Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Opioids
Screening Community Pharmacy Patients for Risk of Prescription Opioid Misuse
Examines the feasibility of screening patients for risks of opioid prescription misuse when filling prescriptions at rural and urban community pharmacies. Evaluates patients' behavioral, mental, and physical health to determine risk level. Includes rural versus urban data on gender, age, education, employment, and behavioral, mental, physical, and general health.
Author(s): Gerald Cochran, Jessica Rubinstein, Jennifer L. Bacci, Thomas Ylioja, Ralph Tarter
Citation: Journal of Addiction Medicine, 9(5), 411-416
Date: 2015
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Examines the feasibility of screening patients for risks of opioid prescription misuse when filling prescriptions at rural and urban community pharmacies. Evaluates patients' behavioral, mental, and physical health to determine risk level. Includes rural versus urban data on gender, age, education, employment, and behavioral, mental, physical, and general health.
Author(s): Gerald Cochran, Jessica Rubinstein, Jennifer L. Bacci, Thomas Ylioja, Ralph Tarter
Citation: Journal of Addiction Medicine, 9(5), 411-416
Date: 2015
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Risk Factors for HCV Infection Among Young Adults in Rural New York Who Inject Prescription Opioid Analgesics
Details a study of hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs and those who misuse prescription opioid analgesics in rural New York. Analyzes cohort by age, sex, age at first injection, and use of a syringe exchange program, among others.
Author(s): Jon E. Zibbell, Rachel Hart-Malloy, John Barry, Lillian Fan, Colleen Flanigan
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 104(11), 2226-2232
Date: 11/2014
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Details a study of hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs and those who misuse prescription opioid analgesics in rural New York. Analyzes cohort by age, sex, age at first injection, and use of a syringe exchange program, among others.
Author(s): Jon E. Zibbell, Rachel Hart-Malloy, John Barry, Lillian Fan, Colleen Flanigan
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 104(11), 2226-2232
Date: 11/2014
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Barriers to Primary Care Physicians Prescribing Buprenorphine
Reports on a study of physicians in the State of Washington who participated in a Rural Opioid Addiction Management Project on the use of buprenorphine-naloxone in the treatment of opioid use disorders. Study determined the percentage of physicians who prescribed this treatment, the characteristics associated with the prescribing physicians, the number of patients treated, and the barriers found when integrating this treatment into their outreach practice.
Author(s): Eliza Hutchinson, Mary Catlin, C. Holly A. Andrilla, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 12(2), 128-133
Date: 03/2014
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Reports on a study of physicians in the State of Washington who participated in a Rural Opioid Addiction Management Project on the use of buprenorphine-naloxone in the treatment of opioid use disorders. Study determined the percentage of physicians who prescribed this treatment, the characteristics associated with the prescribing physicians, the number of patients treated, and the barriers found when integrating this treatment into their outreach practice.
Author(s): Eliza Hutchinson, Mary Catlin, C. Holly A. Andrilla, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 12(2), 128-133
Date: 03/2014
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Trends and Geographic Patterns in Drug-Poisoning Death Rates in the U.S., 1999–2009
Utilizes small-area estimation techniques to approximate county-level age-adjusted death rates (AADR) associated with drug poisoning in the U.S. to explore geographic and temporal variations. Includes AADR data by annual change, rural versus urban location, and region of the U.S.
Author(s): Lauren M. Rossen, Diba Khan, Margaret Warner
Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 45(6), e19-e25
Date: 12/2013
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Utilizes small-area estimation techniques to approximate county-level age-adjusted death rates (AADR) associated with drug poisoning in the U.S. to explore geographic and temporal variations. Includes AADR data by annual change, rural versus urban location, and region of the U.S.
Author(s): Lauren M. Rossen, Diba Khan, Margaret Warner
Citation: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 45(6), e19-e25
Date: 12/2013
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Performance Improvement Prescribing Guideline Reduces Opioid Prescriptions for Emergency Department Dental Pain Patients
Measures the effect of a departmental guideline on the rate of opioid prescriptions written for patients aged 16 and older presenting with dental pain in two rural emergency departments. Analysis was done by performing a controlled chart review for the period before and after the guideline was implemented.
Author(s): Timothy R. Fox, James Li, Sandra Stevens, Tracy Tippie
Citation: Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(3)
Date: 09/2013
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Measures the effect of a departmental guideline on the rate of opioid prescriptions written for patients aged 16 and older presenting with dental pain in two rural emergency departments. Analysis was done by performing a controlled chart review for the period before and after the guideline was implemented.
Author(s): Timothy R. Fox, James Li, Sandra Stevens, Tracy Tippie
Citation: Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(3)
Date: 09/2013
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Individual and Network Factors Associated with Non-fatal Overdose among Rural Appalachian Drug Users
Presents a study on the prevalence of non-fatal prescription drug overdoses in rural Appalachian Kentucky. Breaks down data by whether the overdose was experienced or witnessed, injection drug use, and lifetime drug use, among other factors.
Author(s): Jennifer R. Havens, Carrie B. Oser, Hannah K. Knudsen, et al.
Citation: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 115(1-2), 107-112
Date: 05/2011
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Presents a study on the prevalence of non-fatal prescription drug overdoses in rural Appalachian Kentucky. Breaks down data by whether the overdose was experienced or witnessed, injection drug use, and lifetime drug use, among other factors.
Author(s): Jennifer R. Havens, Carrie B. Oser, Hannah K. Knudsen, et al.
Citation: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 115(1-2), 107-112
Date: 05/2011
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Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents: Evidence of Greater Use Among Rural Adolescents
Analyzes a sample of adolescents aged 12 to 17 to determine if rural residence is linked with nonmedical prescription drug use and the factors related to nonmedical prescription drug use.
Author(s): Jennifer R. Havens, April M. Young, Christopher E. Havens
Citation: JAMA Pediatrics, 165(3), 250-255
Date: 03/2011
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Analyzes a sample of adolescents aged 12 to 17 to determine if rural residence is linked with nonmedical prescription drug use and the factors related to nonmedical prescription drug use.
Author(s): Jennifer R. Havens, April M. Young, Christopher E. Havens
Citation: JAMA Pediatrics, 165(3), 250-255
Date: 03/2011
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Distance Traveled and Cross-State Commuting to Opioid Treatment Programs in the United States
Presents a study on commuting distance of patients in opioid treatment programs (OTP). Analyzes data collected from 23,141 methadone patients enrolled in 84 OTP centers across the U.S. from 2005-2009.
Author(s): Andrew Rosenblum, Charles M. Cleland, Chunki Fong, et al.
Citation: Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2011, 948789
Date: 2011
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Presents a study on commuting distance of patients in opioid treatment programs (OTP). Analyzes data collected from 23,141 methadone patients enrolled in 84 OTP centers across the U.S. from 2005-2009.
Author(s): Andrew Rosenblum, Charles M. Cleland, Chunki Fong, et al.
Citation: Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2011, 948789
Date: 2011
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Substance Abuse Among Rural Youth: A Little Meth and a Lot of Booze
Examines substance use among rural youth, with rural-urban comparisons for methamphetamine, Oxycontin, and alcohol abuse.
Date: 06/2007
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Examines substance use among rural youth, with rural-urban comparisons for methamphetamine, Oxycontin, and alcohol abuse.
Date: 06/2007
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Financing and Sustaining Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Settings Toolkit
Interactive toolkit aims to help primary care providers build and maintain financially sustainable integrated behavioral health (IBH) models into their practices. Highlights models for creating funding streams that can sustain IBH models. Provides substance use resources, a literature collection, and case studies, among other resources, to support IBH program planning and implementation.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Interactive toolkit aims to help primary care providers build and maintain financially sustainable integrated behavioral health (IBH) models into their practices. Highlights models for creating funding streams that can sustain IBH models. Provides substance use resources, a literature collection, and case studies, among other resources, to support IBH program planning and implementation.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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