ArticleThe American journal on addictions2022
Educating the community about the opioid epidemic and medications for opioid use disorder.
Article in The American journal on addictions, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of medications for opioid use disorder among Black Kentuckians.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Educating the community about the opioid epidemic and medications for opioid use disorder.The American journal on addictions · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesDespite overwhelming evidence of benefit, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) remain stigmatizing and more efforts are needed to educate health care professionals and the general public.
methodsWe developed and evaluated an educational program for graduate students studying health sciences, teaching them to deliver 1 h presentations to the community on the opioid crisis and the usefulness of MOUD.
resultsTo date, 120 graduate students have participated in this training experience on substance use disorders and delivered 59 presentations to more than 1065 community members. We found a significant increase in knowledge among students following the training. In addition, although attitudes and beliefs were generally positive at baseline, we also found significant increases in positives attitudes about the treatment of addiction and working with patients with addictions. Almost all students believed the course enhanced their professional expertise and would recommend it to others. We compared our students' baseline knowledge and attitudes to a large sample of other graduate students and did not find significant differences indicating good external validity of our results. Finally, we evaluated change in community members' knowledge and attitudes (N = 315) following student presentations and found significant increases in knowledge and positive attitude change toward MOUD. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsOverall our program was feasible, enjoyable, and effective in meeting its goals of increasing knowledge acquisition and improving attitudes among students and the greater community. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Graduate students in health sciences can be trained to successfully teach the public about the opioid crisis and the usefulness of MOUD.
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