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Xavioer, Sharon; Bethishou, Laressa; Dintzner, Madeline; Taheri, Reza; Lewis, Jelena – New Directions for Student Leadership, 2023
The United States faces several ongoing public health issues including the opioid epidemic. This article describes a new model aimed at providing a framework that incorporates the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to develop pharmacy student leaders through education, experiences, and development of critical skills. This…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Sustainable Development, Pharmaceutical Education
Hash, Kristina M.; Tower, Leslie E. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2022
Opioid addiction is a widespread problem that social workers will undoubtedly face in practice. Curricular infusion is an approach that has gained recognition in social work education for integrating critical, contemporary topics into courses. This paper details a project that infused opioid addiction in baccalaureate of social work (BSW) courses,…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Addictive Behavior, Social Work, Undergraduate Students
Ryan, Liz – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2022
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) invests in mentoring programs and services to help ensure positive outcomes for youth. Successful mentoring relationships have been shown to increase youth's self-esteem, improve academic achievement, and steer them away from delinquency, substance use, and other high-risk…
Descriptors: Youth, Mentors, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency Prevention
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS), 2023
Despite the elevation of the opioid crisis in the U.S. to the level of a nationwide public health emergency in 2017, the number of opioid-involved overdose deaths has continued to rise. The impact of the opioid epidemic extends well beyond the tragedy of fatal overdose. Nonfatal overdose can result in brain injury and permanent disability, and…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Addiction, Drug Abuse, Prevention
Levasseur, Suzanne; Nelson, Lynn; Crowe, Doreen; Major, Keisha E. S. – National Association of School Nurses, 2020
It is the position of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) that the safe and effective management of opioid-related overdoses in schools must be incorporated into the school emergency preparedness and response plans. The registered professional school nurse provides leadership in all phases of emergency preparedness and response. When…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Drug Abuse, Drug Therapy, Intervention
Hill, Lucas G.; Holleran Steiker, Lori K.; Mazin, Lubna; Kinzly, Mark L. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Drug overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, a crisis that is driven by an increasingly potent supply of illicit opioids. College-aged adults are more likely than any other age group to engage in opioid misuse. Naloxone, the antidote for an opioid overdose, can save the life of an opioid overdose victim if it is…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, College Students, Prevention, Narcotics
Vazquez, Maribel; Frazier, Jessica H.; Reichel, Carmela M.; Peters, Jamie – Learning & Memory, 2020
Females are at higher risk for certain opioid addictive behaviors, but the influence of ovarian hormones is unknown. In our rat model of heroin self-administration, females exhibited higher relapse rates that correlated with rates of heroin seeking on the first extinction session. We administered estradiol alone, or in combination with…
Descriptors: Females, Narcotics, Addictive Behavior, Biochemistry
Staatz, Colleen – Mathematica, 2021
In Pennsylvania, subgrantee Philadelphia Works, Inc. partnered with JEVS Human Services to implement the National Health Emergency (NHE) demonstration grant. JEVS Human Services offers both employment and training services and behavioral health treatment and recovery services. By developing partnerships with behavioral health providers, the…
Descriptors: Grants, Community Services, Job Training, Employment Services
Staatz, Colleen – Mathematica, 2021
Community health workers (CHWs) and peer recovery specialists (PRSs) can play an important role in meeting the health care needs of people with opioid use disorder. Registered apprenticeship programs, an "earn while you learn" approach, can help build a certified workforce of CHWs and PRSs by providing classroom and on-the-job training.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Apprenticeships
Bodenlos, Katie – Mathematica, 2021
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) partnered with the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine (Penn State) to create a Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) series for employers. The ECHO model, which originated in the medical field, provides virtual clinics led by expert specialist teams to discuss…
Descriptors: Employers, Employees, Community Services, Drug Addiction
Welsh, Justine W.; Rappaport, Nancy; Tretyak, Valeria – Educational Leadership, 2018
Opioid abuse has become an epidemic in America and exposure to the drugs often begins in high school. This article shares some facts about opioid use and some signs and symptoms to look for in students who may be addicted to the drug. The authors also offer tips for educators on how to deal with the legal issues involved in assessing, reporting,…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Narcotics, High School Students, At Risk Students
Rogers, Jennifer L.; Gilbride, Dennis D.; Dew, Brian J. – Professional Counselor, 2018
This conceptual article provides a counselor-oriented overview of the origins and consequences of the current opioid epidemic in the United States. After a thorough review of Bronfenbrenner's ecological perspective on human development, this article presents a case conceptualization model aimed at providing counselors with a tool and strategy to…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Addictive Behavior, Drug Therapy
Langley-Turnbaugh, S. J.; Neikirk, M. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2018
In the fall of 2015, Northern Kentucky University began a sustained, multidimensional effort to explore our region's devastating heroin epidemic. The goal was to engage NKU's students, faculty, and staff with the community through public dialogue, experiential learning, and research. Taken together, our engagements would contribute to public…
Descriptors: Colleges, College Students, College Faculty, Narcotics
Suchman, Nancy E.; DeCoste, Cindy L. – ZERO TO THREE, 2018
New developments in the treatment of mothers and infants affected by opioid addiction point to the promising effects of interventions that adopt a developmental perspective, occur concurrently with addiction treatment, and target the parent-infant relationship as early as possible. In this article, the authors provide general guidelines for…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drug Addiction, Addictive Behavior, Early Intervention
Popov, V. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2012
The increase in the use of narcotics in Russia has been complicated by the spread of new kinds of drugs that are less visible than more traditional kinds. A worsening of the situation must be prevented. This requires studying the accumulation of world experience, searching for up-to-date approaches to prevention, combining the efforts of science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Narcotics, Drug Abuse, Prevention