Substance Use Disorder
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating hepatitis A outbreaks in multiple states among people reporting drug use and/or homelessness and their contacts.
Read more about how Boston Medical Center is Setting a National Example in Reducing Stigma
In New Hampshire, hospitals have been inundated with patients suffering from addiction, so Catholic Medical Center (CMC), Manchester, New Hampshire, working with the community, designed and implemented effective initiatives to address opiate addiction.
The speakers will share how a Northern Shenandoah Valley community coalesced to develop strategies to effectively respond to the challenge of heroin and opiate abuse in a rural Virginia community.
This joint webinar with the Association for Community Health Improvement shows research behind substance use prevention and presents a real-life example of how Utah is addressing the opioid epidemic and underage drinking in their state.
Members Only Call - describe the evolution and impact of their community partnership.
Community Hospital of Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula (CHOMP), part of Montage Health, took action two years ago to address the prescription opioid abuse crisis in its county of some 415,000 residents. The community-wide effort, called Prescribe Safe, has led to a sharp decline in the number of…
Wayne Young, senior vice president, behavioral health, JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas, is the 2016 chair of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association's Constituency Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services.
The AHA applauds the new funding proposed today by the Administration to help people with opioid use disorders and heroin addiction get needed care.
What is it?
Revere CARES is a community coalition founded in 1997 to reduce substance abuse by empowering the community of Revere, Mass. With support from Massachusetts General Hospital, the coalition engages multiple sectors to successfully advocate for policy, systems and environmental changes…