Rural Opioid Resources
About
The number of Americans being impacted by the misuse and abuse of opioids has reached epidemic levels. As opioid overdoses become more common, the greatest threat continues to be in rural communities that lack the capacity to deal with the issue on their own.
NOSORH has developed a compendium of all Rural Opioid Educational Resources available across our website to aid individuals looking for education, tools, and other resources. This includes reports, webinar presentations, meeting presentations, and a compendium of resources and lessons learned from grantees of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s Rural Opioid Overdose Reversal (ROOR) grant program. As new resources become available, more information will be added. For more information on NOSORH’s rural opioid resources and education, contact Chris Salyers at chris.salyers@nosorh.org.
Factsheets
3 Questions to Integrate Substance Use Disorder Services into Primary Care
This fact sheet provides information and education, including examples of tools and potential mentoring opportunities for those rural healthcare providers beginning to provide or providing substance use disorder treatment services.
Issues
SORH Response to the National Substance Use Disorder Crisis
State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) around the nation have a responsibility for the coordination of rural health activities, the collection and dissemination of rural-relevant information, and the provision of technical assistance to public and non-profit entities regarding programs that improve rural health. To examine the extent of which SORH are engaging with recent substance use disorder and opioid use disorder (SUD/OUD) initiatives in their states, this issue brief scans how SORH are aiding their rural communities, while meeting the expectations of the SORH grant.
Reports
Lessons Learned from Rural Opioid Overdose Reversal Grant Recipients
NOSORH collaborated with FORHP to document the successes, challenges, and strategies of implementing the Rural Opioid Overdose Reversal (ROOR) program. This report provides a summary of lessons learned from ROOR grant recipients on how to engage, educate and connect stakeholders to resources available to help combat the opioid overdose epidemic.
Toolkits
NOSORH Collaborative Mental Health Project
This Assessment Tool is designed to be part of a process to assist State Offices of Rural Health (SORHs) in conducting a review of their state’s behavioral health policy and financing environment.
Webinars
- Rural Opioid Resources: Preparing Your Organization for Future Funding Opportunities
- Project CLEAN (Community Leaders Eliminating the Abuse of Narcotics): A Model for Physician Partnerships and Community Collaboration
- Demonstration 223: Improving Community Behavioral Health
- Project Renew (ROOR grantee)
- Maine General (ROOR grantee)
Promising Practices
External Resources
Meeting Presentations
- CHI St. Gabriel’s Project ECHO Initiative – Dr Heather Bell
- Project C.L.E.A.N: Community Leaders Eliminating the Abuse of Narcotics
- Workforce Related Barriers to Providing Behavioral Health Services in Washington State
- Connecticut SBIRT Health Professionals Training Program
- SAMHSA Resources for Rural
- SAMHSA Behavioral Health: Rural Substance Abuse
- Effects of the Rural Opioid Epidemic and State Based Policy Remedies
- Rural Communities in Crisis: Strategies to Reduce Opioid Use
- Massachusetts Northwest Opioid Overdose Reversal Project
- NC-STeP: Using Telepsychiatry to Improve Access to Evidence-Based Care
- Developing Community-Based Behavioral Health Services in Rural Settings
- WICHE Rural Psychology Internship Initiative
Training Resources
- Overdose Rescue/Naloxone Training
- Training Manual for APRNs
- First Responder Talking Points
- Training Binder for ED Personnel
- Training Binder for Naloxone Distribution in Primary Care
- Training Binder for Sheriff’s Department
- Lay Community Naloxone Training Presentation
- Law Enforcement Naloxone Training Program
- Nurses/Physicians Naloxone Training Presentation
- Administering IM Naloxone Training Presentation
Customizable Resources
- How to Use Narcan Poster
- Culturally-Sensitive Recovery Posters
- Opioid Fact Sheet Flyer
- Project Update Infographic
- Town Hall Meeting Flyer
- Letter to Health Care Community
- Suboxone Training Flyer
- Accidental Overdose Brochure
- Save a Life Magnet
- Narcan Quick Start Instructions
- Local Substance Abuse Services Flyer
- Risk Rack Card
- Project Renew Rack Card
- First Responder Overdose Wallet Card
- Net Step Wallet Card
- Town Hall Meeting Presentation