Rural Health & Safety Education: Combating Opioids
The Rural Health and Safety Education webinar series "Combating Opioids" is hosted by Purdue University Extension and the NCRCRD as part of a *USDA/NIFA* and SAMHSA grant.# To join any of the webinars, go to: https://ncrcrd.adobeconnect.com/ncrcrd1/ - Log in as a "Guest" (type your first and last name) and "enter room". To facilitate Q&A's, participants will use the Chat Function. All webinars will be recorded and will be posted 2-3 days after the presentation date.
If you have never used Adobe Connect on your computer, use the "test connection" link: https://na1cps.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm in advance.
Objective of this webinar series is to:
- Share information and best practices to prevent opioid misuse and abuse in rural counties
- Increase professional capacity to engage in health leadership in rural counties
- Increase access to new ideas and technologies related to opioid misuse and abuse in rural counties
- Increase public health knowledge and engage in health system
- Increase health literacy of opioid misuse or abuse in rural counties
Upcoming Webinars
#Mental Health Promotion: An Opportunity for Opioid Overdose Prevention
February 21, 2019 @ 3:00 PM-ET
Presented by Laura Schwab-Reese, Purdue University
*The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Hospitals: A Nurse's Perspective from the Bedside
March 28, 2019 @ 3:00 PM-ET
Presented by: Nicole Adams, PhD., RN, CEN, Purdue University
*The Relationship Between Opioid Prescriptions and Child Removals
May 8, 2019 @ 3:00 PM-ET
Presented by Troy Quast, University of South Florida College of Public Health
Archived Webinars (Recordings and Presentations)
*Dreamland: America's Opiate Epidemic and How We Got Here (12/7/18)
Presented by Sam Quinones, Journalist and Author
Recorded Presentation
*Demand-side Factors Influencing Endemic Drug Use in America (9/25/18)
Presented by Michael Betz, The Ohio State University
Recorded presentation Presentation
*Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Driver of the Opioid Epidemic (6/19/18)
Presented by: Michael Brumage (West Virginia University)
Recorded presentation Presentation
Resources noted:
What's Your ACE Score? Take the Quiz
State of Indiana has a stigma reduction campaign called Know the O Facts
*More than Opioids: The Social Determinants of Drug Overdose and Related Despair in Rural and Small City America
Presented by: Shannon M Monnat (Syracuse University)
Recorded presentation Presentation
*Recognition and Stigma in Prescription Drug Abuse and Alcohol Abuse (1/17/18)
Presented by: Robert Shupp and Scott Loveridge (Michigan State University)
Recorded presentation Presentation
Resources noted in webinar chat:
https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
http://healthbench.info
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/program/info/community_behavioral_health
https://www.facebook.com/officialrecoveryisbeautiful/
https://www.canr.msu.edu/managing_farm_stress/
*How the Opioid Crisis Impacts Individuals and Rural Communities (12/5/17)
Presented by: Michelle Sybesma, Parkdale Center for Professionals
Recorded presentation
Presentation
*This work is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (grant opportunity #: USDA-NIFA-RHSE-006360)
#This work is supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rural Opioids Technical Assistance Grants program [grant opportunity #: 1H79TI0898-01]
