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Posted 1/19/2022 (updated 3/26/2024)
With the worst opioid overdose death crisis in the United States history, urgent new approaches to assist people who use drugs onto medication for opioid use disorder are necessary. In this commentary, addiction medicine clinicians and drug user union representatives align to argue that conventional ways of buprenorphine initiation that require periods of withdrawal must be augmented with additional novel approaches to initiation.
Posted 3/21/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Syringe services programs (SSPs) remain highly effective, cost-saving interventions for the prevention of blood-borne infections among people who inject drugs. However, there have been restrictions regarding financial resources allocated to these programs, particularly in the US South. This study aimed to provide cost data regarding the implementation and first-year operations of an academic-based SSP utilizing fixed and mobile strategies, including the integration of onsite wound care.
Posted 3/21/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
People who inject drugs (PWID) are likely to experience wounds and infection related to their injection drug use. Common wounds and infections experienced by PWID include blood poisoning (septicemia), infection of the heart lining (endocarditis), tetanus, hepatitis, bruising, collapsed veins, abscesses and blood clots. Preventing and caring for wounds in PWID requires special consideration of the conditions surrounding drug use.
Posted 7/20/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Researchers looked at survey responses from women of reproductive age across eight rural U.S. regions to determine the association between contraceptive use and SUD treatment, healthcare utilization, and substance use.
Posted 5/3/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Buprenorphine utilization is an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Given the recent
increase in child maltreatment reports related to parental substance use, research should explore the correlation between buprenorphine treatment and child maltreatment–related outcomes.
Posted 11/30/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
AHA recently released two case studies focusing on behavioral health in young people. “Community Partnerships: Improving Behavioral Health Access for San Diego’s Youth” focuses on Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, which in 2015 set forth a strategic plan to transform mental health by treating the whole child, integrating physical and behavioral health. “Community Partnerships: Improving Behavioral Health Access for Virginia’s Youth” examines the initiative put forth by Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters to transform pediatric mental health services through dedication and partnerships.
Posted 1/16/2024 (updated 3/28/2024)
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has published the 2023 Kids Count Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being.
Posted 2/2/2024 (updated 3/28/2024)
The National Academy for State Health Policy provides information on why and how to include people with lived experience in opioid settlement decision-making.
Posted 7/22/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
New York State's Opioid Overdose Prevention Program Resources
Posted 8/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Sonoran Prevention Works is an advocate for people in Arizona affected by drug use. Spanish language resources from Ssamaritan PAWZ are included.