Awareness: An Opioid Epidemic in the Black Community?

Apr 27, 2019

Join Leonore Okwara, MPH as she brings awareness to the opioid epidemic in the African American community.

Show notes:

1. CDC Definition: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/prescribing.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fdrugoverdose%2Fdata%2Foverdose.html
2. CDC Categories of Opioids https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/analysis.html
3. CDC Opioid Epidemic https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/epidemic/index.html
4. HHS Opioid Epidemic https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html
5. CDC Prescription Opioid Overdose Data https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/index.html
6. Healthy People 2020 Opioid deaths disparities overview (click the "+" next to MPS-2.4.1 and click "Disparities by race and ethnicity") https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/medical-product-safety/objectives
7. Separate, unequal and overlooked https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-01-28/black-americas-opioid-crisis-separate-unequal-overlooked
8. The Opioid Crisis in Black Communities https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1073110518782949?journalCode=lmec

 

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