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Please join Addiction Policy Forum and HEALing Communities Study researchers including SIG's Tim Hunt for a webinar on February 2, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET on key recommendations to reduce overdose fatalities from the Opioid-Overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach (ORCCA).

Developed through the HEALing Communities Study, the ORCCA framework can help communities implement system- and practice-level changes to reduce opioid overdose deaths. The HEALing Communities Study, a multi-site research study, tested the impact of an integrated set of evidence-based practices across healthcare, behavioral health, justice, and other community-based settings. HEALing Communities is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative®.

Speakers will provide an overview of the evidence-based practices and accompanying implementation strategies compiled in the ORCCA. The framework was designed as a menu of options for communities to reduce opioid overdose deaths. The science and evidence behind the framework were published in the Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence and outlined 3 recommended menus of evidence-based practices: overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND), medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and prescription opioid safety. This webinar will highlight how partners in Massachusetts, Kentucky, New York, and Ohio implemented the ORCCA, including 19 implementation strategies to reduce opioid overdose deaths.

Speakers:

• Dr. Redonna Chandler, Director, HEALing Communities Study, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of the Director 

• Dr. Timothy Hunt, Associate Research Scientist and Associate Director, Columbia University School of Social Work’s Social Intervention Group

• Dr. T. John Winhusen, Director, Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 

• Dr. Alexander Walley, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine 

• Dr. Patricia Freeman, Earl Platt Slone Endowed Professor in Pharmacy Practice and Science and University Research Professor, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

• Jessica Hulsey, Founder & CEO, Addiction Policy Forum (Webinar Moderator)

This webinar is sponsored by HEAL Connections, an initiative funded by the NIH HEAL Initiative. 

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