TY - JOUR
AU - A. W. Condie
AU - H. Judd
AU - A. C. Yaugher
A1 - 
AB - The opioid overdose epidemic continues to disproportionately impact underserved rural areas throughout the nation, with many of these rural areas experiencing greater opioid-related mortality rates than their urban counterparts. With limited treatment infrastructure and resources, two rural communities in Southeast Utah utilized community-based participatory research collaboration principles to develop, implement, and evaluate a series of evidence-based community opioid education events. This practical and quantitative study surveying 123 participants describes the collaborative efforts of two rural communities in addressing the devastating impacts of the opioid overdose epidemic and reflects on the success of the events via descriptive analysis of summary data. These events increased participants' reported perceptions of and knowledge in four main education areas: stigma reduction, prevention and treatment awareness, naloxone education and use, and resource location awareness. Post-event surveys further supported these results, revealing improved learning in each of these four areas, indicating increased knowledge toward opioid use disorder treatments and stigma reduction. In addition, participants identified key takeaways such as local resource awareness and dismantling stigma as effective strategies to reduce the negative effects of the opioid overdose epidemic. This model for rural community education supports previous research and serves as an effective strategy of public health practice to address the opioid overdose epidemic on a local level.
AD - Utah State University Extension, HEART Initiative, Logan, UT, USA.
AN - 36382806
BT - Health Educ Behav
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; Healthcare Disparities
CP - 6
DA - Dec
DO - 10.1177/10901981221135506
DP - NLM
ET - 20221116
IS - 6
JF - Health Educ Behav
LA - eng
N2 - The opioid overdose epidemic continues to disproportionately impact underserved rural areas throughout the nation, with many of these rural areas experiencing greater opioid-related mortality rates than their urban counterparts. With limited treatment infrastructure and resources, two rural communities in Southeast Utah utilized community-based participatory research collaboration principles to develop, implement, and evaluate a series of evidence-based community opioid education events. This practical and quantitative study surveying 123 participants describes the collaborative efforts of two rural communities in addressing the devastating impacts of the opioid overdose epidemic and reflects on the success of the events via descriptive analysis of summary data. These events increased participants' reported perceptions of and knowledge in four main education areas: stigma reduction, prevention and treatment awareness, naloxone education and use, and resource location awareness. Post-event surveys further supported these results, revealing improved learning in each of these four areas, indicating increased knowledge toward opioid use disorder treatments and stigma reduction. In addition, participants identified key takeaways such as local resource awareness and dismantling stigma as effective strategies to reduce the negative effects of the opioid overdose epidemic. This model for rural community education supports previous research and serves as an effective strategy of public health practice to address the opioid overdose epidemic on a local level.
PY - 2023
SN - 1090-1981
SP - 728
EP - 737+
ST - Opioid Use Disorder Community Education Events: Rural Public Health Implications
T1 - Opioid Use Disorder Community Education Events: Rural Public Health Implications
T2 - Health Educ Behav
TI - Opioid Use Disorder Community Education Events: Rural Public Health Implications
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; Healthcare Disparities
U3 - 10.1177/10901981221135506
VL - 50
VO - 1090-1981
Y1 - 2023
ER -