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Opioids
SPH This Week | Special Edition
The opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities in every sector of the United States. We are dedicating this issue to this national public health crisis.
In rural Vermont, Professor Emily Rothman is pursuing innovative solutions to the dual, and overlapping, crises of opioid use disorder and intimate partner violence.
People who use heroin prefer different terms depending on the speaker and context, with “people first” language often best, and language suggesting misuse or dependence generally worst.
Through the Activist Bucks micro-grant program, MPH student Rafik Wahbi designed and taught a hip-hop writing class to people in the substance use treatment unit at the Suffolk County House of Correction.
Starting long-term, primary care-based buprenorphine treatment while someone is still in a short-term, inpatient managed withdrawal program is more effective than offering a referral at discharge.
Substance misuse and opioid-related overdoses continue to be a leading public health burden in the United States, where the epidemic spares no race, gender, age, or geographical area.
Opioid Crisis News, Research, Interviews, and Viewpoints
Within MassHEAL, an $89 million, BMC-based project, SPH researchers to lead data management and methodology, communication strategy, and prevention-based interventions.
Class teaches effective public health communication, with students learning to find their public voice by practicing press releases, op-eds, and testimony for public hearings.
Signs of the opioid epidemic are evident in our surrounding community. Here is a look at past events that SPH has held to tackle this public health challenge.
