Biography

Dr. McBride joined the Department of Behavioral Sciences in 1986. His areas of expertise are criminology and drug abuse, and he has been published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Drug Issues, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Criminology, Journal of Criminal Justice, International Journal of Criminology and Penology, Youth and Society, Human Organization, Addictive Diseases: An International Journal, British Journal of Addiction, Chemical Dependencies: Behavioral and Biomedical Issues, and Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. McBride has also authored two books: Legal and Illicit Drug Use: Determining Drug Abuse Treatment Needs and Drug Use and the Courts. His current research is in the areas of juvenile delinquency and the AIDS virus infection of IV drug-users. He has membership in the American Sociological Association and the American Public Health Association. Currently he is co-principal investigator on a Health Services Research Center funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and chairs a grant review committee for the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Dr. McBride currently teaches the following courses: Criminology, Introduction to Sociology, Drug Use in American Society, Theories of Addictive Behavior, and Juvenile Delinquency. He has received a variety of awards for his teaching, research and contributions to Andrews University.

Current Research or Professional Activities

Papers

McBride, Duane C., Mark Boward, Renee Drumm, Yvonne Terry-McElrath, Dale Chitwood.  "The Role of Employment in Access to Preventative Care Health Services for Street Injecting/Chronic Drug Users." A paper presented at the University of Kentucky Employment & Drug Abuse Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, April 28 & 29, 2005.

Drumm, Rene. D. and Duane C. McBride.  "I Don't Beg; I Don't Steal: Drug Users Accounts of Personal Strengths."  A paper presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 16, 2005.

Freier, Kiti, N. Erb, J. Gerhardt, Duane C. McBride, J. Martyney.  "Children Living in Clandestine Drug Labs vs. Home of Drug Abuse:  Are There Unique Environmental Health and Psychosocial Risks?"  A paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 13, 2005. 

Terry-McElrath, Yvonne, Duane C. McBride, Jamie F. Chriqui, Curt VanderWaal, Pat O'Malley, Lloyd Johnston, Frank J. Chaloupka.  "Youth Marijuana Use and Related Behaviors:  Do Community and State Policy Environments Matter?"  A paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 13, 2005. 

VanderWaal, Curt, Jamie Chrique, Rachel Bishop, Duane C. McBride, M. Diaconu.  "State Drug Policy Reform Movement:  The Use of Ballot Initiatives and Legislation to Promote Diversion to Drug Treatment."  A paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 14, 2005. 

Pivonka-Jones, J., S. Mileras, L. Zatsev, Kiti Freier, Talin Babikian, Gary Hopkins, Duane C. McBride.  "Social Influence of Tobacco Use with Adolescents in Eastern Europe."  A paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 14, 2005. 

Popescu, Marciana, Sharon Gillespie, Jan Wren, Duane C. McBride.  "Violence Across the Life Span & Populations:  Intimate Partner Violence; HIV/AIDS, Down-Low, etc.; Practice & Interventions."  A paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 14, 2005. 

Chriqui, Jamie F., S. Smith, Duane C. McBride, Curt VanderWaal.  "State Incorporation of Evidence-Based Standards into Policies Governing Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Programs."  A paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 14, 2005. 

POSTERS

Richardson, Lloyd, M. Catherin Freier, Duane C. McBride, Gary L. Hopkins.  "Addressing HIV/AIDS risk factors in Caribbean youth:  Collaborative Programmatic Investigation & Intervention."  A poster presented at the NIDA International Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 17-20, 2005.

JOURNALS

McBride, Duane C., M. Catherin Freier, Gary Hopkins, Talin Babikian, Lloyd Richardson, Herb Helm, Mark Boward, H. Hopp Marshak, Sector Health Care Affairs.  "Quality of Parent-Child Relationship and Adolescent HIV Risk Behaviour in St. Maarten."  AIDS Care 17 (2005):  S45-S54. 

Freier, M. Catherin, Duane C. McBride, Gary Hopkins, Talin Babikian, Lloyd Richardson, Herb Helm.  "The Process of Research in International Settings:  From Risk Assessment to Program Development and Intervention."  Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 3 (2005):  iv9-iv15.

McCoy, Clyde B. and Duane C. McBride.  "HIV Research Within the Global Context:  Introduction to the Special Issue."  Journal of Urban Health:  Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 3 (2005):  iv2-iv4. 

Drumm, Rene' D., Duane McBride, Lisa Metsch, Melodie Neufeld, Alex Sawatsky.  "'I'm A Health Nut!' Street Drugs Users' Accounts of Self-Care Strategies." Journal of Drug Issues 3 (2005): 607-630.

OTHER

McBride, Duane C.  "Recently Found Consequences of Substance Abuse" Discussant at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 13, 2005.