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White Paper: Local Efforts to Mitigate Human and Financial Costs of Opioid Epidemic
West Virginia is in the midst of an unprecedented heroin and opioid epidemic that is disrupting the lives of not only individuals and...
Apr 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: SAMSHA Grant for HIV & Substance Use Programs
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for the Targeted Capacity...
Mar 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Now Available! Winter 2017 NACCHO Exchange: Local Public Health vs. America’s Opioid...
The Winter 2017 issue of NACCHO Exchange, “On the Frontlines: Local Public Health versus America’s Opioid Epidemic,” is...
Mar 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Download the NACCHO Exchange on Opioids
Please view this document for instructions on how to download the Winter 2017 NACCHO Exchange on the local health department response...
Feb 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
State of the Opioid Epidemic: Local Public Health as the First Line of Defense
This week, January 23–29, 2017, marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Although this annual observance is aimed at engaging teens...
Jan 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Pew Charitable Trusts: Medication-Assisted Treatment Video
The Pew Charitable Trusts’ substance use prevention and treatment initiative, which focuses on policy solutions to prevent and treat...
Jan 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
New Mobile App Supports Treatment of Opioid Use
MATx is a new mobile app to help health care practitioners provide evidence-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use...
Jan 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
MMWR – Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States,...
From 2014 to 2015, the death rate from synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl, increased by 72.2%, and heroin...
Jan 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference
Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject...
Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
White Paper: Local Efforts to Mitigate Human and Financial Costs of Opioid EpidemicWest Virginia is in the midst of an unprecedented heroin and opioid epidemic that is disrupting the lives of not only individuals and families, but also entire communities and regions. A recent white paper developed by the West Virginia Association of Local Health Departments explores how local health departments (LHDs) are leading with a Public Health 3.0 […] Apr 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Funding Opportunity: SAMSHA Grant for HIV & Substance Use ProgramsThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for the Targeted Capacity Expansion-HIV Program: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at High Risk for HIV/AIDS totaling up to $142.9 million over the course of five years. The purpose of this program is to increase engagement in care for racial […] Mar 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Now Available! Winter 2017 NACCHO Exchange: Local Public Health vs. America’s Opioid EpidemicThe Winter 2017 issue of NACCHO Exchange, “On the Frontlines: Local Public Health versus America’s Opioid Epidemic,” is now available for free download in the NACCHO Bookstore. Opioid addiction and misuse have affected inner city, suburban, and rural communities, challenging America’s perceptions of what substance use disorders look like, where they occur, and who they affect. This... Mar 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Download the NACCHO Exchange on OpioidsPlease view this document for instructions on how to download the Winter 2017 NACCHO Exchange on the local health department response to the opioid epidemic. For more information, please contact Gretchen Weiss, Director, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, NACCHO. Feb 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
State of the Opioid Epidemic: Local Public Health as the First Line of DefenseThis week, January 23–29, 2017, marks National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Although this annual observance is aimed at engaging teens in events that debunk myths about drugs and alcohol, NACCHO is instead taking this opportunity to provide a sneak-peek into our Winter NACCHO Exchange issue, “On the Frontlines: Local Public Health versus America’s Opioid […] Jan 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Pew Charitable Trusts: Medication-Assisted Treatment VideoThe Pew Charitable Trusts’ substance use prevention and treatment initiative, which focuses on policy solutions to prevent and treat substance use disorders, recently released a new video on medication-assisted treatment (MAT). The two-minute video focuses on how MAT, a highly effective therapy for opioid use disorder, can help people manage their disease and help curb this […] Jan 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
New Mobile App Supports Treatment of Opioid UseMATx is a new mobile app to help health care practitioners provide evidence-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders. Developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the app’s features include: Information on treatment approaches and medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of opioid... Jan 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
MMWR – Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015From 2014 to 2015, the death rate from synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl, increased by 72.2%, and heroin death rates increased by 20.6%. Rates of death involving heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone increased across all demographic groups, regions, and in numerous states. Natural/semisynthetic opioid death rates increased by 2.6%, whereas, […] Jan 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction ConferenceHarm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject drugs and their sex partners were dying of AIDS at alarming rates. Harm reduction is a framework for meeting people where they are at and reducing the negative consequences of drug use. […] Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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