Tag: Health Equity
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Improving the lives of youth experiencing homelessness
Youth experiencing homelessness often lack daily contact with supportive people, leaving them more vulnerable to alcohol and drug misuse at critical junctures. Kimberly Tyler Husker sociologist Kimberly Tyler believes an app-based intervention could help fill that gap and redirect these youth when substance misuse may be tempting: in times of poor mental health, after sexual…
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Unraveling drug use and misuse in rural areas
Describing initial research discoveries as “eye opening,” scientists in the Rural Drug Addiction Research Center are building upon a strong foundation to develop partnerships with communities across Nebraska to address drug use and misuse. RDAR, founded in 2019, earned a five-year, $11,597,682 Phase 2 renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Centers of Biomedical…