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Overview

Stephen Magura is affiliated with Western Michigan University in the United States. Their research spans several aspects of health professions and medicine, with a particular emphasis on substance use disorder, forensic toxicology, and public health policy implementation.

Their scholarly contributions include multiple papers published in prominent venues. Recent works include:

  • The Effectiveness of Interventions Intended to Improve Employment Outcomes for Persons with Substance Use Disorder: An Updated Systematic Review, 2020, Substance Use & Misuse
  • Comparing presumptive with direct-to-definitive drug testing in oral fluid vs. urine for a U.S. national sample of individuals misusing drugs, 2023, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Magura has collaborated frequently with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Miranda J. Lee-Easton
  • Ruqayyah Abu-Obaid
  • Michael J. Maranda
  • Piyadarsha Amaratunga
  • John Landsverk

Their research interests cover a range of specialized topics. Main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Community Health and Development
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Stephen Magura's research contributions are primarily situated within the fields of Health Professions and Medicine. Subfields of focus in their work consist of:

  • General Health Professions
  • Toxicology
  • Epidemiology
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Their publications appear most frequently in scientifically relevant journals such as:

  • Evaluation and Program Planning
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing
  • Journal of Substance Use
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Best Publications

  • Outcome Measures for Child Welfare Services: Theory and Applications

    Stephen Magura;Beth Silverman Moses

  • Validity of self-reported drug use in high risk populations: a meta-analytical review.

    Stephen Magura;Sung Yeon Kang

  • Pre- and in-treatment predictors of retention in methadone treatment using survival analysis

    Stephen Magura;Peter C. Nwakeze;Sy Demsky

  • Prescription opioid abuse among enrollees into methadone maintenance treatment.

    Andrew Rosenblum;Mark Parrino;Sidney H. Schnoll;Chunki Fong

  • Parental substance abuse and child maltreatment: Review and implications for intervention

    Stephen Magura;Alexandre B. Laudet

  • The Validity of Methadone Clients' Self-Reported Drug Use

    Stephen Magura;Douglas Goldsmith;Cathy Casriel;Paul J. Goldstein

  • Parental substance abuse as a predictor of child maltreatment re- reports

    Isabel Wolock;Stephen Magura

  • Buprenorphine and methadone maintenance in jail and post-release: a randomized clinical trial

    Stephen Magura;Joshua D. Lee;Jason Hershberger;Herman Joseph

  • Determinants of needle sharing among intravenous drug users.

    S Magura;J I Grossman;D S Lipton;Q Siddiqi

  • Support, mutual aid and recovery from dual diagnosis.

    Alexandre B. Laudet;Stephen Magura;Howard S. Vogel;Edward Knight

  • Outcomes of intensive AIDS education for male adolescent drug users in jail

    Stephen Magura;Sung Yeon Kang;Janet L. Shapiro

  • Psychometric properties of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) for substance users

    Charles Cleland;Stephen Magura;Jeffrey Foote;Andrew Rosenblum

  • Adherence to Medication Regimens and Participation in Dual-Focus Self-Help Groups

    Stephen Magura;Alexandre B. Laudet;Daneyal Mahmood;Andrew Rosenblum

  • Polysubstance Use Among Alcoholics

    Graham L. Staines;Stephen Magura;Jeffrey Foote;Alexander Deluca

  • The Effectiveness of In-Jail Methadone Maintenance

    Stephen Magura;Andrew Rosenblum;Carla Lewis;Herman Joseph

  • Recovery challenges among dually diagnosed individuals

    Alexandre B. Laudet;Stephen Magura;Howard S. Vogel;Edward Knight

  • The effectiveness of vocational services for substance users in treatment.

    Stephen Magura;Graham L. Staines;Laura Blankertz;Elizabeth M. Madison

  • The Validity of Hair Analysis for Detecting Cocaine and Heroin Use among Addicts

    Stephen Magura;Robert C Freeman;Qudsia Siddiqi;Douglas S Lipton

  • A group motivational treatment for chemical dependency.

    Jeffrey Foote;Alexander DeLuca;Stephen Magura;Ann Warner

  • Variables influencing condom use among intravenous drug users.

    S Magura;J L Shapiro;Q Siddiqi;D S Lipton

  • Perceived Reasons for Substance Misuse Among Persons With a Psychiatric Disorder.

    Alexandre B. Laudet;Stephen Magura;Howard S. Vogel;Edward L. Knight

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Rosenblum
Andrew Rosenblum National Development and Research Institutes
Alexandre B. Laudet
Alexandre B. Laudet National Development and Research Institutes
Charles M. Cleland
Charles M. Cleland New York University
Lisa A. Marsch
Lisa A. Marsch Dartmouth College
J. Scott Tonigan
J. Scott Tonigan University of New Mexico
Judith A. Stein
Judith A. Stein University of California, Los Angeles
Donald S. Shepard
Donald S. Shepard Brandeis University
Sherry Deren
Sherry Deren New York University
Jennifer R. Mertens
Jennifer R. Mertens Kaiser Permanente

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