Wednesday, April 24, 2024
4/24/2024
The New Hampshire Opioid Prevention Project (NH OPP) brings together stakeholders that not only recognize but prioritize the call to action to prevent drug use before it starts to build strong and healthy communities. Our partnership will strengthen our response to identified needs and gaps in the prevention of opioid misuse in NH. The goal of the NH OPP is to bolster opioid prevention efforts in NH by implementing a multi-pronged approach to training and technical assistance that will reach varied audiences at the consumer level. Thus, older adults, parents, teens, community coalitions, and healthcare providers will be served with the programs, on demand information such as print resources and videos, and training and skill building opportunities made available with project resources. The NH OPP consists of three components to educate and inform the NH community in the prevention of opioid misuse. First, the project will reach over four hundred rural adults and older adults, 18 years or older, suffering from chronic pain with the evidence-based Chronic Pain Self-Management Program, building self-efficacy and confidence in one's ability to overcome symptoms of chronic pain and depression. We will measure staff and community partners trained to be Chronic Pain Self-Management Program leaders as well as participants reached with online and in person workshops across NH. We will deliver pre- and post-surveys to program participants, assessing impact, satisfaction, and engagement of the program. We will achieve wide reach with information about this program by activating partnerships such as the NH State Opioid Response team, regional public health networks, and healthcare provider practices. Second, we will partner with the NH State Opioid Response team and the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services to develop short informational videos and virtual learning modules to be hosted on the Partnership for Drug Free NH website for the NH community to educate about and destigmatize opioid misuse. Third, our Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, or ECHO, will provide a deep dive into chronic pain management strategies for fifteen NH provider practices and will feature an in-depth educational component about the benefits of the Chronic Pain Self-Management Program as a frontline strategy for reducing opioid prescriptions. We will assess healthcare providers knowledge and competence before and after engagement in the ECHO. Taken together, this project will 1.) increase capacity of adults with chronic pain to implement self-management strategies in effort to reduce opioid use; 2.) increase capacity of the workforce in rural communities to offer low risk pain management opportunities and prevent opioid misuse; and 3.) provide the NH public with interactive, educational virtual content to decrease stigma about opioids and prevent opioid misuse.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
