Kamilla L. Venner

TL;DR: The research has improved across the decades, as has the inclusion of cultural adaptations, and future research should examine factors that influence treatment effectiveness and improve retention to bolster confidence in findings.

TL;DR: A meeting of key stakeholders to elicit feedback on the acceptability and uptake of medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders (OUDs) among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) found the mismatch between Western secular and reductionistic medicine and the AI/AN holistic healing tradition emerged.

TL;DR: Results suggest that culturally adapted EBTs yield significant improvements in alcohol use, psychological distress, and legal problems among AI/ANs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe lessons learned within the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (CTN) to enhance recruitment, retention, and other outcomes; assess measurement equivalence; and use data analytic plans that yield more information.

TL;DR: This culturally adapted MI manual will likely improve the accessibility and adoption of MI practices as well as encourage controlled, clinical trials with Native communities.