Katherine A Hirchak
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 939658 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Katherine A Hirchak |
| PRENOMES | Katherine A |
| SOBRENOME | Hirchak |
| ASSINATURA | HIRCHAK K A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Washington State University Spokane |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2469-660X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Concurrent alcohol and smoking use among American Indian and Alaska Native adults participating in a contingency management clinical trial for alcohol use disorder
Introduction The co-use of alcohol and cigarettes is common and associated with poor health outcomes. However, little is known about the prevalence of cigarette smoking among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults seeking treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), whether participation in AUD treatment is associated with changes in cigarette smoking or patterns of concurrent alcohol and cigarette use in this population. Methods This stud…
Culturally centering alcohol use assessments
Objectives: There are high rates of both alcohol abstinence and hazardous drinking among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Few measures exist that examine alcohol use consequences within a relevant historical and cultural context for Indigenous populations, hindering the ability of communities, researchers, and practitioners to effectively address alcohol misuse. In the present study, we disc…
“Guide them to have a future orientation”
Background The present study used qualitative research methods to assess interest in contingency management (CM; where incentives are provided after the return of an alcohol negative urine sample) enhanced with substance-free activities among emerging adults residing on a rural reservation. The research informs the future development and implementation of a clinical trial to address alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) 18-2…
American Indian community engagement and the structural and social determinants of health
Introduction Engaging community members in the process of documenting health inequities is the first step in addressing public health challenges. This paper presents the community-driven adaptation process and results for the Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) assessment, a social justice and equity-focused screening tool, in one reservation-based American Indian community in the US. Methods Using principles of com…
Delivering opioid use disorder treatment among American Indian and Alaska Native adults during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
Providers highlighted the utility in the expansion and sustainment of telehealth. Flexible policies for MOUD were particularly beneficial during the height of COVID-19 to maintain and increase access to treatment. Providing a menu of treatment options, emphasizing cultural engagement and social support were deemed necessary to enhance AI/AN community driven solutions in curbing the opioid poisoning public health crisis
Tribally-led mobile outreach
American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the United States face significant disparities related to opioid use disorder and opioid-related mortality. Inequitable access to medications and harm reduction strategies due to structural, societal, and geographical factors prevent Tribal communities from obtaining needed services, and further contribute to the opioid epidemic. One Tribal Healing Center in the Rocky Mountain region identified mob…
Provider perspectives on the impact of Covid-19 on treatment of substance use and opioid use disorders among American Indian and Alaska Native adults
Introduction: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are more likely to suffer negative consequences related to substance misuse. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the opioid poisoning crisis, in combination with ongoing treatment barriers resulting from settler-colonialism, systemic oppression and racial discrimination. AI/AN adults are at greatest risk of COVID-19 related serious illness and death. In collaboration with an Indigenous…
Assessing the validity of the American Indian Enculturation Scale in Alaska Native adults interested in reducing alcohol use
The American Indian Enculturation Scale (AIES) was developed for American Indian populations to measure connection to traditional culture, but it has not been evaluated in Alaska Native people. While American Indian and Alaska Native individuals are grouped together, significant differences exist between groups. As a part of a randomized controlled trial for contingency management to reduce alcohol use, 160 Alaska Native adults completed the AIES…
Coming together for something good
Introduction Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) science is growing among Indigenous communities. Indigenous communities are adapting and implementing evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders (SUD) to fit the needs of their communities. D&I science offers frameworks, models, and theories to increase implementation success, but research is needed to center Indigenous knowledge, enhancing D&I so that it is more applicable within Ind…
Centering culture in the treatment of opioid use disorder with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are disproportionally impacted by the opioid overdose epidemic. There remains a dearth of research evaluating methods for effectively implementing treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) within these communities. We describe proceedings from a 2‐day Collaborative Board (CB) meeting tasked with developing an implementation intervention for AI/AN clinical programs to improve the delivery of medicat…
The Validity of the Short Inventory of Problems and Drinking Intensity among Urban American Indian Adults
BACKGROUND: American Indian (AI) adults have both high prevalence rates of alcohol abstinence and alcohol use disorders compared to non-Hispanic White adults. We investigated the applicability and validity of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP) among AI urban adults and the moderating effect of biological sex. METHODS: = 124) provided baseline, 3-, 6- and 9-month data. Measures included Form 90 and the SIP, which includes 5 domains of alcohol-r…
Trends in Non-Medical Prescription Opioid Use among Urban and Rural American Indian and Alaska Native Youth Residing in New Mexico
Increasing rates of opioid-related deaths over the last twenty years have created a national public health crisis. However, minimal research investigates opioid use among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. This study examined non-medical prescription opioid prevalence rates and resiliency of urban and rural AI/AN and non-AI/AN students. The sample included eighth, tenth, and twelfth grade students who participated in the New Mexico …
Aligning three substance use disorder interventions among a tribe in the Southwest United States
In this article we describe cultural re-centering, dissemination, and implementation activities in partnership between an American Indian reservation community and a university in the Southwest United States. We offer examples of cultural adaptation and implementation of evidence-based treatments (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Community Reinforcement Approach and the Community Reinforcement and Family Training) using the Interactive Systems Fr…
Dissemination of an American Indian Culturally Centered Community-Based Participatory Research Family Listening Program
We introduce a culture-centered indigenous program called the Family Listening Program (FLP), which was developed through a long-standing community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership involving tribal research teams (TRTs) from three American Indian communities (Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo) with the University of New Mexico's Center for Participatory Research (UNM-CPR). This paper provides background information on the TRT/UNM-CPR mult…
Assessing the Interest and Cultural Congruence of Contingency Management as an Intervention for Alcohol Misuse Among Younger American Indian Adults
A qualitative study was conducted to assess interest in contingency management (CM) for younger American Indian (AI) adults (18-29 years old), how to culturally and developmentally adapt CM for younger AI adults, and interest in CM relative to culturally grounded treatment approaches. We conducted a total of four focus groups with younger adults and families in two AI communities: a rural reservation and an urban Indian health clinic (n = 32). Fo…
Assessing Differences in the Availability of Opioid Addiction Therapy Options
BACKGROUND: Opioid misuse is a large public health problem in the United States. Residents of rural areas and American Indian (AI) reservation/trust lands represent traditionally underserved populations with regard to substance-use disorder therapy. PURPOSE: Assess differences in the number of opioid agonist therapy (OAT) facilities and physicians with Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) waivers for rural versus urban, and AI reservation/trust la…
Serious Mental Illness in Heavy Drinkers Is Associated with Poor Treatment Outcomes in Outpatients with Co-occurring Disorders
Centering culture in the treatment of opioid use disorder with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are disproportionally impacted by the opioid overdose epidemic. There remains a dearth of research evaluating methods for effectively implementing treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) within these communities. We describe proceedings from a 2‐day Collaborative Board (CB) meeting tasked with developing an implementation intervention for AI/AN clinical programs to improve the delivery of medicat…
Dissemination of an American Indian Culturally Centered Community-Based Participatory Research Family Listening Program
We introduce a culture-centered indigenous program called the Family Listening Program (FLP), which was developed through a long-standing community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership involving tribal research teams (TRTs) from three American Indian communities (Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo) with the University of New Mexico's Center for Participatory Research (UNM-CPR). This paper provides background information on the TRT/UNM-CPR mult…
Assessing Differences in the Availability of Opioid Addiction Therapy Options
BACKGROUND: Opioid misuse is a large public health problem in the United States. Residents of rural areas and American Indian (AI) reservation/trust lands represent traditionally underserved populations with regard to substance-use disorder therapy. PURPOSE: Assess differences in the number of opioid agonist therapy (OAT) facilities and physicians with Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) waivers for rural versus urban, and AI reservation/trust la…
Serious Mental Illness in Heavy Drinkers Is Associated with Poor Treatment Outcomes in Outpatients with Co-occurring Disorders
Assessing the Interest and Cultural Congruence of Contingency Management as an Intervention for Alcohol Misuse Among Younger American Indian Adults
A qualitative study was conducted to assess interest in contingency management (CM) for younger American Indian (AI) adults (18-29 years old), how to culturally and developmentally adapt CM for younger AI adults, and interest in CM relative to culturally grounded treatment approaches. We conducted a total of four focus groups with younger adults and families in two AI communities: a rural reservation and an urban Indian health clinic (n = 32). Fo…
Aligning three substance use disorder interventions among a tribe in the Southwest United States
In this article we describe cultural re-centering, dissemination, and implementation activities in partnership between an American Indian reservation community and a university in the Southwest United States. We offer examples of cultural adaptation and implementation of evidence-based treatments (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Community Reinforcement Approach and the Community Reinforcement and Family Training) using the Interactive Systems Fr…
Dissemination of an American Indian Culturally Centered Community-Based Participatory Research Family Listening Program
We introduce a culture-centered indigenous program called the Family Listening Program (FLP), which was developed through a long-standing community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership involving tribal research teams (TRTs) from three American Indian communities (Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo) with the University of New Mexico's Center for Participatory Research (UNM-CPR). This paper provides background information on the TRT/UNM-CPR mult…
The Validity of the Short Inventory of Problems and Drinking Intensity among Urban American Indian Adults
BACKGROUND: American Indian (AI) adults have both high prevalence rates of alcohol abstinence and alcohol use disorders compared to non-Hispanic White adults. We investigated the applicability and validity of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP) among AI urban adults and the moderating effect of biological sex. METHODS: = 124) provided baseline, 3-, 6- and 9-month data. Measures included Form 90 and the SIP, which includes 5 domains of alcohol-r…
Trends in Non-Medical Prescription Opioid Use among Urban and Rural American Indian and Alaska Native Youth Residing in New Mexico
Increasing rates of opioid-related deaths over the last twenty years have created a national public health crisis. However, minimal research investigates opioid use among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. This study examined non-medical prescription opioid prevalence rates and resiliency of urban and rural AI/AN and non-AI/AN students. The sample included eighth, tenth, and twelfth grade students who participated in the New Mexico …
Coming together for something good
Introduction Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) science is growing among Indigenous communities. Indigenous communities are adapting and implementing evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders (SUD) to fit the needs of their communities. D&I science offers frameworks, models, and theories to increase implementation success, but research is needed to center Indigenous knowledge, enhancing D&I so that it is more applicable within Ind…
Centering culture in the treatment of opioid use disorder with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are disproportionally impacted by the opioid overdose epidemic. There remains a dearth of research evaluating methods for effectively implementing treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) within these communities. We describe proceedings from a 2‐day Collaborative Board (CB) meeting tasked with developing an implementation intervention for AI/AN clinical programs to improve the delivery of medicat…
Tribally-led mobile outreach
American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the United States face significant disparities related to opioid use disorder and opioid-related mortality. Inequitable access to medications and harm reduction strategies due to structural, societal, and geographical factors prevent Tribal communities from obtaining needed services, and further contribute to the opioid epidemic. One Tribal Healing Center in the Rocky Mountain region identified mob…
Provider perspectives on the impact of Covid-19 on treatment of substance use and opioid use disorders among American Indian and Alaska Native adults
Introduction: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are more likely to suffer negative consequences related to substance misuse. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the opioid poisoning crisis, in combination with ongoing treatment barriers resulting from settler-colonialism, systemic oppression and racial discrimination. AI/AN adults are at greatest risk of COVID-19 related serious illness and death. In collaboration with an Indigenous…
Assessing the validity of the American Indian Enculturation Scale in Alaska Native adults interested in reducing alcohol use
The American Indian Enculturation Scale (AIES) was developed for American Indian populations to measure connection to traditional culture, but it has not been evaluated in Alaska Native people. While American Indian and Alaska Native individuals are grouped together, significant differences exist between groups. As a part of a randomized controlled trial for contingency management to reduce alcohol use, 160 Alaska Native adults completed the AIES…
American Indian community engagement and the structural and social determinants of health
Introduction Engaging community members in the process of documenting health inequities is the first step in addressing public health challenges. This paper presents the community-driven adaptation process and results for the Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) assessment, a social justice and equity-focused screening tool, in one reservation-based American Indian community in the US. Methods Using principles of com…
Delivering opioid use disorder treatment among American Indian and Alaska Native adults during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
Providers highlighted the utility in the expansion and sustainment of telehealth. Flexible policies for MOUD were particularly beneficial during the height of COVID-19 to maintain and increase access to treatment. Providing a menu of treatment options, emphasizing cultural engagement and social support were deemed necessary to enhance AI/AN community driven solutions in curbing the opioid poisoning public health crisis
Concurrent alcohol and smoking use among American Indian and Alaska Native adults participating in a contingency management clinical trial for alcohol use disorder
Introduction The co-use of alcohol and cigarettes is common and associated with poor health outcomes. However, little is known about the prevalence of cigarette smoking among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults seeking treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), whether participation in AUD treatment is associated with changes in cigarette smoking or patterns of concurrent alcohol and cigarette use in this population. Methods This stud…
Culturally centering alcohol use assessments
Objectives: There are high rates of both alcohol abstinence and hazardous drinking among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Few measures exist that examine alcohol use consequences within a relevant historical and cultural context for Indigenous populations, hindering the ability of communities, researchers, and practitioners to effectively address alcohol misuse. In the present study, we disc…
“Guide them to have a future orientation”
Background The present study used qualitative research methods to assess interest in contingency management (CM; where incentives are provided after the return of an alcohol negative urine sample) enhanced with substance-free activities among emerging adults residing on a rural reservation. The research informs the future development and implementation of a clinical trial to address alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) 18-2…
Medicine (13 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (13 obras) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (9 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Public health (8 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Psychiatry (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Community Health and Development (5 obras)