A Campaign to Reduce Stigma
“Individuals impacted by opioid use disorder (OUD) met with artist Charmaine Wheatley to have their portraits painted. These portraits include the words of these Appalachian community members to humanize the crisis, thereby reducing the stigma associated with OUD.”
Behavioral Health Care Managers: An Approach to Integrating Behavioral Health in Rural Primary Care Practices
This article discusses a model for integrating Behavioral Health into rural primary care practices, recognizing that “Primary care providers (PCPs) are increasingly playing a vital role in addressing patients’ behavioral health care needs given the shortage of behavioral health providers and other challenges in the health care system.”
Insurance for Recovery Housing
Purchasing insurance for your recovery house is different from insuring your own home. Recovery housing insurance is nuanced and may require discussions with your board and insurance agent, and not all insurance agents are skilled in recovery housing insurance. You may have to look at other insurance companies to get appropriate coverage.
Assessment of Substance Use Disorder Stigma and Strategies for Addressing Stigma in Rural Areas
This presentation shares results from the National Report on Rural Substance Use Disorder Stigma and Treatment Needs — a collaborative nationwide effort conducted by all three Rural Centers of Excellence. Representatives from each RCOE discuss strategies for addressing stigma in rural areas.
Recommendations for Culturally Recentering Reinforcement-Based Substance Use Disorder Interventions in Collaboration with Rural Tribal Communities
This webinar presentation covers strategies providers may use to culturally adapt and implement contingency management among rural American Indian and Alaska Native communities, as a treatment approach offering incentives for healthy progress in people with substance use disorder (SUD).
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants as Buprenorphine Providers: Facilitators and Barriers
This webinar presentation describes the expansion of nurse practitioners and other advanced practice clinicians into opioid use disorder treatment, particularly in rural communities. It also explores barriers and facilitators regarding nurse practitioner engagement in buprenorphine treatment, including regulations, education, and broader social factors such as stigma. Specific considerations for advanced practice clinicians’ work with members of rural communities are discussed.
A Qualitative Analysis of US State Laws Regulating Incentives for Health Behavior
This presentation describes the results of a qualitative study examining state laws regulating incentives for health behavior. Such laws may have important implications for provision of contingency management for substance use disorder, including in rural areas.
Transitions Clinic Network Programs
Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) programs address the high rates of overdose mortality among people recently released from incarceration and other health risks and challenges these individuals face. A primary care practice that implements a TCN program provides patients with care for chronic health conditions including substance use disorder upon release. The program includes a community […]
Welcoming Recovery
Stigma remains a challenge in community discussions of substance use disorder (SUD) and SUD treatment. It may create obstacles as an organization in a rural area works to establish a new treatment facility. To help reduce stigma and communicate the wide-reaching benefits of increasing access to treatment closer to home, the center has developed the […]
Resources for Monitoring Substance Use Trends
This article describes the websites for federal agencies and national or international organizations which can be useful sources of information about SUD trends, tools, and messaging. The highlighted websites include the National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and several community websites offering discussion forums.
