Methamphetamine: Where Does It Fit in the Bigger Picture of Drug Use of American Indian and Alaska Native Communities and Treatment Seekers? Dennis Donovan, Ph.D. Lisa Rey Thomas, Ph.D. Lead Investigators Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute University of Washington 1107 NE 45th St., Suite 120 Seattle, WA 98105-4631 ddonovan@u.washington.edu lrthomas@u.washington.edu

The first area of research emphasis in the NIDA Strategic Plan on Reducing Health Disparities (2004 Revision) is the epidemiology of drug abuse, health consequences and infectious diseases among minority populations. Because there are limited data available on methamphetamine use in American Indian communities, exploratory and pilot studies will be conducted as part of CTN protocol CTN-0033 to develop collaborations with tribes and Native American treatment programs and to explore the epidemiology of methamphetamine use and co-occurring problems and disorders in diverse Native American communities.

Protocol CTN-0033c will conduct exploratory and preliminary studies to develop collaborative working relationships with tribes and tribal treatment programs in the Western Washington and Southeast Alaska to assess the epidemiology of co-occurring health disorders among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) seeking treatment for methamphetamine and other substance use in reservation-based and urban treatment centers.

(Description based on NIDA Director's Report to the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse - February 2008.)

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