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Posted 5/31/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
With facts and figures about health status, behavioral risk factors, mortality, and access to care, the resource aims to inform rural health policy for four states – Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas – along the U.S. southern border. The chartbook is a collaboration between the FORHP-supported Rural & Minority Health Research Center and the National Rural Health Association.
Posted 1/26/2022 (updated 3/26/2024)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at data from six states mandated to report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a condition that occurs when newborn babies experience withdrawal from drugs. A previous study of these states – Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia – indicated that the reporting helped determine the prevalence of NAS and identify communities more severely affected. The current report is based on answers to a follow-up questionnaire given to epidemiologists and birth defects program managers from the same six states.
Posted 9/15/2021 (updated 10/1/2021)
Background: Opioid overdose has become the leading cause of death among adults between 25 and 54 years old in the U.S. The purpose of this study is to explore the social and relational factors that shape the current opioid overdose epidemic.
Posted 7/19/2021 (updated 9/2/2021)
Buprenorphine/naloxone, an evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, is sometimes diverted for non-medical use. In Rhode Island, the prevalence of opioid use and, more recently, of fentanyl in the illicit drug supply is driving overdose fatalities, which increases the need for treatment and raises questions about the changing role of diverted medication in shaping overdose risk.
Posted 3/2/2021 (updated 9/2/2021)
In light of the accelerating and rapidly evolving overdose crisis in the United States (US), new strategies are needed to address the epidemic and to efficiently engage and retain individuals in care for opioid use disorder (OUD). Moreover, there is an increasing need for novel approaches to using health data to identify gaps in the cascade of care for persons with OUD.
Posted 8/11/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
Sonoran Prevention Works is an advocate for people in Arizona affected by drug use. Spanish language resources from Ssamaritan PAWZ are included.
Posted 12/31/2019 (updated 9/2/2021)
To provide a procedure that both Nursing and Correctional Staff can adhere to for the orderly and secure issuance of suboxone.
Posted 1/2/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
The Providence Center provides education pertaining to medication-assisted recovery to the Offenders who are currently receiving substance use disorder treatment and recovery services.
Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
This brief, made possible by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, highlights key features of approved health home models in Maryland, Rhode Island, and Vermont that are tailored to individuals with opioid dependency.
Posted 12/30/2019 (updated 9/2/2021)
This analysis examines preliminary association of the program with overall overdose fatalities and deaths from overdose among those individuals who were recently incarcerated.