Georgia T. Karuntzos
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Evaluation and Program Planning | 1994
Michael T. French; Cathy J. Bradley; Brian Calingaert; Michael L. Dennis; Georgia T. Karuntzos
Abstract Despite the popular belief that vocational training is an important component of methadone treatment, little information is available on the effectiveness and cost of various types of services. This paper presents a cost analysis of developing a training and employment program (TEP) at four methadone treatment programs in a quasi-experimental pilot study. We examine the cost of establishing and operating such programs as well as the marginal cost of a TEP component compared to standard treatment. For both standard and TEP-enhanced treatment, we also estimate the average, fixed, and variable costs of these services and compare differences across programs. Lastly, we examine the financing of standard methadone treatment to provide additional guidance to program directors and treatment administrators. Our main findings can be summarized as follows. The average annual cost of TEP services in the pilot study was between
Archive | 2012
Rosalind Berkowitz King; Georgia T. Karuntzos; Lynne M. Casper; Phyllis Moen; Kelly D. Davis; Lisa F. Berkman; Mary Durham; Ellen Ernst Kossek
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Evaluation and Program Planning | 1993
Michael L. Dennis; Georgia T. Karuntzos; Gail L. McDougal; Michael T. French; Robert L. Hubbard
2,215 per “serviced” TEP client. The average annual cost per client for standard methadone treatment was between
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology | 2015
Lisa F. Berkman; Sze Yan Liu; Leslie B. Hammer; Phyllis Moen; Laura Cousino Klein; Erin L. Kelly; Martha E. Fay; Kelly D. Davis; Mary Durham; Georgia T. Karuntzos; Orfeu M. Buxton
3,546 and
Evaluation and Program Planning | 1998
Michael T. French; Laura J. Dunlap; Gary A. Zarkin; Georgia T. Karuntzos
5,104. And the marginal cost of providing TEP services to approximately 36 clients per site in the pilot study was between 3.5% and 7.2% of the total annual cost of standard methadone treatment. The cost methodology presented in this paper can be used in other research projects and by treatment providers to generate consistent and comparable cost estimates of standard and enhanced substance abuse treatment programs.
Journal of Applied Psychology | 2016
Leslie B. Hammer; Ryan C. Johnson; Tori L. Crain; Todd E. Bodner; Ellen Ernst Kossek; Kelly D. Davis; Erin L. Kelly; Orfeu M. Buxton; Georgia T. Karuntzos; L. Casey Chosewood; Lisa F. Berkman
Unhealthy work environments are not only the consequence of physical characteristics. Psychosocial aspects of the environment, including control and social support, are also consequential factors. While holding multiple roles as both worker and family member can have positive implications for health, chronic stress experienced from lack of work–family balance has negative effects. This chapter describes an interdisciplinary model of how work–family strains impact the health and well being of employees, their families, and the organizations in which they work. We argue that both structure and culture count at the workplace: work–family conflict increases with both a lack of supervisor support for family obligations and ineffective workplace policies and programs regarding employees’ control over the time and timing of work. We then describe an ongoing randomized field experiment to implement and evaluate a workplace-based prevention program to improve work–family balance. We conclude with the implications of this model for future research.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs | 1994
Georgia T. Karuntzos; Juesta M. Caddell; Michael L. Dennis
Abstract The classical approach to methadone treatment is focused on rehabilitation and involves using methadone to stabilize the client physiologically; counseling to address psychosocial needs; and support services to overcome barriers to treatment and a productive life-style. Vocational services traditionally have been included in the latter component as a major factor in enabling clients to become functioning members of society. This paper reviews prior research on vocational services for methadone clients and presents preliminary findings from a randomly controlled trial of a training and employment program with 249 clients in three community-based programs. The results suggest that vocational services can increase access to training and vocational assistance programs significantly, increase school enrollment, and decrease unemployment.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment | 2016
David Kaiser; Georgia T. Karuntzos
We investigated associations of work-family conflict and work and family conditions with objectively measured cardiometabolic risk and sleep. Multilevel analyses assessed cross-sectional associations between employee and job characteristics and health in analyses of 1,524 employees in 30 extended-care facilities in a single company. We examined work and family conditions in relation to: (a) validated, cardiometabolic risk score based on measured blood pressure, cholesterol, glycosylated hemoglobin, body mass index, and self-reported tobacco consumption and (b) wrist actigraphy-based sleep duration. In fully adjusted multilevel models, work-to-family conflict but not family-to-work conflict was positively associated with cardiometabolic risk. Having a lower level occupation (nursing assistant vs. nurse) was associated with increased cardiometabolic risk, whereas being married and having younger children at home was protective. A significant Age × Work-to-Family Conflict interaction revealed that higher work-to-family conflict was more strongly associated with increased cardiometabolic risk in younger employees. High family-to-work conflict was significantly associated with shorter sleep duration. Working long hours and having children at home were both independently associated with shorter sleep duration. High work-to-family conflict was associated with longer sleep duration. These results indicate that different dimensions of work-family conflict may pose threats to cardiometabolic health and sleep duration for employees. This study contributes to the research on work-family conflict, suggesting that work-to-family and family-to-work conflict are associated with specific health outcomes. Translating theory and findings to preventive interventions entails recognition of the dimensionality of work and family dynamics and the need to target specific work and family conditions.
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice | 2013
Janice Vendetti; Bonnie McRee; Amy Hernandez; Georgia T. Karuntzos
The purpose of this paper is to estimate the economic costs of an enhanced Employee Assistance Program (EAP) intervention being delivered through a large Midwestern EAP that services over 90 worksites. Resource use and cost estimates are determined for both developmental and implementation activities. In addition, enhanced services costs are compared with total and average costs of standard EAP services. The results show that total developmental costs were
American Journal of Health Promotion | 2018
Jeremy W. Bray; Jesse M. Hinde; David Kaiser; Michael J. Mills; Georgia T. Karuntzos; Katie R. Genadek; Erin L. Kelly; Ellen Ernst Kossek; David A. Hurtado
44,000 and implementation costs for the first year of the intervention were