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These results suggest that community-focused, data-driven interventions that scale up evidence-based practices with a communications campaign may collectively contribute to successes in addressing the evolving nature of some opioid-involved polysubstance overdose deaths. #stopoverdose #treatment #publichealth #opioids https://lnkd.in/eZRCA8tm

Research shows that, when taken as prescribed, medications for opioid use disorder — such as methadone and a similar medicine, buprenorphine — can reduce dangerous drug use and cut overdose fatalities by more than half. Other studies have found the risk of overdose and death increases when treatment is interrupted. #medicaid #opioids #treatment #publichealth #coverage https://lnkd.in/dxW_jDZP

There are nearly 3 million direct care workers who are predominantly female (87%) and low-wage (65%); over one-quarter are Black (28%) and over four in ten are 50 years old or more (41%). #healthcare #healthequity #ltss #publichealth https://lnkd.in/dKraTXvb

In all, nearly 5,000 more people of color died from overdoses in 2023 than in 2021, while deaths among white people dropped by more than 6,000, according to the analysis of provisional data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of early this year, based on partial counts, Black and Native people remain the hardest hit, having earlier in the pandemic surpassed white rates. Hispanic and Asian people are still experiencing more overdose deaths as well. #healthequity #stopoverdose #publichealth https://lnkd.in/dTRQYSDm

The U.S. health care system, “by its very design, delivers different outcomes for different populations,” said a June report from the The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Those racial and ethnic inequities “also contribute to millions of premature deaths, resulting in loss of years of life and economic productivity.” Over a recent two-decade span, mounting research shows, the United States has made almost no progress in eliminating racial disparities in key health indicators, even as political and public health leaders vowed to do so. #publichealth #healthequity #healthcare https://lnkd.in/gQPWDrwy

“There are a lot of things that both parties can point to, as far as progress that’s been made in addressing overdoses: We’ve seen bipartisan efforts to expand access to treatment, to expand access to health services for people who use drugs..." #fentanyl #politics Maritza Perez Medina, Esq. Erika Franklin Fowler #publichealth #harmreduction https://lnkd.in/gZcVH6vz

But this box, and the almost a dozen others that have popped up in various locations in Summit County since September, don’t contain newspapers. Instead, these boxes contain a life-saving antidote: naloxone. #naloxone #harmreduction #colorado #publichealth Maggie Seldeen #stopoverdose https://lnkd.in/gFRnsnUx

“To achieve BHA’s mission of transforming Colorado’s behavioral health system, it’s crucial that we understand and address the specific needs of the people of Colorado,” said Dannette R. Smith, MSW, BHA Commissioner. “We are grateful for the collaboration with our communities in shaping these rule changes. As a state, we are committed to fulfilling our promise of expanding access to care as outlined in these new laws.” #colorado #healthcare #safetynet Cristen Bates Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing - HCPF Colorado Behavioral Health Administration Daniel Darting Breeah Kinsella Chris Lindley Charles Davis https://lnkd.in/gkasdhwV

Out of a dozen regular female cannabis consumers, the majority cited mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression as their primary reason for usage. To be sure, there is little evidence to suggest cannabis can help with those issues. #cannabis #publichealth #womenshealth #mentalhealth https://lnkd.in/gd5NRZDc

“We have acted as though the body starts from the neck down instead of understanding we need health care from the neck up." #mentalhealth #healthcare #access #coverage https://lnkd.in/gjGbR9DT