量应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带入政策。在研讨会上，由立法者和执行机构主任组成的州团队从全国顶尖的研究人员那里了解成瘾科学，通过促成的讨论与他们的对口部门进行对话，并共同努力改善他们所在州的药物滥用服务提供。在过去的两年里，我们为8个州的团队举办了讲习班。在我们目前拨款的最后一年，又有四个州将得到服务。由于我们的计划导致了公共政策和法律的变化，在这份申请中，我们要求额外提供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缺口，不得不削减各州预算。该计划已被证明有能力向州政策制定者和拨款者提供研究，证明在药物滥用服务方面节省成本和投资回报。事实上，我们整个2009年的研讨会，题为“拯救生命，节省金钱：各州如何通过投资于药物滥用治疗和预防来拯救家庭和节省金钱”，就是为了这个主题。我们提议在未来四年内为另外16个州举办讲习班。举办研讨会以产生有效的新法律和公共政策变化的关键是我们在每次研讨会之前、期间和之后所花费的时间。我们通过州长、参议院议长和众议院议长招募州团队，他们召集他们的团队派往研讨会。我们事先与团队合作，为他们希望在研讨会上完成的工作设定目标，在整个研讨会期间为团队提供便利，帮助他们处理正在学习的内容，并制定行动计划，以改进国内的政策，并在研讨会结束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，以进一步加强讲习班，从报告讲习班团队和进一步了解当前科学的角度来看。我们将在现场和研讨会后六个月对该计划进行评估，这将使我们能够继续加强该计划。我们已经组建了一批优秀的合作伙伴，为各州创建和实施我们的计划。它们是维克森林大学医学院(WFUSM)、国家行动家庭(NFIA)、州立法机构全国会议(NCSL)和治疗研究所(TRI)。每个合作伙伴都有不同的角色，所有合作伙伴共同规划和提供研讨会。 与公共卫生相关：各州负有为包括预防和治疗在内的药物滥用服务分配资金和制定相关政策的主要责任。为了将合理的科学注入分配过程，我们向州立法者和行政部门官员传授关于成瘾科学的最新发现(例如，成瘾是一种脑部疾病)。我们还与他们直接合作，为他们的州制定计划，以反映他们的新理解，并将这种理解与每个州的应急情况结合起来。这代表着将科学转化为公共政策。