A Longitudinal Examination of the Social and Environmental Influences on Substance Use among Non-Prescriber/Non-Executive Healthcare Workers in the United States

Alcoholic addict. Man near the table with alcohol and a glass.

UB Principal Investigator: Gregory Homish, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior

External Principal Investigator: Rachel Hoopsick, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois 

Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Abstract: This research will longitudinally examine the social and environmental influences on the substance use, mental health symptomatology, and suicidality of non-prescriber/non-executive healthcare workers over time, with particular attention to the effects of moral injury (i.e., psychosocial and behavioral impacts of “failing to prevent or bearing witness to acts that transgress deeply held moral beliefs and expectations”) and workplace policies, programs, and practices.