DIDARP at the University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health

我们的目标是提高我们的能力进行药物滥用研究与刑事司法人口从公共卫生的角度来看，在公共卫生的波多黎各大学研究生院。我们的研究发展战略中心发展研究能力的研究在教师的临界质量，将凝聚力追求流行病学，临床和卫生服务研究相关的参与和保留在治疗囚犯的药物使用障碍的历史与共同发生的艾滋病毒或多动症。该方案将发展学生在不同教育阶段的研究能力，并鼓励他们从事药物滥用研究事业。在本申请中，我们提出了两个研究项目。他们都提出了发展工作需要以后探索药物治疗的缓和作用的具体特征的个人与SUD。一项研究将探讨与吸毒者身份相关的自我耻辱是否与避免治疗或提前终止吸毒和/或艾滋病毒治疗有关。另一个探讨了ADHD障碍谱的维度对药物治疗的潜在调节作用。拟议的工作将为教师和学生提供研究培训经验。这些项目嵌入DIDARP的组织结构和文化，并得到强有力的领导，机构支持和一系列研究能力建设活动的支持，将为实现以下具体目标提供必要的条件：目标1。提供领导，支持和协调，以增加独立的拉丁美洲研究人员能够成功地进行药物滥用研究相关的刑事司法背景的数量。目标二：为8名研究生提供长期的研究经验（2年），增加他们从事药物滥用研究事业的可能性。目标3：增加机构资源，以维持成功地规划和开展由外部资金支助的药物滥用研究。

Our goal is to enhance our capacity to conduct drug abuse research with criminal justice populations from a public health perspective, at the University Of Puerto Rico Graduate School Of Public Health. Our research development strategy centers on developing research proficiency in research in a critical mass of faculty that will cohesively pursue epidemiological, clinical, and health services research relevant to engaging and retaining in treatment inmates with histories of a substance use disorder with co-occurring HIV or ADHD. The program will develop research capacity in students at different stages in their education and encourage them to pursue drug abuse research careers. In this application we present two research projects. They both propose developmental work required to later explore the drug treatment moderating effects of specific characteristics of individuals with a SUD. One study will explore if self stigma associated with the drug user identity is associated with treatment avoidance or early termination of drug abuse and/or HIV treatment. The other explores the potential moderating effects on drug treatment of the dimensions of the ADHD disorder spectrum. The work proposed will provide hands on research training experiences for faculty and students. These projects embedded in the organizational structure and culture of the DIDARP and backed by strong leadership, institutional support, and a range of research capacity building activities, will provide the conditions necessary to attain the following specific aims: Aim1. Provide leadership, support, and coordination to increase the number of independent Latino researchers capable of successfully conducting drug abuse research relevant to a criminal justice context. Aim 2: Provide a long term research experience (2 yrs) for 8 graduate students that increases their likelihood of pursuing drug abuse research careers. Aim 3: Enhance institutional resources that sustain the successful planning and conduct of drug abuse research supported with external funds.