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AL MDA 2019 Mid Winte r Confe re nc e Poste r Pre se nta tion
Abstra c t 19- 1- 01 T itle : T
ra nsfo rming De live ry o f Ca re a t the Ha rm Re duc tio n Clinic
Author: T
i Ho a ng , MS, OMS-I I I , Ala b a ma Co lle g e o f Oste o pa thic Me dic ine , Do tha n, AL
Summa ry: Opio ids we re histo ric a lly pre sc rib e d to tre a t c hro nic pa in a c ro ss the Unite d
Sta te s. Ho we ve r, it ha s tra nsc e nde d the b o unda rie s o f a ppro pria te me dic a l a pplic a tio n, a s pa tie nts b e c a me inc re a sing ly a ddic te d o r de pe nde nt. F
- r e xa mple ,
b e twe e n 2014 a nd 2015, Ma ssa c huse tts wa s o ne o f nine te e n sta te s to ha ve a sta tistic a lly sig nific a nt inc re a se in the ra te o f o pio id-re la te d de a ths.1 Be twe e n 2012 a nd 2016, the sta te sa w a 170% diffe re nc e .2 Ho we ve r, Bro c kto n, MA in pa rtic ula r e xpe rie nc e d a 367% diffe re nc e .3 By a na lyzing the c a use s o f re la pse in suc h a hig h-risk c o mmunity, da ta c a n b e e xtra po la te d to the sta te a nd/ o r na tio na l le ve l to ide ntify trig g e rs a nd sub se q ue ntly me tho ds o f pre ve ntio n o r c e ssa tio n. T we nty-thre e pa tie nts in the Bro c kto n Ne ig hb o rho o d He a lth Ce nte r (BNHC) Ha rm Re duc tio n Clinic (HRC) we re inte rvie we d o n-site b e fo re o r a fte r the ir a ppo intme nts. We a dministe re d a vo lunta ry surve y tha t c o nta ine d te n o pe n-e nde d q ue stio ns a b o ut b a rrie rs to so b rie ty, re la pse , mo tiva tio n a nd c o nfide nc e to a c hie ve g o a ls, a nd c linic impro ve me nt. Re po nse s we re a no nymo us a nd re c o rde d in a priva te se tting . Qua lita tive re sults we re c o nve rte d to q ua ntita tive re sults fo r a na lysis. Mo tiva tio n a nd c o nfide nc e to a c hie ve g o a ls we re ra nke d o n a sc a le o f 1-10. T he a ve ra g e fo r mo tiva tio n wa s 8.7 a nd c o nfide nc e 7.8. Appro xima te ly 60% o f pa tie nts re po rte d “me nta l he a lth” o r a so c ia l fa c to r a s a trig g e r fo r o pio id use o r re la pse . T he c o mmo n sug g e stio n fo r impro ving the HRC wa s to ha ve e ve ning o r we e ke nd a ppo intme nt time s a s we ll a s the a dditio n o f g ro up me e ting s. Ba se d o n o ur finding s, o ur re c o mme nda tio ns to impro ve de live ry o f c a re a t HRC we re e xpa nding a ppo intme nt a va ila b ility to the e ve ning s o r we e ke nds, the a dditio n o f e ve ning g ro up me e ting s, the hiring o f a ma le c o unse lo r, a nd inc luding a b e ha vio ra l o r me nta l he a lth spe c ia list in the sa me visit a s the physic ia n o r c o unse lo r. T he a b se nc e o f the se fe a ture s pa rtia lly e xpla ine d the disc re pa nc y b e twe e n the sc o re a ve ra g e s b e twe e n mo tiva tio n a nd c o nfide nc e in a c hie ving g o a ls. I de ntifying c a use s o f re la pse a nd se e king a re a s to impro ve tre a tme nt de live ry a re e sse ntia l in c urb ing the rise in
- pio id use .
Re fe re nc e s:
1 https:/ / www.c dc .g o v/ drug o ve rdo se / da ta / sta te de a ths.html 2 http:/ / www.ma ss.g o v/ e o hhs/ do c s/ dph/ sto p-a ddic tio n/ c urre nt-sta tistic s/ da ta -b rie f-
- ve rdo se -de a ths-ma y-2017.pdf