Primary Care Professionals' Perspectives on Tailoring Buprenorphine Training for Rural Practice
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Description
Interviewed 23 rural Ohio primary care professionals to identify barriers to prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment. Discusses the need for training addressing rural-specific barriers, limited patient access to required social supports, workforce, and stigma. Offers recommendations based on findings.
Author(s)
Cheyenne Fenstemaker, Elizabeth A. Abrams, Benjamin Obringer, et al.
Citation
Journal of Rural Health, 40(4), 671-680
Date
2024
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Access
· Culture
· Health workforce education and training
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Illicit drug use
· Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses
· Physician assistants
· Physicians
· Prescription drug misuse
· Social connectedness
· Stigma
· Ohio