Substance Use and Misuse in Rural Areas – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Substance Use and Misuse in Rural Areas.
Rural Youth Fight for Tobacco-Free Communities
Highlights teen-led programs to prevent tobacco use in rural Kentucky, Vermont, and Montana. Discusses the impact youth can have on local and state policy related to tobacco, and well as the effectiveness youth have in reaching their peers on this issue.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights teen-led programs to prevent tobacco use in rural Kentucky, Vermont, and Montana. Discusses the impact youth can have on local and state policy related to tobacco, and well as the effectiveness youth have in reaching their peers on this issue.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Vermont Care Network Advocates for Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Agencies
Highlights the work of the Vermont Care Network, which supports 16 non-profit agencies that provide behavioral health and developmental disability services in the state. Discusses cross-sector collaboration and integration of mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services with primary care.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights the work of the Vermont Care Network, which supports 16 non-profit agencies that provide behavioral health and developmental disability services in the state. Discusses cross-sector collaboration and integration of mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services with primary care.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03/2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Individual and Network Factors Associated With Prevalent Hepatitis C Infection Among Rural Appalachian Injection Drug Users
Examines the connection between injection drug users and Hepatitis C infections in rural Kentucky. Features statistics with breakdowns including sex, age, race, ethnicity, and various risk behaviors.
Author(s): Jennifer R. Havens, Michelle R. Lofwall, Simon D.W. Frost, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 103(1), 44-52
Date: 01/2013
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Examines the connection between injection drug users and Hepatitis C infections in rural Kentucky. Features statistics with breakdowns including sex, age, race, ethnicity, and various risk behaviors.
Author(s): Jennifer R. Havens, Michelle R. Lofwall, Simon D.W. Frost, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 103(1), 44-52
Date: 01/2013
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UVM CORA Co-Occurring PTSD and OUD Toolkit
Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Recovery Learning Center
Provides training at no cost for substance use disorder (SUD) recovery programs. Focuses on building recovery support systems, including recovery housing and peer support systems. Resources are aimed at rural communities but are relevant to all SUD recovery situations.
Sponsoring organization: Fletcher Group
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Provides training at no cost for substance use disorder (SUD) recovery programs. Focuses on building recovery support systems, including recovery housing and peer support systems. Resources are aimed at rural communities but are relevant to all SUD recovery situations.
Sponsoring organization: Fletcher Group
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Fletcher Group Economic Calculator
Tool helps substance use disorder (SUD) recovery programs make better financial decisions and attract the support of funders, stakeholders, community members, and policymakers. Outlines the methodology behind the calculator and provides an example report.
Sponsoring organization: Fletcher Group
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Tool helps substance use disorder (SUD) recovery programs make better financial decisions and attract the support of funders, stakeholders, community members, and policymakers. Outlines the methodology behind the calculator and provides an example report.
Sponsoring organization: Fletcher Group
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SAMHSA Rural Behavioral Health
Highlights the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) grants and programs related to rural behavioral health treatment, workforce, community-based resources, prevention strategies, and program technical assistance.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Highlights the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) grants and programs related to rural behavioral health treatment, workforce, community-based resources, prevention strategies, and program technical assistance.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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National Rural Adolescent and Child Health (NRACH) ECHO Training Center
Works to ensure children and adolescents in rural and frontier communities have access to pediatric mental and behavioral healthcare. Provides training and technical assistance for programs and providers. Operates under the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Works to ensure children and adolescents in rural and frontier communities have access to pediatric mental and behavioral healthcare. Provides training and technical assistance for programs and providers. Operates under the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Native Communities: Alcohol Intervention Review (NativeAIR)
Presents an NIH-funded initiative that reviews of evidence-based alcohol interventions for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Features interventions in three categories: prevention of fetal alcohol disorder, alcohol misuse prevention, and treatment for alcohol used disorder.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health
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Presents an NIH-funded initiative that reviews of evidence-based alcohol interventions for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Features interventions in three categories: prevention of fetal alcohol disorder, alcohol misuse prevention, and treatment for alcohol used disorder.
Sponsoring organization: National Institutes of Health
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Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model
Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model, a voluntary state-based model designed to improve the quality of care and behavioral and physical health outcomes of Medicaid and Medicare populations with moderate to severe mental health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model, a voluntary state-based model designed to improve the quality of care and behavioral and physical health outcomes of Medicaid and Medicare populations with moderate to severe mental health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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