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| Jan GryczynskiSummaryAffiliation: Friends Research Institute Country: USA Publications
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Treatment entry among individuals on a waiting list for methadone maintenanceJan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Social Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 35:290-4. 2009..Many methadone programs in the United States have waiting lists for care...
Contexts of tobacco use and perspectives on smoking cessation among a sample of urban American IndiansJan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute FRI, Social Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:544-58. 2010..Smoking cessation programs and health promotion efforts may be perceived as more relevant by the target population if they incorporate an understanding of the social and cultural facets of smoking behavior...
African American patients seeking treatment in the public sector: characteristics of buprenorphine vs. methadone patientsShannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1040 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 122:55-60. 2012..This study compares the characteristics of patients entering methadone treatment vs. buprenorphine treatment to determine whether BT was attracting different types of patients...
A randomized trial of intensive outpatient (IOP) vs. standard outpatient (OP) buprenorphine treatment for African AmericansShannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, 1020 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 128:222-9. 2013..The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of OP and IOP level counseling when provided as part of buprenorphine treatment for opioid-dependent African Americans...
Patterns in admission delays to outpatient methadone treatment in the United StatesJan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103, Baltimore MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 41:431-9. 2011..These findings highlight potential disparities in timely admission to outpatient methadone treatment. Implications for improving treatment access and service system monitoring are discussed...
Religiosity, heavy alcohol use, and vicarious learning networks among adolescents in the United StatesJan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
Health Educ Behav 39:341-51. 2012..Supplementary analyses elaborated on the role of competing and complementary normative orientations among reference groups in the social network...
SBIRT for adolescent drug and alcohol use: current status and future directionsShannon Gwin Mitchell
Friends Research Institute, Inc, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 44:463-72. 2013..Randomized trials are needed that have adequate statistical power, employ longer-term follow-ups, and test the effectiveness of SBIRT for adolescents in various service delivery settings...
Opioid agonist maintenance for probationers: patient-level predictors of treatment retention, drug use, and crimeJan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Subst Abus 33:30-9. 2012..A number of patient characteristics associated with various outcomes were identified. The findings support engaging probationers in treatment and highlight patient factors that might influence outcomes...
Challenges in public health research with American Indians and other small ethnocultural minority populationsJan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Subst Use Misuse 46:1363-71. 2011..Many of the issues raised also apply to other small ethnocultural minority groups...
Social norms and the relationship between cigarette use and religiosity among adolescents in the United StatesJan Gryczynski
Social Research Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Health Educ Behav 38:39-48. 2011..The VLN model may be a useful tool for conceptualizing the transmission of health behavior through social learning processes...
HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and hepatitis prevention needs of Native Americans living in Baltimore: in their own wordsJeannette L Johnson
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 19:531-44. 2007..Findings from this study support the necessity for future HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and hepatitis prevention programming for urban Native Americans...
The healing forest metaphor revisited: the seen and "unseen world" of drug useJan Gryczynski
Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Subst Use Misuse 42:475-84. 2007..While we live in the seen world, the unseen world is alive in us. What could the unseen world be like for substance users? This is the topic of the current article...
