College Directory

Areas of Expertise

• Addictions
• Harm Reduction
• Mobile Health Interventions
• Rural Social Work
• Burnout & Organizational Commitment Among Social Workers

Publications

• Wilson, A. & Brown, A. (2023). Barriers to utilizing substance use disorder treatment & harm reduction services in Appalachia. Journal of Rural Mental Health. Advanced Online Publication https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/rmh0000248
• Brown, A., Walters, J., Young, B., Cates, L., & Jones, A. (2023). Non-Prescribing clinicians’ treatment orientations and attitudes toward treatments for opioid use disorder: Rural differences. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 155, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209153
• Walters, J., Brown, A. R., Wallis, D., & Snow, J. (2023). Assessing capacity in rural nonprofits. Administrative Sciences, 13(9), 197-217. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci13090197
• Cates, L. & Brown, A. R. (2023). Medications for opioid use disorder during incarceration and post- release outcomes. Health & Justice, 11(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00209-w
• Mason, M. J., Coatsworth, J. D., Zaharakis, N., Russell, M., Brown, A., & McKinstry, S. (2023). Testing mechanisms of change for text message–delivered cognitive behavioral therapy: Randomized clinical trial for young adult depression. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 11, e45186. https://doi.org/10.2196/45186
• Jones, A. E., Walters, J. E., & Brown, A. R. (2022) Over the hills and through the hollers: How one program is assisting residents of Appalachia with opioid use recovery. Journal of Appalachian Health, 4(3), 71–86. https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0403.05
• Russell, M. A., Coatsworth, J. D., Brown, A., Zaharakis, N., Mennis, J., Rodriguez, G. C., & Mason, M. J.(2022). Peer Network Counseling effects on substance use: An individual participant data meta‑analysis integrating three randomized controlled trials. Prevention Science. Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01468-z
• Brown, A. R. (2022). Health professionals’ attitudes towards medications for Opioid Use Disorder. Substance Abuse, 43, 598-614. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2021.1975872
• Brown, A. R., Walters, J. E., & Jones, A. E. (2019). Pathways to retention: Job satisfaction, burnout, & organizational commitment among social workers. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 16, 577-594. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2019.1658006
• Mason, M. J., Brown, A. R., & Moore, M. (2019). The accuracy of young adults’ perceptions of friends’ cannabis and alcohol use: Challenging the False Consensus Theory. Addictive Behaviors, 95, 28-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.02.021

Current Projects

• Survey on attitudes towards harm reduction strategies among non-prescribing clinicians
• An egocentric network study of social support for harm reduction among young adults who use opioids
• Utilization of and support for harm reduction among people who use drugs and stakeholders in Western North Carolina

Alma Mater

• University of Tennessee