New Hampshire Baseline Needs Assessment: Practitioner Comfort Treating Substance Use Disorder

This data brief focuses on practitioners’ responses regarding their comfort treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and other SUD

New Hampshire Baseline Needs Assessment: Barriers to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Data Brief

This data brief focuses on practitioners’ and community stakeholders’ reported barriers and challenges to treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and beliefs about treating patients using medications for OUD (MOUD)

Maine Baseline Needs Assessment: Rural Practitioners and Stakeholders [Full Report]

The mission of the University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction (UVM CORA) is to expand substance use treatment capacity in rural counties by providing consultation, resources, training, and evidence-based technical assistance to healthcare practitioners and staff. With our baseline needs assessment, we aimed to identify current and future substance use disorder (SUD) treatment needs and barriers in Maine with direct input from practitioners and stakeholders. The online survey was conducted between April 2021 and June 2021. This report includes responses from 174 practitioners and 141 community stakeholders working in rural areas within all Maine counties; specifically, counties designated as fully rural by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and rural census tracts within partially rural counties. FMI, please contact M. Lindsey Smith, PhD, UVM CORA lead for Maine, at [email protected]

Maine Baseline Needs Assessment: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Barriers and Beliefs Data Brief

This data brief provides findings from the Maine baseline needs assessment, conducted in collaboration with the research staff at the University of Southern Maine\u27s Cutler Institute, and aimed to identify current and future substance use disorder (SUD) treatment needs and barriers in rural Maine. This data brief details practitioner-reported barriers to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and beliefs about OUD treatment. From April to June of 2021, we conducted an online survey to practitioners and community stakeholders working in rural and non-rural counties. Practitioners included primary care providers, addiction medicine specialists, and other practitioners (e.g., obstetrics, emergency medicine). Respondents included 284 practitioners, 174 of whom reported working in areas designated as rural by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). We classified practitioners into one of three specialty groups based on their reported work setting, role, and specialty: 1) primary care practitioners (PCPs; n=131; 88 rural), 2) addiction medicine specialists (n=47; 29 rural), and 3) other practitioners (n=106; 57 rural). The “other” group captured practitioners in non-prescribing roles (e.g., nurse, counselor) as well as prescribing practitioners (e.g., MD, DO) working in settings or specialty areas other than primary care or addiction medicine (e.g., hospital medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry)

Maine Baseline Needs Assessment: Rural Practitioners and Stakeholders Data Brief

This data brief provides findings from the Maine baseline needs assessment, onducted in collaboration with the research staff at the University of Southern Maine\u27s Cutler Institute, and aimed to identify current and future substance use disorder (SUD) treatment needs and barriers in rural Maine counties. From April 2021 to June 2021, we surveyed rural practitioners and community stakeholders working across Maine using an online survey. Respondents included 174 practitioners and 141 community stakeholders working in areas designated as rural by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Practitioner respondents were primarily nurse practitioners (34%) and primary care physicians (32%). Most community stakeholder respondents worked in fire department/emergency medical services (34%) and school settings (29%)

Maine Baseline Needs Assessment: First Responders Data Brief

This data brief provides findings from the Maine baseline needs assessment, conducted in collaboration with the research staff at the University of Southern Maine\u27s Cutler Institute, with the goal to identify current and future substance use disorder (SUD) treatment needs and barriers in rural Maine. This data brief aims to fill a gap in knowledge regarding rural first responders’ involvement, perceptions, and beliefs regarding treatment for people with opioid use disorder (OUD). The brief details first responders’ concerns about substance use, treatment barriers, beliefs about treatment for OUD, and the impact of COVID-19 on substance use and treatment availability. Respondents included 203 community stakeholders, 81 of whom were first responders (74 working in fire and/or Emergency Medical Services, 7 in law enforcement)