Julie Richards, PhD, MPH
“My hope is that one day patient-centered care for mental health and substance use is the norm rather than the exception.”
Julie Richards, PhD, MPH
Research Associate III, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
206-287-2100
Twitter: @jangerhofer
Biography
Julie Richards, PhD, MPH, recently received a new grant from the Kaiser Permanente Injury Prevention Taskforce to research patient-centered approaches to addressing firearm-related suicide risk. Dr. Richards is also engaged in several additional research projects on suicide prevention. They include an evaluation of National Zero Suicide Model implementation across six large health care systems providing care to approximately nine million patients, as well as a large pragmatic trial of population-based programs to prevent suicide attempts.
Dr. Richards is particularly interested in using qualitative and quantitative research methods to improve patient-centered care for stigmatized conditions. She has applied these interests to a broad range of research topics, including mental health, substance use, and sexually transmitted infections/diseases.
Research interests and experience
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Suicide Prevention
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Alcohol and Drug Use
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Behavior Change
Firearm injury prevention; alcohol and drug misuse; tobacco cessation
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Mental Health
Depression; alcohol and drug use disorders; suicide prevention; self-management
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Social Determinants of Health
Stigma
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Health Services & Economics
Quality improvement, implementation cost
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Preventive Medicine
Public and population health; screening effectiveness and uptake; evidence-based practice recommendations
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Implementation Research
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Addictions
Prevention and treatment
Recent publications
Simon GE, Stewart CC, Gary MC, Richards JE. Detecting and assessing suicide ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2021 Apr 22:S1553-7250(21)00095-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2021.04.002. Online ahead of print. PubMed
Yeung K, Richards J, Goemer E, Lozano P, Lapham G, Williams E, Glass J, Lee A, Achtmeyer C, Caldeiro R, Parrish R, Bradley K. Costs of using evidence-based implementation strategies for behavioral health integration in a large primary care system. Health Serv Res. 2020 Dec;55(6):913-923. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13592. PubMed
Matson TE, Lapham GT, Bobb JF, Johnson E, Richards JE, Lee AK, Bradley KA, Glass JE. Cannabis use, other drug use, and risk of subsequent acute care in primary care patients. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Aug 8;216:108227. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108227. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Williams EC, McGinnis KA, Rubinsky AD, Matson TE, Bobb JF, Lapham GT, Edelman EJ, Satre DD, Catz SL, Richards JE, Bryant KJ, Marshall BDL, Kraemer KL, Crystal S, Gordon AJ, Skanderson M, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Bradley KA. Alcohol use and antiretroviral adherence among patients living with HIV: is change in alcohol use associated with change in adherence? AIDS Behav. 2021 Jan;25(1):203-214. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02950-x. PubMed
Jones SMW, Shulman LJ, Richards JE, Ludman EJ. Mechanisms for the testing effect on patient-reported outcomes. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2020 Mar 16;18:100554. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100554. eCollection 2020 Jun. PubMed
News
Richards and Nelson earn research awards
Honors from the Health Care Systems Research Network for early career achievements and manuscript of the year
Suicide prevention
‘Do you have access to guns?’ Answers before suicide death
A new study shows an opportunity to better identify patients at risk.
KPWHRI In the Media
A study led by Julie Richards, PhD, MPH, could help to advance efforts to prevent suicides from firearms.
Patients willing to discuss whether they own guns with their doctors, study suggests
Forbes, Aug. 6, 2021
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