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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 [PDF 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 MB] of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.

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Prenatal Risk Overview (PRO) (PDF - n/a KB)

The PRO screens pregnant women for psychosocial risk factors that may affect a healthy pregnancy or birth or impede a woman’s ability to comply with prenatal care recommendations.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Minneapolis Health Department
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Managing Pain Patients Who Abuse Prescription Drugs

Allows medical students and other health professionals to use a test-and-teach module to practice their clinical skills. Describes the symptoms and prevalence of opioid addiction and dependence in patients with chronic pain and the steps clinicians can take to screen for, prevent, and treat such conditions.
Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Medical Providers
Graduate Education
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year

Prescribed Opioids Difficulties Scale (PODS)

Identifies patient problems and concerns attributed to use of opioids, rather than focusing on aberrant behaviors.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Banta-Green C. (University of Washington)
Year

Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) (PDF - 1.54 MB)

The purpose of this manual is to introduce the ASSIST and to describe how to use it in health care settings – particularly community based primary health care settings – to identify people who are using substances, so that a brief intervention (or referral) can be provided, as appropriate.

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
World Health Organization
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Getting Started With Medication-Assisted Treatment (PDF - 1.1 MB)

Provides lessons learned from organizations with established MAT programs, including making the business case for MAT, securing buy-in from staff, overcoming community resistance, paying for MAT, finding prescribers, obtaining licenses and credentials, screening and assessing patients, combining medication and therapy, and sustaining a MAT program.

Format
Toolkit
Audience
Communities
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx)
Year

4Ps Screening Tool for Drug and Alcohol Use (PDF - 10.2 KB)

This screening device is often used as a way to begin discussion about drug and alcohol use. Any woman who answers yes to one or more questions should be referred for further assessment.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) (PDF - 124 KB)

Uses a 17-item self-assessment to identify patients with chronic pain taking opioids who have indicators of current aberrant drug-related behaviors.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Source
Women's Health Council of Rhode Island
Year