(Greenville, N.C. – Pitt County)
This project will compare the impact of peer-delivered screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) with professionally delivered SBIRT in community organizations that serve historically marginalized populations, with the goal of developing best practices for use by community and local government organizations.
Associate Professor, Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies, East Carolina University
Dr. William Atherton is the director of the M.S. in Clinical Counseling with an emphasis on Addictions program, is the coordinator of the Addictions Prevention and Treatment Studies certificate program and teaches various clinical, addiction and rehabilitation counseling-related courses. His research interests include complementary/integrative counseling approaches (e.g., animal-assisted interventions and biofeedback), training and integration of evidence-based practices, and clinical supervision.
Chandra Speight, Ph.D., RN, NP-C, CNE, is an assistant professor in the Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education in the College of Nursing at East Carolina University. Her research considers the overlapping topics of nurse practitioner capacity and healthcare access in rural areas, focusing on substance use disorder treatment.