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Posted 2/26/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
In this cross-sectional study of data from 3142 US counties, counties in the South Atlantic, Mountain, and East North Central divisions had more than twice the odds of being at high risk for opioid overdose mortality and lacking in capacity to deliver medications for opioid use disorder. Higher density of primary care clinicians, a younger population, micropolitan status, and lower rates of unemployment were associated with lower risk of opioid overdose and lower risk of lacking in capacity to deliver medications for opioid use disorder.
Posted 5/18/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Overreliance on opioid medications is emblematic of a health care system that incentivizes quick, simplistic answers to complex physical and mental health needs.
Posted 11/21/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
Address the myths and facts about discriminatory hiring practices and criminal background check.
Posted 4/3/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This RSV Breakout Session was held in the Monument Room on Wednesday, March 5, 2020, at 2:30 PM
Posted 6/3/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
This presentation highlighted The Health Wagon’s Rural Communities Opioid Response program, Strengthening and Expanding Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Programs in Southwest Virginia. The program is a consortium-based implementation that aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in rural communities in Southwest Virginia at the highest risk for SUD.