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Promoting Disposal of Left-Over Opioids after Surgery in Rural Communities: A Qualitative Description Study
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Huang, Lyen C.; Johnson, Jordan E.; Bleicher, Josh; Blumling, Allison N.; Savarise, Mark; Wetter, David W.; Cohan, Jessica N.; Harris, Alex A.S.; Kaphingst, Kimberly A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Background: Patients rarely dispose of left-over opioids after surgery. Disposal serves as a primary prevention against misuse, overdose, and diversion. However, current interventions promoting disposal have mixed efficacy. Increasing disposal in rural communities could prevent or reduce the harms caused by prescription opioids. Aims: Identify…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Therapy, Surgery, Rural Areas
Opioid Use Disorder Community Education Events: Rural Public Health Implications
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Condie, Alise Williams; Judd, Hailey; Yaugher, Ashley C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
The opioid overdose epidemic continues to disproportionately impact underserved rural areas throughout the nation, with many of these rural areas experiencing greater opioid-related mortality rates than their urban counterparts. With limited treatment infrastructure and resources, two rural communities in Southeast Utah utilized community-based…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Community Education
Cooperative Extension's Role in Addressing the Opioid Overdose Crisis: Best Practices from the HEART Initiative Model
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Hailey Judd; Alise Williams Condie; Ashley C. Yaugher; Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos; Gabriela Murza; Timothy Keady; Sadie Wilde; Rachel Myrer; Maren Wright Voss – Journal of Extension, 2024
Cooperative Extension is in a unique position to address health and wellness concerns across the country, particularly in rural areas with local Extension services. One innovative model, the Health Extension: Advocacy, Research, and Teaching (HEART) Initiative, unites Extension, community organizations, and community members in collaborative…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Best Practices
Utah Drop-Out Drug Use Questionnaire.
Governor's Citizen Advisory Committee on Drugs, Salt Lake City, UT. – 1969
This questionnaire assesses drug use practices in high school drop-outs. The 79 items (multiple choice or apply/not apply) are concerned with demographic data and use, use history, reasons for use/nonuse, attitudes toward drugs, availability of drugs, and drug information with respect to narcotics, amphetamines, LSD, Marijuana, and barbiturates.…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Dropouts, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Utah Drug Use Questionnaire.
Governor's Citizen Advisory Committee on Drugs, Salt Lake City, UT. – 1969
This questionnaire assesses drug use practices in junior and senior high school students. The 21 multiple choice items pertain to drug use practices, use history, available of drugs, main reason for drug use, and demographic data. The questionnaire is untimed, group administered, and may be given by the classroom teacher in about 10 minutes. Item…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Advisory Committee Report on Drug Abuse: Summations and Recommendations.
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Governor's Citizen Advisory Committee on Drugs, Salt Lake City, UT. – 1969
A citizen's Drug Abuse Evaluation Committee was formed in Utah to evaluate past research and gather new data on basic questions concerning the drug problem. This booklet provides information based on the Committee's research, hearings, and an investigation of the current drug abuse problem in Utah. Data was also obtained from recorded testimony of…
Descriptors: Citizens Councils, Community Problems, Community Surveys, Drug Abuse