title: Charting a course for health services research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
abstract: Through research, we continue to develop and refine an array of safe and efficacious interventions to prevent and treat drug abuse; however, these interventions have not led to widespread improvements in prevention and treatment services in nonresearch settings. In addition, investigator-initiated research rarely examine or refine interventions that practitioners have found relevant and that are widely practiced. To address these problems, the National Institute on Drug Abuse convened a blue ribbon task force to examine its health services research program. The report served as a catalyst for the institute to promote a vigorous program of research that seeks to examine prevention and treatment intervention delivery systems and policies that facilitate provision of effective care in a range of real world settings. Findings from this research should help address the translational bottleneck of bringing evidence-based interventions into the community.
authors.affiliation: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD 20892-9589, USA.
authors.forename: Wilson M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: Jack B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Elizabeth B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pintello
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pringle
authors.forename: Nora D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Volkow
mesh_terms: D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014482:United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration