Jane Hamilton, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.C.S.W.-S.

Jane Hamilton, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.C.S.W.-S. is an associate professor in the Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School. She is a health services researcher where she co-directs the Center for Behavioral Health Equity and Outcomes Research. She has presented and published research in the areas of mental health quality, utilization, and outcomes. Over the last fourteen years, her research has been funded at the local, state and national level in the areas of integration of evidence-based behavioral health treatment for persons experiencing homelessness and the use of machine learning in electronic health record data to examine access to behavioral health services among vulnerable and underserved populations.

Authored by Jane Hamilton, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.C.S.W.-S.

Grant

Exploring Consumer and Patient Internet Searches and Activities Related to the Diagnosis and Engagement in Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

The goal of this study is to understand the degree to which internet search information influences readiness to change for consumers with problematic alcohol use, resulting in the receipt of a formal alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnosis from a provider and engagement in AUD treatment, an understudied topic.