Three years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: What we’ve learned, and how it can make us better at treating rural patients with SUD

This presentation explores lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic as they relate to rural populations with substance use disorder (SUD), including discussion of the ways the pandemic affected barriers to SUD treatment and social coping strategies, as well as approaches toward addressing vaccine hesitance, and strategies for providing remote/virtual outreach to rural patients with 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.

Expanding Harm Reduction Access in the US for Rural and Other Underserved Populations

This presentation describes community-based naloxone distribution methods, including mail-out harm reduction supplies, based on the work of Czarina Behrends, PhD, MPH. Specific considerations for reaching members of rural communities are discussed.

Reaching People Where They’re At: Smoking Cessation Treatment Delivery at Your Door

This webinar presentation discusses novel ways to deliver evidence-based treatment for smoking cessation within and across rural areas. It focuses on 4 separate clinical trials of medication sampling, each demonstrating feasibility and efficacy of a simple yet novel treatment approach to reach a broad spectrum of smokers, including those who may not want to quit yet.

Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Practical Solution to an Urgent Need

UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence has developed comprehensive training on the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in primary care to prepare providers and staff to deliver evidence-based care to patients. This website provides links to all of the training modules, which can be taken for CEL credit.

Rural Opioid and Direct Support Services (ROADSS) for Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Partnership

This infographic depicts how partnership connections between a centralized clinic (Opioid Treatment Program; OTP) and one or more auxiliary medication units can help remove geographic barriers to rural patients seeking treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), and reduce regulatory and financial burdens.

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 […]

Fundraising for Rural Recovery Houses

The viability of rural recovery houses can be strengthened through effective and well-thought-out fundraising efforts. This guide can support rural recovery houses seeking to develop their fundraising plans.

How to Implement Medication Assisted Recovery in Rural Residential Settings

This resource provides guidance on the importance of medication assisted recovery, through treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), in addressing the opioid epidemic. Topics include how to find local healthcare providers, and how to manage medications in the recovery housing setting.

Fletcher Group Economic Calculator

Learn more about the economic benefits of your SUD program.