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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mathis, Stephanie M.
• Hagemeier, Nicholas
• Hagaman, Angela
• Dreyzehner, John
• Pack, Robert P.

Titel

A Dissemination and Implementation Science Approach to the Epidemic of Opioid Use Disorder in the United States

Ist Teil von

• Current HIV/AIDS reports, 2018-10, Vol.15 (5), p.359-370

Ort / Verlag

New York: Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Springer LINK

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Purpose of Review This review aims to (1) conceptualize the complexity of the opioid use disorder epidemic using a conceptual model grounded in the disease continuum and corresponding levels of prevention and (2) summarize a select set of interventions for the prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder. Recent Findings Epidemiologic data indicate non-medical prescription and illicit opioid use have reached unprecedented levels, fueling an opioid use disorder epidemic in the USA. A problem of this magnitude is rooted in multiple supply- and demand-side drivers, the combined effect of which outweighs current prevention and treatment efforts. Multiple primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention interventions, both evidence-informed and evidence-based, are available to address each point along the disease continuum—non-use, initiation, dependence, addiction, and death. Summary If interventions grounded in the best available evidence are disseminated and implemented across the disease continuum in a coordinated and collaborative manner, public health systems could be increasingly effective in responding to the epidemic.