TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing the Spectrum of Opioid Misuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery in Rural Washington State Communities
T2 - Provider Identified Barriers and Needs
AU - Kriegel, Liat S.
AU - Hampilos, Katherine
AU - Weybright, Elizabeth
AU - Weeks, Douglas L.
AU - Jett, Julianne
AU - Hill, Laura
AU - Roll, John
AU - McDonell, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The opioid overdose epidemic has significantly impacted rural communities. Rural settings present unique challenges to addressing opioid misuse. The purpose of the current study was to understand the similarities and differences between rural and urban-based providers serving rural communities. Washington state-based opioid-related service providers who serve rural communities (N = 75) completed an online survey between July and September 2020. Chi-square tests of association were used to examine significant differences in proportions between rural providers and rural-serving urban providers across opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery training topics. Rural providers reported receiving significantly less opioid treatment and recovery training on the criminal legal system, workplace-based education on treatment and recovery, and co-occurring disorder treatment; and significantly higher prior opioid prevention training on the prevention programs for youth and accessing prevention funding. Differences between rural and rural-serving urban providers demonstrate ways in which rural–urban partnerships can be strengthened to enhance public health.
AB - The opioid overdose epidemic has significantly impacted rural communities. Rural settings present unique challenges to addressing opioid misuse. The purpose of the current study was to understand the similarities and differences between rural and urban-based providers serving rural communities. Washington state-based opioid-related service providers who serve rural communities (N = 75) completed an online survey between July and September 2020. Chi-square tests of association were used to examine significant differences in proportions between rural providers and rural-serving urban providers across opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery training topics. Rural providers reported receiving significantly less opioid treatment and recovery training on the criminal legal system, workplace-based education on treatment and recovery, and co-occurring disorder treatment; and significantly higher prior opioid prevention training on the prevention programs for youth and accessing prevention funding. Differences between rural and rural-serving urban providers demonstrate ways in which rural–urban partnerships can be strengthened to enhance public health.
KW - Community needs assessment
KW - Opioid misuse
KW - Rural health
KW - Substance use prevention
KW - Treatment and recovery
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85181952134&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10597-023-01215-w
DO - 10.1007/s10597-023-01215-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 38200378
AN - SCOPUS:85181952134
SN - 0010-3853
JO - Community Mental Health Journal
JF - Community Mental Health Journal
ER -