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Overview

Christopher L. Ringwalt is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a focus on epidemiology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, pathology and forensic medicine, and economics and econometrics.

Ringwalt's work covers several prominent topics including substance abuse treatment and outcomes, opioid use disorder treatment, alcohol consumption and health effects, pharmaceutical practices and patient outcomes, homelessness and social issues, healthcare policy and management, and pain management and opioid use.

They have a record of publications in a variety of academic venues, frequently contributing to UNC Libraries, the Journal of Drug Education, Substance Use & Misuse, JAMA Network Open, and Pain Medicine.

Recent papers authored by Ringwalt include:

  • Association of Opioid Dose Reduction With Opioid Overdose and Opioid Use Disorder Among Patients Receiving High-Dose, Long-term Opioid Therapy in North Carolina (2022, JAMA Network Open)
  • State Medical Board Policy and Opioid Prescribing: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series (2020, American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
  • Association Between Statewide Opioid Prescribing Interventions and Opioid Prescribing Patterns in North Carolina, 2006-2018 (2021, Pain Medicine)
  • Intended and Unintended Consequences: Changes in Opioid Prescribing Practices for Postsurgical, Acute, and Chronic Pain Indications Following Two Policies in North Carolina, 2012-2018 - Controlled and Single-Series Interrupted Time Series Analyses (2022, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
  • Evaluation of a Mystery Shopper Intervention to Reduce Sales of Alcohol to Minors in Zacatecas and Guadalupe, Mexico (2020, Journal of Drug Education)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Ringwalt include:

  • Joel W. Grube
  • Ted R. Miller
  • Deborah A. Fisher
  • Nabarun Dasgupta
  • Bethany L. DiPrete

Their research integrates epidemiological methods and health policy evaluation, particularly focusing on opioid prescribing practices and substance use interventions. This cross-disciplinary approach is reflected in research published across medical and public health journals.

Best Publications

  • How effective is drug abuse resistance education? A meta-analysis of Project DARE outcome evaluations.

    Susan T. Ennett;Nancy S. Tobler;Christopher L. Ringwalt;Robert L. Flewelling

  • Prevalence and correlates of survival sex among runaway and homeless youth.

    Jody M. Greene;Susan T. Ennett;Christopher L. Ringwalt

  • A comparison of current practice in school-based substance use prevention programs with meta-analysis findings.

    Susan T. Ennett;Christopher L. Ringwalt;Judy Thorne;Louise Ann Rohrbach

  • Factors Associated with Fidelity to Substance Use Prevention Curriculum Guides in the Nation's Middle Schools:

    Christopher L. Ringwalt;Susan Ennett;Ruby Johnson;Louise Ann Rohrbach

  • Substance use among runaway and homeless youth in three national samples.

    Jody M. Greene;Susan T Ennett;Christopher L. Ringwalt

  • The prevalence of homelessness among adolescents in the United States.

    Chris Ringwalt;Jody Greene;M Robertson;M McPheeters

  • Risk of child abuse or neglect in a cohort of low-income children.

    Jonathan B. Kotch;Dorothy C. Browne;Christopher L. Ringwalt;Paul W. Stewart

  • The relationship between marijuana initiation and dropping out of high school

    Jeremy W. Bray;Gary A. Zarkin;Chris Ringwalt;Junfeng Qi

  • Cops in the Classroom: A Longitudinal Evaluation of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (Dare)

    Dennis P. Rosenbaum;Robert L. Flewelling;Susan L. Bailey;Chris L. Ringwalt

  • Pregnancy among three national samples of runaway and homeless youth.

    Jody M Greene;Christopher L Ringwalt

  • The prevalence of effective substance use prevention curricula in U.S. middle schools.

    Christopher L. Ringwalt;Susan Ennett;Amy Vincus;Judy Thorne

  • Differential prescribing of opioid analgesics according to physician specialty for Medicaid patients with chronic noncancer pain diagnoses

    Chris Ringwalt;Hallam Gugelmann;Mariana Garrettson;Nabarun Dasgupta

  • Postdisaster Course of Alcohol Use Disorders in Systematically Studied Survivors of 10 Disasters

    Carol S. North;Christopher L. Ringwalt;Dana Downs;Jim Derzon

  • Homeless and runaway youths' access to health care.

    Jonathan D Klein;Amie Hall Woods;Karen M Wilson;Moises Prospero

  • Long-term evaluation of drug abuse resistance education☆

    Susan T. Ennett;Dennis P. Rosenbaum;Robert L. Flewelling;Gayle S. Bieler

  • Familial backgrounds and risk behaviors of youth with thrownaway experiences

    Christopher L Ringwalt;Jody M Greene;Marjorie J Robertson

  • Reasons for teachers' adaptation of substance use prevention curricula in schools with non-white student populations.

    Christopher L. Ringwalt;Amy Vincus;Susan Ennett;Ruby Johnson

  • Use of Substance Abuse Treatment Services by Persons With Mental Health and Substance Use Problems

    Li-Tzy Wu;Christopher L. Ringwalt;Charles E. Williams

  • The Prevalence of Evidence-based Drug Use Prevention Curricula in U.S. Middle Schools in 2008

    Chris Ringwalt;Amy A. Vincus;Sean Hanley;Susan T. Ennett

  • Potential mediators, moderators, or independent effects in the relationship between parents' former and current cigarette use and their children's cigarette use

    Susan L. Bailey;Susan T. Ennett;Christopher L. Ringwalt

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan T. Ennett
Susan T. Ennett University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Louise A. Rohrbach
Louise A. Rohrbach University of Southern California
Linda Dusenbury
Linda Dusenbury Cornell University
William B. Hansen
William B. Hansen University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Joel W. Grube
Joel W. Grube Pacific Institute
Jonathan B. Kotch
Jonathan B. Kotch University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew C. Parrott
Andrew C. Parrott Swansea University
Karin A. Mack
Karin A. Mack Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert L. Hubbard
Robert L. Hubbard RTI International
Anthony Biglan
Anthony Biglan Oregon Research Institute

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