Recommendations for Culturally Recentering Reinforcement-Based Substance Use Disorder Interventions in Collaboration with Rural Tribal Communities

Our speaker is Kait Hirchak, PhD, MHPA (Eastern Shoshone), Assistant Professor at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University. This presentation covers ways to culturally adapt and implement contingency management among rural American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Learning objectives:
1. Describe evidence around substance use disorder (SUD) in rural American Indian and Alaska Native communities
2. Discuss the importance of cultural adaptation for SUD treatment among members of rural Tribal communities
3. Define reinforcement-based SUD interventions
4. Outline ways to culturally adapt and implement contingency management among rural Tribal communities