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In response to the vulnerability to rapid dissemination of hepatitis and HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID), which is being...
Apr 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The recent workshop on Integrating Infectious Disease Considerations with Response to the Opioid Epidemic included discussions that...
Apr 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The opioid epidemic has increased the number of people who inject drugs in the US, and thereby substantially increased the risk of...
Apr 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Kaiser Family Foundation has published an issue brief highlighting five key things to know about the intersection of the nation’s...
Mar 29, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medical Association (HIVMA) released three documents highlighting and...
Mar 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released an online statistical resource that for the first time provides...
Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Developed with a grant from Comer Family Foundation, this guidebook provides information to individuals seeking to establish syringe...
Feb 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
For Alex’s parents, rural Ohio seemed like the perfect location to raise a family. In its rolling hills and vast farmland laid the...
Oct 18, 2013 | Guest Author
I work closely with community partners to create formats that will hopefully open the eyes of individuals to the realities of...
Aug 07, 2013 | Alyson Jordan
In response to the vulnerability to rapid dissemination of hepatitis and HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID), which is being fueled by our nation’s opioid epidemic, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is pleased to announce the release of Community Response Planning for Outbreaks of Hepatitis and HIV Among People […]
The recent workshop on Integrating Infectious Disease Considerations with Response to the Opioid Epidemic included discussions that focused on infectious disease consequences of the opioid epidemic, giving particular attention to viral hepatitis, HIV, and endocarditis. The workshop addressed strategies to prevent and treat infections in people who inject drugs, especially strategies that...
The opioid epidemic has increased the number of people who inject drugs in the US, and thereby substantially increased the risk of transmission of blood-borne viruses, including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus through use of shared equipment. Advanced planning can facilitate an effective coordinated response for communities faced with the possibility of […]
The Kaiser Family Foundation has published an issue brief highlighting five key things to know about the intersection of the nation’s HIV and opioid epidemics. The brief includes background information along with a series of charts depicting data on the issue. View now.
The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medical Association (HIVMA) released three documents highlighting and recommending policy changes to advance solutions to the infectious diseases consequences of the opioid epidemic.The national opioid crisis is fueling a rise in infectious diseases including HIV, viral hepatitis and bacterial infections such as infective endocarditis...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released an online statistical resource that for the first time provides county-level comparisons of hospitalization rates for substance use, including opioids, alcohol, stimulants and other drugs. The resource draws from the agency’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) – the nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital data,...
Developed with a grant from Comer Family Foundation, this guidebook provides information to individuals seeking to establish syringe services programs in rural, at-risk areas. Drawing on current research, the guidebook contains practical information to help communities take necessary steps to develop an evidence based response to growing rates of injection drug use in some areas.
For Alex’s parents, rural Ohio seemed like the perfect location to raise a family. In its rolling hills and vast farmland laid the safety and security of a small town setting. The schools were filled with neighbors’ children and residents did not think twice about leaving the doors to their homes unlocked. That is, until their teenage son became an opiate addict.
I work closely with community partners to create formats that will hopefully open the eyes of individuals to the realities of prescription drug abuse while empowering them to consider choices that can be made to avoid addiction.
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