Substance Abuse

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Substance Abuse. This page contains a list of projects, key staff, and information pulled from the publications, presentations, events, news, and maps section of the CRH web site.

Projects

• Carol M. White Grant Evaluation -- Evaluation of the after school recreation program in 18 Northwestern Minnesota school districts.
• Evaluation of Northwest Women's Chemical Health Initiative -- Evaluates the process and outcomes of the treatment support and recovery services for substance abusing women who are pregnant or have dependent children.
• State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup -- To utilize relevant state, tribal, and local data to guide substance use prevention planning, programming and evaluation.

Staff

• Gray, Jacque

Presentations

• Assessing Substance Consumption and Consequences in North Dakota
  Presented by Muus, K. on Jun 27, 2007 at the annual conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlantic City, NJ.

Publications

• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Consumption and Consequences in North Dakota: The North Dakota Epidemiological Profile, 2007, Muus, K., Gray, J., & the State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup, March, 2007
  The report examines the prevalence and patterns of substance (alcohol, tobacco and other drug) use and consequences in North Dakota.