James Swartz
Professor
Jane Addams College of Social Work
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Areas of Expertise
- Adults
- Community-based Solutions
- Criminal Justice
- Epidemiology
- Heroin
- Injection Drug Use
- Medication-assisted Treatment (MAT)
- Naloxone
Research Currently in Progress
1.
Category: Community-based Health Promotion
Source of Funding: SAMHSA
The Illinois Prevent Prescription Drug Overdose project is a 5-year evaluation of community-based efforts to increase training and distribution of naloxone in 6 Illinois counties with high rates of opioid overdoses and related fatalities. My role is as project evaluator.
2.
Category: Research
Source of Funding: Arnold Foundation
Project STAMINA is an implementation and evaluation study of an effort to initiate buprenorphine treatment in a community-based setting for current opioid users. The project is being conducted in one of COIP's community-based field stations.