The primary goal of the Crack Cocaine and Health Service Use project, which was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was to produce a natural history of crack cocaine use which also described health service utilization. The main analytic goals of this project were to determine the factors that predicted both perceived health care needs and the use of health services by people who use crack.
Using targeted sampling methods, 420 crack users in the Dayton/Montgomery County, Ohio, community were assessed and followed-up at six-month intervals over an eight year period. Quantitative and qualitative were used to obtain information on crack users' perceived needs for drug abuse treatment and other health care services as well as their actual use of these services. The targeted sampling methodology assured representation of crack users with respect to gender, ethnicity, and length of crack use. Field operations began in June 1996 and closed in October 2005. The grant ended in February 2008.
Submissions from 2008
Among Long-Term Crack Smokers, Who Avoids and Who Succumbs to Cocaine Addiction?, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson
Submissions from 2007
Crack Cocaine Trajectories Among Users in a Midwestern American City, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson
Submissions from 2006
Emergency Department Utilization by Crack-Cocaine Smokers in Dayton, Ohio, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and K. P. Massimino
Submissions from 2004
The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorder Among a Community Sample of Crack-Cocaine Users: An Exploratory Study with Practical Implications, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Robert G. Carlson
Submissions from 2003
Current Physical Health Problems and Their Predictors Among a Community Sample of Crack-Cocaine Smokers in Ohio, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Robert G. Carlson
Submissions from 2002
The Prevalence and Correlates of Depressive Symptomatology Among a Community Sample of Crack-Cocaine Smokers, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, Mark Eddy, and Harvey A. Siegal
Predictors of Drug Abuse Treatment Entry Among Crack-Cocaine Smokers, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson
Submissions from 2001
The Epidemiology of Physical Attack and Rape Among Crack-Using Women, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and Harvey A. Siegal
Factorial Structure of Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale Among Crack-Cocaine Drug Users, Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, and Robert G. Carlson
Submissions from 2000
Crack-Cocaine Injection in the Heartland: An Ethnographic Perspective, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, and Harvey A. Siegal
Crack-Cocaine Use and Health Status as Defined by the SF-36, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and Harvey A. Siegal
Longitudinal Application of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey with Not-in-Treatment Crack-Cocaine Users, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Robert G. Carlson
Crack-Cocaine Users as Victims of Physical Attack., Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson
Submissions from 1998
Health Services Research Among Crack-Cocaine Users: A Case Study from the Midwest, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, Robert G. Carlson, Jichuan Wang, and Ahmmed M. Rahman
Submissions from 1991
The Crack Life: An Ethnographic Overview of Crack Use and Sexual Behavior Among African-Americans in a Midwest Metropolitan City, Robert G. Carlson and Harvey A. Siegal
