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Research Tools
Listed below are a number of research notes, tools and bibliographies that have been prepared by various members of the Lighthouse Institute staff. All are available for downloading. They are divided into the following categories, and listed by date within categories.
- Grant and Analysis Guidelines
- Research Tools
- Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN)
- LI Analytical Training Series
- Acronyms Found in Substance Abuse Treatment Research
- Bibliographies
- Special Reports
- Other Research Aides
For additional research posters and program presentation materials, please visit our Research Posters page.
PLEASE NOTE: Some of the following files in Adobe format are too large to be read within the average browser on the average PC and may need to be downloaded to be viewed.
| Author: | Michael Dennis, Ph.D. |
| Name: | Checklist for Checking/Assessing/Verifying the Integration of the Design in PHS Health Services Research Projects |
| Description: | This document provides a checklist for health services research grant proposals to NIH to ensure that key issues have been addressed. It can be downloaded in three formats (see below). |
| Date: | January 1999 |
| Author: | Michael Dennis, Ph.D., Richard I. Lennox, Ph.D., Mark Foss, Ph.D. |
| Name: | Power Analysis Worksheet |
| Description: | This document contains a spread sheet for calculating effect sizes based on percentage point differences, a R-square/Eta-square, a chi-square, or means and standard deviations. For more information on the formulas or power analysis see Dennis, M.L., Lennox, R.I., & Foss, M. (1997). Practical power analysis for substance abuse health services research. In Bryant, K., Windle, M., & West, S.,G.(eds.), The science of prevention: Methodological advances from alcohol and substance abuse research, (pp 367-404). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. |
| Date: | August 29, 1997 |
| Author: | Michael Dennis, Ph.D. |
| Name: | Odds Ratio Worksheet |
| Description: | This document contains a spread sheet for experimenting with odds ratios. If you play with the confidence interval size, sample size, or percent - the spreadsheet will recalculate the odds, odds ratio, and 95% CI. |
| Date: | September 12, 2008 |
| Author: | Michelle K. White |
| Name: | Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Bibliography |
| Description: | This bibliography concerning adolescent substance abuse and treatment was prepared with support from the following grants: Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Coordinating Center (CSAT contract no. 5 UR4 TI11320), Multisite Analytic Support Center (MASC) (CSAT contract no. 270-98-7047), and Persistent Effects of Treatment Study of Adolescents - Data Coordinating Center (CSAT contract no. 270-97-7022). |
| Date: | 2006 |
File Name: Adolescent_Substance_Abuse_Treatment_bibliography_10-06.pdf File Version: 10/06 File Format: Adobe PDF File Size: 637 KB |
| Author: | Center for Prevention Research and Development, Institute for Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | ||
| Name: | Risk and Protective Prevention Research Bibliography | ||
| Description: | This document contains a short bibliography of references concerning substance abuse risks and prevention strategies for adolescents. It can be downloaded in the formats listed below. | ||
| Date: | 1999 | ||
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| Author: | Michael Dennis, Ph.D. |
| Name: | Methods Bibliography |
| Description: | This document contains a bibliography of methodological primers that was an appendix to Dennis, M.L., Huebner, R.B., McLellan, A.T. (1996). "Methodological Issues in Treatment Services Research," a paper commissioned by the Panel on Effectiveness and Outcomes, Subcommittee on Health Services Research National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Rockville, MD. |
| Date: | August 29, 1997 |
| Author: | Susan Harrington Godley, Rh.D., Michael Dennis, Ph.D. |
| Name: | Outcome Monitoring |
| Description: | This document contains a short bibliography of references on Outcome Monitoring related to substance abuse treatment. |
| Date: | February 15, 1997 |
| Author: | Dennis, M. L., Godley, S.H., Diamond, G., Tims, F.M., Babor, T., Donaldson, J., Liddle, H., Titus, J.C., Kaminer, Y., Webb, C., Hamilton, N., and Funk, R. | ||
| Name: | Appendix for - The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Study: Main Findings from Two Randomized Trials. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. | ||
| Description: | This appendix provides site and cross site level data to document the results reported in the main findings paper, a discussion of several concerns and alternative analyses that have been conducted to address common questions about the findings, and the results of more complicated analyses that differ somewhat from what is reported in the main paper. | ||
| Date: | 2004 | ||
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| Author: | L. L. Passetti, MS | ||
| Name: | MMPI-A Profiles of Adolescents at Admission to Residential Substance Abuse Treatment | ||
| Description: | MS thesis, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University | ||
| Date: | 2002 | ||
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| Author: | CHS staff | ||
| Name: | Illinois Youth Study on Substance Use: Comparing the 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000 Results | ||
| Description: | This study was prepared on the behalf of, and with the financial support of the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Community Health and Prevention. The 1995 study was conducted under the auspices of the Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA). The appendices to the report are contained in a separate file.
The full, printed edition of this report is available from Prevention First, Inc. Clearinghouse. 800-252-8951 (in Illinois) or 217-793-7354. | ||
| Date: | November, 1999 | ||
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| Author: | M. L. Dennis, Ph.D. | ||
| Name: | Integrating Research and Client Assessment: Measuring Client and Program Needs in a Changing Service Environment | ||
| Description: | This study prepared for NIDA's Health Services Research Resource Center provides and overview of the problems associated with establishing integrated forms of assessment which will meet the needs of researchers, clinicians, program evaluators, and program clients. It reviews the current status of integrated assessment efforts and suggests some future needs and directions. | ||
| Date: | 1998 | ||
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| Author: | M. L. Dennis, Ph.D. | ||
| Name: | Performance Measures in Substance Abuse Treatment | ||
| Description: | This study prepared for NIDA's Health Services Research Resource Center provides an overview of the issues surrounding performance monitoring. (Note, the center has since been defunded.) The specific goals of this issue paper are to provide an overview of: a) the forces behind the increasing emphasis on performance monitoring; b) a tentative definition and types of performance monitoring; c) common types of measures; and, d) practical challenges of putting performance monitoring into practice. | ||
| Date: | 1999 | ||
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| Author: | Lora L. Passetti, Susan H. Godley, Christy K. Scott, and Melissa Siekmann |
| Name: | List of Internet Links |
| Description: | This document contains Internet links described in "A Low Cost Follow-Up Resource: Using the World Wide Web to Maximize Client Location Efforts," published in the American Journal of Evaluation (2000). |
| Date: | Updated March 4, 2008 |