Staff Publications & Presentations

Watson, D. P., Kitchin, K., Power, T., & Morton, F. (2017, May). Housing First: Keeping it real. [Invited Workshop]. CSH Supportive Housing Summit 2017. Denver, CO.

Watson, D. P., Leech, T., Greene, M., Childress, S., Nannery, R., & Adams, E. (2018). Indiana Partnerships for Success young adult baseline survey: Results related to alcohol and prescription drug use. University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Watson, D. P., McCranie, A,& Wright, E. R.(2014). Everything old is new again: Recovery and serious mental illness. In R. J. Johnson, R. J. Turner, and B. G. Link(Eds.), Sociology of Mental Health: Selected Topics from Forty Years(pp. 125-139). New York, NY: Springer.

Watson, D. P., McGuire, A., Buhner, B., & Brucker, K. (2019, September). A hybrid type 1 design to facilitate rapid testing and translation of an emergency department-based opioid use disorder intervention through academic-state government partnership. [Conference session]. 5th Biennial Society for Implementation Research Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Watson, D. P., Orwat, J., Wagner, D. E., Shuman, V.,& Tolliver, R.(2013). The Housing First Model(HFM) fidelity index: designing and testing a tool for measuring integrity of housing programs that serve active substance users. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 8, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-8-16

Watson, D. P., Orwat, J., Wagner, D., Shuman, V., & Tolliver, R. (2013). The Housing First Model (HFM) Fidelity Index: Designing and testing a tool for measuring integrity of housing programs that serve active substance users. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 8, 16. PMCID: PMC3655861

Watson, D. P., Phalen, P., Medcalf, S., Messmer, S., & McGuire, A. (2023, May). Factors affecting successful post-discharge engagement of emergency department patients with opioid use history who received telehealth recovery coaching services. [Conference session]. World Congress on Public Health, Rome, Italy.

Watson, D. P., Phalen, P., Medcalf, S., Messmer, S.,& McGuire, A.(2023). Evaluation of post-discharge engagement for emergency department patients with opioid use history who received telehealth recovery coaching services. Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 18(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00523-4

Watson, D. P., Phillips Steele, L., Burgess, M., & Kennedy, K. (2016, April). Housing First/Harm reduction: Recent Innovations. [Invited Workshop]. Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care Development Day Training. Indianapolis, IN.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Eliacin, J., Huynh, P., & Robison, L. (2017). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program(IMAP): 3rd formative evaluation report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Eliacin, J., Huynh, P., Robison, L., & Jackson, J.(2017). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program (IMAP): 2nd formative evaluation report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Eliacin, J., Irby-Shasanmi, A., Jackson, J., & Robison, L.(2016). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program (IMAP): 1st formative evaluation report. Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Huynh, P., Robison, L., & Eliacin, J. (2018). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program(IMAP): 4th formative evaluation report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Huynh, P., Robison, L., & Sightes, E. (2019, May). Indiana Good Samaritan law knowledge and compliance: Lay responder postcard meeting results. [Conference session]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention for States Annual Grantee Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Huynh, P., Robison, L., Eliacin, J., & Campbell, M. (2018). Indiana Medication Assisted Treatment Program(IMAP): Final summative report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Center for Community Health Engagement and Equity Research.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Phalen, P., Duhart Clarke, S. E., Taylor, L., Swartz, J., & Gastala, N. (2024). Fentanyl exposure and detection strategies utilized by clinical trial participants seeking linkage to opioid use disorder treatment at a syringe service program. Journal of Medical Toxicology, 20(1), 13–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-023-00979-7

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Robison, L., Huynh, P., & Duwve, J. (2017, December). Regulations to expand naloxone access and use: Citizens’ understanding as a barrier to adoption. [Conference session]. 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Washington, D.C.

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Robison, L., Huynh, P., Sightes, E., Walker, S., Brucker, K.,& Duwve, J.(2018). Lay responder naloxone access and Good Samaritan law compliance: postcard survey results from 20 Indiana counties. Harm reduction journal, 15(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0226-x

Watson, D. P., Ray, B., Robison, L., Xu, H., Edwards, R., Salyers, M. P., Hill, J.,& Shue, S.(2017). Developing Substance Use Programming for Person-Oriented Recovery and Treatment(SUPPORT): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Pilot and feasibility studies, 3, 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0212-1

Watson, D. P., Robison, L., Golembiewski, E., Coberg, J., & Huynh, P. (2017). Evaluation of the Penn Place permanent supportive housing program: Summative report. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Watson, D. P., Sarapas, C., Wilson, K., J., & Taylor, L.(2023). Cook County Health Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids(ED-ALT) Evaluation Report II. Lighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems.

Watson, D. P., Sharma, L. S., & George, C. C. (2010). An exploratory investigation of landlord-client relationships in the Hospital to Housing Program. Center for Urban Research and Learning.

Watson, D. P., Shuman, V., Kowalsky, J., & Golembiewski, E. (2017). Housing First and harm reduction: A rapid review and document analysis of the U.S. and Canadian open-access literature. Harm Reduction Journal, 14, 30. PMCID: PMC5442650

Watson, D. P., Shuman, V., Kowalsky, J., Mulhlenkord, A., Rabi, T., & Young, J.(2018). Housing, hope, and health: Improving lives through Housing First practice (online training). Corportation for Supportive Housing. https://csh.csod.com/LMS/LoDetails/DetailsLo.aspx?loId=a93f3362-db30-4c70-94f0-814d55b2d382&back=%2fLMS%2fBrowseTraining%2fBrowseTraining.aspx#t=1

Watson, D. P., Singh, R., Johnstone, C., Dennis, M. L., Grella, C. G., & Scott, C. K. (2023, December). Preparing Recovery Management Checkups for Primary Care(RMC-PC) for delivery by Federally Qualified Health Center Staff: Assessing feasibility for a future hybrid study. [Conference session]. 16th Annual Conference on Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Crystal City, VA, United States.

Watson, D. P., Singh, R., Johnstone, C., Dennis, M., Grella, C., & Scott, C. (2023, December 11). Preparing recovery management checkups for primary care (RMC-PC) for delivery by federally qualified health center staff: Assessing feasibility for a future hybrid study [Poster presentation]. Academy Health 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, United States

Watson, D. P., Snow-Hill, N., Saldana, L., Walden, A. L., Staton, M., Kong, A., & Donenberg, G. (2020). A Longitudinal Mixed Method Approach for Assessing Implementation Context and Process Factors: Comparison of Three Sites from a Housing First Implementation Strategy Pilot. Implementation Research and Practice,1,1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/2633489520974974

Watson, D. P., Snow-Hill, N., Saldana, L., Walden, A. L., Staton, M., Kong, A.,& Donenberg, G.(2020). A Longitudinal Mixed Method Approach for Assessing Implementation Context and Process Factors: Comparison of Three Sites from a Housing First Implementation Strategy Pilot. Implementation research and practice, 1, 2633489520974974. https://doi.org/10.1177/2633489520974974

Watson, D. P., Staton, M. D., & Gastala, N. (2022). Identifying unique barriers to implementing rural emergency department-based peer services for opioid use disorder through qualitative comparison with urban sites. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 17(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-022-00324-3

Watson, D. P., Staton, M. D., Dennis, M. L., Grella, C. E., & Scott, C. K. (2021). Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: A qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centers with SBIRT services. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 16(1), 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-021-00381-y

Watson, D. P., Staton, M. D., Grella, C. E., Dennis, M. D., & Scott, C. K. (2022, April). Navigating intersecting public health crises: Understanding people with opioid use disorder’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic through semi-structured interviews. [Conference session]. 3rd Annual HEAL Investigators Meeting, Virtual conference.

Watson, D. P., Staton, M. D., Grella, C. E., Scott, C. K., & Dennis, M. L. (2022). Navigating intersecting public health crises: A qualitative study of people with opioid use disorders' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 17(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00449-3

Watson, D. P., Swartz, J. A., Robison-Taylor, L., Mackesy-Amiti, M. E., Erwim, K., Gastala, N., Jimenez, A. D., Staton, M. D., & Messmer, S. (2021). Syringe service program-based telemedicine linkage to opioid use disorder treatment: protocol for the STAMINA randomized control trial. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 630. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10669-0

Watson, D. P., Swartz, J., Magee, L., Phalen, P., Medcalf, S., Brucker, K.,& McGuire, A. B., & Bray, B. C. (2023, June). Identifying latent classes of emergency department patients receiving telehealth peer recovery coach services for substance use disorder and assessing class predictors and outcomes. [Conference session]. College on Problems of Drug Dependence 85th Annual Scientific Meeting,  Denver, CO, United States. 

Watson, D. P., Tillson, M., Taylor, L., Xu, H., Ouyang, F., Beaudoin, F. L., O'Donnell, D., & McGuire, A. B. (2024). Results from the POINT pragmatic randomized trial: An emergency department-based peer support specialist intervention to increase opioid use disorder treatment linkage and reduce recurrent overdose. Substance Use & Addiction Journal, 45(3), 378–389. https://doi.org/10.1177/29767342231221054

Watson, D. P., Tillson, M., Taylor, L., Xu, Huiping, Ouyang, F., & McGuire, A. (2023, October). Results from the POINT pragmatic trial: Assessment of a peer-based emergency department intervention for people who use opioids [Poster presentation]. Addiction Health Services Research Conference, New York, NY, United States

Watson, D. P., Wagner, D. E.,& Rivers, M.(2013). Understanding the critical ingredients for facilitating consumer change in housing first programming: a case study approach. The journal of behavioral health services & research, 40(2), 169–179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-012-9312-0

Watson, D. P., Wagner, D., & Hartung, J. (2011, December). Understanding the Housing First Model to end homelessness. [Invited Presentation]. Friday Morning Seminar, Center for Urban Research and Learning’s Friday Morning Seminar Series, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL

Watson, D. P., Wagner, D., & Rivers, M. (2010, October). The critical elements of Housing First programming: Developing fidelity measures through the use of expert opinions. [Conference session]. 2010 Addiction Health Services Research Conference, Lexington, KY.

Watson, D. P., Weathers, T., McGuire, A., Cohen, A., Huynh, P., Bowes, C., O'Donnell, D., Brucker, K., & Gupta, S. (2021). Evaluation of an emergency department-based opioid overdose survivor intervention. Difference-in-difference analysis of electronic health record data to assess key outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 221, 108595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108595

Watson, D. P., Young, J., Ahonen, E., Xu, H., Henderson, M., Shuman, V., & Tolliver, R. (2015, April). Development and testing of an implementation strategy for the Housing First Model. [Conference session]. Translational Science 2015 Annual Meeting. Washington D.C

Watson, D. P., Young, J., Ahonen, E., Xu, H., Henderson, M., Shuman, V.,& Tolliver, R.(2014). Development and testing of an implementation strategy for a complex housing intervention: protocol for a mixed methods study. Implementation science, 9, 138. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-014-0138-4

Watson, D. P.,& Hartley, S. (2014, October). Housing the hard-to-serve: Scale-up and implementation of the Housing First model. [Invited Presentation]. Culture, Society, and the Academy Seminar Series, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN.

Watson, D. P.,& Rollins, A. L.(2015). The Meaning of Recovery from Co-Occurring Disorder: Views from Consumers and Staff Members Living and Working in Housing First Programming. International journal of mental health and addiction, 13(5), 635–649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-015-9549-y

Watson, D. P.,& Shuman, V. (2013, September). Harm reduction housing: Fidelity to a model. [Invited Presentation]. Midwest Harm Reduction Institute, Harm Reduction in the House: It’s Not Just About Drugs Conference, Chicago, IL.

Watson, D. P.,& Wagner, D. (2011, October). Understanding a model for housing active substance users: Creation and validation of a Housing First fidelity tool. [Conference session]. 2011 Addiction Health Service Research Conference, Fairfax, VA.

Watson, D. P.,& Wright, E. R.(2014). Treatment of Mental Illness in the United States. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society.

Watson, D., Dewey, J., Staton, M., Dennis, M., Grella, C., & Swartz, J. (2022, October). “I bought some on the streets, and it worked”: Accessing non-prescribed buprenorphine and methadone in the time of COVID-19. [Conference session].13th National Harm Reduction Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Watson, D., Duwve, J., Greene, M., Weathers, T., Huynh, P., & Nannery, R. (2018). The changing landscape of the opioid epidemic in Marino County and evidence for action. Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.

Watson, D.P. (2022, June). Peer support services research and real-world practice: History, evidence, and lessons learned. [Invited Keynote Speaker.]  NIDA CTN Appalachian Node Addiction Training Institute, Morgantown, WV.