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Overall Project Summary and Goals:
Overall Project Summary and Goals:
Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers (AACHC) was awarded a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to: (1) target and tailor treatment and prevention resources in areas of most need within the state; (2) provide training to the rural target service area for OUD prevention and treatment providers, law enforcement and community members around OUD and overdose prevention, Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and coordinated and integrated care models; (3) increase access to Naloxone kits to prevent opioid overdose deaths; (4) expand navigation and access to MAT and integrated treatment and recovery systems through new venues, new providers, new model processes, and by increasing the number of high risk individuals served; (5) increase the ability to ensure the likelihood of recovery success by expanding peer support services, recovery homes, and recovery supports to pregnant and parenting women; and (6) disseminate trainings, policies, procedures, resources, and lessons learned to community partners and county health departments in rural communities.
Comprehensive Pain & Addiction Center's Role: Summary and Goals
The CPAC’s mission is to improve pain management, and prevent and address substance misuse and addiction. CPAC’s strategic plan outlines four initiatives. Our collaboration with AACHC is within the education and outreach core. As part of AzRORI, CPAC is collaborating with AACHC to offer state-wide training and technical assistance with a focus on Gila, Graham, and Mohave counties. (continued ) Santa Cruz Cochise Pima Yuma Pinal Graham Greenlee Maricopa La Paz Gila Yavapai Apache Mohave Coconino Navajo More specifically, Project AzRORI goals are aligned with CPACs strategic plan and aim to: Goal 1: Prevention/Core Activity 3 (manage). Provide training and other professional development opportunities to increase the number of providers, including physicians, behavioral health providers, advanced practice nurses, pharmacists, and other health and social service professionals, who are able to identify and treat SUD/OUD. Goal 1: Prevention/Core Activity 9 (manage). Support providers to serve as on-hand consultants for their colleagues in topics essential to quality integrated SUD, mental health, and OUD treatment services (e.g., diagnosing co-occurring mental health conditions, providing MAT, patient engagement, care coordination, hepatitis virus treatment). Goal 2: Treatment/Core Activity 1 (support): Increase the number of providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse-midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and physician assistants who are trained, certified, and willing to provide MAT, including by providing opportunities for existing rural providers to obtain DATA 2000 Drug Enforcement Agency waivers.
Why create a learning hub?
Why create a learning hub?
As part of funding AzRORI faculty, staff, and students work to offer ongoing educational support for providers to increase capacity for offering evidence-based prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery for substance use, misuse and addiction. The counties of focus for this project were Gila, Graham, and Mohave.
This learning hub provides links to recent and relevant sources of information related to health equity, disparities, stigma, medication assisted treatment, and county specific information. We have used journal articles, videos, and practice-based guides to accommodate multiple learning styles.
We believe that profound change within substance use care can be made with simple actions such as speaking out, using data to inform practice, advocating for quality services, and making a promise to lifelong learning.
UArizona's Land Acknowledgement Statement
UArizona's Land Acknowledgement Statement
We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.
We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.
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