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Rural Expansion of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Electronic Health Record Data Collection and Analysis (NIH HEAL Initiative)
Funded by the NIH HEAL Initiative®
Rural Expansion of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (NIH HEAL Initiative)
Funded by the NIH HEAL Initiative®
The overall objective of this project is to investigate effective ways to expand access to MOUD in rural areas. Telemedicine (TM) offers an alternative or complementary approach to delivery of MOUD that is particularly attractive for implementation in rural areas. The CTN-0102 Feasibility study aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of implementing TM in six rural primary care clinics with varying levels of OBOT capacity to inform implementation strategies for future larger randomized control trials.
National Medication-Assisted Treatment Survey of Substance Use Disorder Programs Serving American Indian and Alaska Native People (NIH HEAL Initiative)
Funded by the NIH HEAL Initiative®
This study seeks to provide a detailed description of the use of MATs for Opioid Use Disorders in health care systems and substance abuse treatment programs serving AI/AN communities, much-needed insights regarding the dynamics around the decision to implement such practices, and carefully formulated methods for more effective dissemination.
Douglas Novins, M.D.
Director, Native American and Telehealth Programs
Colorado University - Anschutz
The Great Plains Initiative
The Great Plains Initiative has two primary aims. Aim 1 is to determine community-defined needs for identifying and addressing substance use issues in order to create a Great Plains American Indian substance use research agenda. Such issues may involve a broad range of topics, such as specific substance misuse, barriers to treatment, the role of historical trauma in substance use, mistrust of research, and others as determined through the Community-based participatory research process.