Methamphetamine Use Among American Indians
William Lambert, Ph.D. Tracy Rieckman, Ph.D. Lead Investigators Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Oregon Health & Science University 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 lambertw@ohsu.edu rieckman@ohsu.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.

In collaboration with the NIH Center for Minority Health and Health disparities, protocol CTN-0033-Ot-1 will conduct exploratory and pilot studies to develop collaborations with tribes and Native American treatment programs in the Northwest. It will also explore the epidemiology of methamphetamine use and co-occurring problems and disorders in diverse Native American communities (both at 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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