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Carrie B. Oser
Researcher at University of Kentucky
Publications - 137
Citations - 3422
Carrie B. Oser is an academic researcher from University of Kentucky. The author has contributed to research in topics: Substance abuse & Population. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 124 publications receiving 2846 citations. Previous affiliations of Carrie B. Oser include University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences & Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Racial and Gender Discrimination in the Stress Process: Implications for African American Women's Health and Well-Being.
TL;DR: It is suggested that racial and gender discrimination increases risk for poor health and low well-being, working both directly and indirectly through increased vulnerability to individual stressors.
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Individual and Network Factors Associated With Prevalent Hepatitis C Infection Among Rural Appalachian Injection Drug Users
Jennifer R. Havens,Michelle R. Lofwall,Simon D. W. Frost,Carrie B. Oser,Carl G. Leukefeld,Richard A. Crosby +5 more
TL;DR: Preventing transition to injection, especially among prescription opioid users, may curb transmission, as will increased access to opioid maintenance treatment, novel treatments for cocaine dependence, and syringe exchange.
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Barriers to substance abuse treatment in rural and urban communities: counselor perspectives.
Erin Pullen,Carrie B. Oser +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that, though rural and urban counselors encounter similar constraints that hamper successful treatment outcomes, rural counselors are subject to special circumstances within their communities that present unique challenges to treatment efficacy.
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Barriers to the implementation of medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders: The importance of funding policies and medical infrastructure
TL;DR: It is suggested that efforts to promote the implementation of MAT that are inattentive to funding barriers and weaknesses in medical infrastructure may achieve sub-optimal results.
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Individual and network factors associated with non-fatal overdose among rural Appalachian drug users.
Jennifer R. Havens,Carrie B. Oser,Carrie B. Oser,Hannah K. Knudsen,Michelle R. Lofwall,William W. Stoops,Sharon L. Walsh,Carl G. Leukefeld,Alex H. Kral +8 more
TL;DR: Rural drug users with history of overdose were more likely to have injected with prescription opioids--which is different from urban heroin users, which suggests current overdose prevention strategies employed in urban settings may be effective in preventing fatal overdose in this population.