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Posted 11/4/2020 (updated 4/3/2024)
The updated 2020 National Rural Health Day "Key Messages & Data Points" ePublication is full of rural-relevant data points that relate to the 3 NRHD key messages.
Posted 3/29/2024
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized and conducted a two-day virtual public workshop that brought together data experts, program implementers and evaluators, and other key interested parties to explore data collection efforts, evidence gaps, and research needs on harm reduction for people who use drugs (PWUD).
Posted 10/12/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
This report summarizes current (as of 2011) guidelines or recommendations published by multiple agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for prevention and control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) for persons who use drugs illicitly.
Posted 10/12/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
This article discusses findings from a study published in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis which addresses the question of HCV testing frequency in people who inject drugs.
Posted 9/18/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) hosted the Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B Vaccination Efforts in People Who Inject Drugs webinar last week, September 10, 2020. The session featured Centers for Disease Control and Prevention subject matter experts who discussed the epidemiology of hepatitis A and hepatitis B in people who use and inject drugs and the rationale for the vaccination recommendations. The session also featured several jurisdictions and partner organizations who shared their lessons learned and best practices for reaching and implementing vaccination services in this community.
Posted 12/30/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
The Office of Rural Health Policy uses two methods to determine geographic eligibility for its grant programs.
Posted 11/27/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
Addiction Treatment Forum has produced a series of more than 20 educational brochures available in both English and Spanish for opioid-dependent patients in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction.
Posted 11/27/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
This guide is aimed at people who inject drugs to help reduce some of the problems caused by injecting.
Posted 8/18/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This guide was created for harm reduction medical staff and volunteers as a resource about the types of wounds common with injection drug use and also to increase knowledge about treatment modalities for this population. Skin and soft-tissue infections are the most common cause of hospitalization among people who inject drugs.
Posted 4/26/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
OMNI Institute, in partnership with the JBS RCORP-TA team, created the Spring 2023 Data Learning Collaborative for all RCORP grant recipients. These sessions built the foundation for data learning, and we dove into data-related topics during each month’s skills-building session.