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The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County applied for and received an Overdose Data to Action or OD2A grant.  The funds will focus on establishing linkages to care, enhancing partnerships with public safety and first responders, empowering individuals to make safer choices, and enhancing surveillance and data sharing. DOH-Volusia’s primary partners for this project include Volusia Recovery Alliance, SMA Healthcare, and the County of Volusia’s Department of Public Protection. These strategic partnerships will be used to build a peer workforce, improve data connectivity, provide education, and reduce stigma. In Volusia County, additional funding was awarded through Implementing Overdose Prevention Strategies At The Local Level grant. To continually improve the well-being of Volusia County residents. The Health Department is committed to working with community partners to increase education and awareness of opioid use and misuse, especially in high-risk communities. 

This video is designed to walk clinical teams through the process of SBIRT. SBIRT helps with early identification of women who need treatment for substance use disorder.  Presented from the perspective of a practicing OB/GYN physician interacting with a woman affected by substance use.  Includes recommendations for evidence-based screening tools. Focus is on increasing SBIRT for all pregnant women in order to increase the number of women who are identified and receive timely and appropriate treatment. ACOG, SMFM and FPQC recommend medication assisted treatment for pregnant women with OUD. (Abstinence-only programs may be appropriate for select women who are provided comprehensive supporting services.)    

Learn more about using SBIRT to screening mothers for substance use disorder at the FPQC MORE Initiative site, where you will find our toolkit and toolbox of current resources: http://fpqc.org/more #SBIRT #Pregnancy #SubstanceUseDisorder #FPQC #MORE 

Find patient information about maternal substance use disorder at the FPQC Maternal Opioid Recovery Effort (MORE Initiative) site and in our toolbox: http://fpqc.org/more 

#Recovery #Pregnancy #Support #FPQC #MORE

While everyone was focused on Covid over the past few years, America’s decades-old opioid crisis entered a new deadly phase – largely because of one drug in particular: fentanyl. Potent, cheap and ubiquitous, it’s sometimes mixed by street dealers with other drugs including marijuana, cocaine and even adderall, creating a ‘cocktail’ that kills people who unwittingly buy it.   

Bloomberg reporters Emma Court, Linly Lin and Leonardo Nicoletti join this episode to talk about the consequences of fentanyl’s rise in cities around the country. And Helena Girouard, a health official in hard-hit Volusia County, Florida, gives an up-close look at the crisis there and how the local government is trying to bring it under control.  

Learn more about this story here: https://bloom.bg/3FM4llG (https://bloom.bg/3FM4llG)  

Written and presented by women in recovery, designed to help women choose to enter the recovery process. Discusses fears and barriers that prevent women from entering care, and tips for how to eliminate those barriers. Addresses the importance of support from the health care team in the recovery process. Appropriate for pregnant, post-partum, and parenting women with substance use disorder.   

Find patient information about maternal substance use disorder at the FPQC Maternal Opioid Recovery Effort (MORE Initiative) site and in our toolbox: http://fpqc.org/more 

#Recovery #Pregnancy #Support #FPQC #MORE