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Posted 9/29/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
The RCORP-TA NAS II Onboarding Packet is a tool to support the implementation of planned activities and to expand SUD/OUD services across the care spectrum thereby helping rural residents in communities to prevent SUD/OUD, access treatment, and move toward recovery.
Posted 7/27/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
This presentation will focus on the relationship between trauma and substance use as it relates to treatment for women, as well as a discussion of impactful trauma-informed and gender-responsive interventions. The evidence-based interventions will be based on Seeking Safety and Finding Your Best Self models, both of which are present-focused and easily implemented in any treatment setting.
Posted 10/25/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a new report to Congress on access to obstetric care in rural communities. GAO found that the number of rural hospitals providing obstetric services declined from 2004 through 2018. By 2018 more than half of rural counties lacked OB services. OB closures were focused in rural counties that were sparsely populated, had a majority of Black residents, and were considered low income. GAO interviewed stakeholders to identify the most important factors affecting availability of OB care and the efforts federal agencies, states, and others could take to increase availability of services.
Posted 6/7/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Cohort-Specific Sessions/Activities and Day 2 Wrap-Up
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 6/15/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
The Opioid Use Disorder, Pregnant Women and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): Addressing the Challenges (Part II) webinar took place on June 9, 2020.
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 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 10/5/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
This review looks at evidence and program models for alternatives to hospitalization to treat serious infections in people who inject drugs.
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.