HEALing Communities Study: Progress and Impact

March 28 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Event Organizer

James David
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Presenter:
Redonna Chandler, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Moderators:
Dean Melissa Begg and University Professor Nabila El-Bassel

Scientists from the nation’s leading health agencies and four major academic institutions have partnered with 67 heavily impacted communities in four states (Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio) to test a set of interventions to combat the opioid crisis. The ambitious HEALing Communities Study has aimed to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent over 3 years in participating communities.

In this talk, the study’s Program Director Redonna Chandler will discuss the progress and impact of this groundbreaking and  community-driven approach, including the expansion of access to evidence-based strategies, the improvement of data availability and timeliness, the reduction of stigma through public health communication campaigns, and modification of relevant policies to create a significant decrease in fatal opioid overdoses.

Investigators from the following academic institutions joined together to implement the HEALing Communities Study and sponsor these talks: Columbia University’s CHOSEN Center on Addiction, the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Information Technologies, City University of New York’s School of Public Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Cornell University’s Department of Population Health Science.