The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium description: providing evidence to Understand the Fourth Wave of the Opioid Crisis [PDF]
, 2022 Objective: To characterize and address the opioid crisis disproportionately impacting rural U.S. regions. Methods: The Rural Opioid Initiative (ROI) is a two-phase project to collect and harmonize quantitative and qualitative data and develop tailored ...
Friedmann, Peter, MD +51 more
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To tackle the opioid crisis, the US should look to Switzerland's successes with substitution therapy
, 2018 The US is facing an opioid crisis at a colossal scale. But Switzerland has been there before. Christian Schneider looks back to the policy innovations introduced to tackle the European nation's opioid crisis in the 1990s.
Schneider, Christian
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AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHRONIC PAIN EXPERIENCES AMID THE OPIOID CRISIS [PDF]
, 2021 For many individuals with chronic pain, opioid therapy is the only safe, effective, and affordable option for pain management. This study used interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the experiences of four Canadian females managing chronic ...
Weaver, Stasia
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The opioid crisis: a contextual, social-ecological framework
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020 The prevalence of opioid use and misuse has provoked a staggering number of deaths over the past two and a half decades. Much attention has focused on individual risks according to various characteristics and experiences.
Mohammad S. Jalali +4 more
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From Opioid Pain Management to Opioid Crisis in the USA: How Can Public-Private Partnerships Help?
Frontiers in Medicine, 2019 The current opioid crisis in the USA arose from (at first) successful opioid pain management in three waves, starting in the'90s. Today, USA patients consume opioid drugs on a massive scale.
Larissa Bolliger, Hilde Stevens
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020 While there has been extensive attention to the ‘demand side’ – or use and adverse consequences, including mortality – of the ‘opioid crisis’ presently unfolding across North America, few considerations have focused on the supply side.
Benedikt Fischer +2 more
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A Global Survey on Opioid Stewardship Practices in Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
Pharmacy, 2021 Objective: The objectives of this study are to describe opioid stewardship practices in hospitals being implemented globally, in addition to investigating the attitudes and perceptions of health professionals regarding opioid stewardship in the hospital ...
Sarah Al-Samawy +4 more
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Framing Science: How Opioid Research Is Presented in Online News Media
Frontiers in Communication, 2020 Popular news media play an instrumental role in shaping public perception of issues like the opioid crisis. Using a detailed coding instrument, we analyzed how opioid-related scholarly publications were covered in 149 news stories published by nine major
Lisa Matthias +5 more
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“They’re not doing enough.”: women’s experiences with opioids and naloxone in Toronto
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021 Background Amid increasing opioid overdose deaths in Canada since 2010 and a changing naloxone access landscape, there is a need for up-to-date research on Canadian women’s experiences with opioids.
Emilie R. Macleod +5 more
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Effect of lock boxes and education on safe storage of medications
Injury Epidemiology, 2020 Background Safe medication storage is a proven barrier to ingestions in the pediatric population, but caregivers are often unaware of the importance of safe storage practices or do not have a safe place to store medications.
Alicia C. Webb +3 more
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