UVM CORA produces newsletters each quarter, which highlight our recent work and offerings, share news items, and provide a list of relevant resources and upcoming events from organizations nationwide.
November 18, 2024
Feature on UVM CORA’s technical assistance work with Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Brattleboro, VT, reminder of UVM CORA’s website archive of Community Rounds Workshop Series webinar recordings, recognition of National Rural Health Day on November 21, 2024, and highlights from the placement of a second naloxone vending machine in Vermont.
Link to Technical assistance; archived recordings; and moreNewsletterAugust 12, 2024
New qualitative data brief on the Perspectives on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access and Engagement from Rural Family Members and People in Treatment, new qualitative data summary on Baseline Needs Assessment: Treatment Experiences in Rural Vermont, feature on UVM CORA’s technical assistance work with Margaretville Hospital in Margaretville, New York, announcement of a new website The Rural SUD Info Center, and an update on UVM CORA’s Contingency Management Provider Training video.
Link to Rural treatment experiences; contingency management; and moreNewsletterMay 13, 2024
New wallet-sized user guide on Xylazine Test Strips, highlights from two celebrations for the placement of naloxone vending machines in Maine and New Hampshire, and updates on changes to federal regulations on medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (MOUD) in outpatient treatment programs (OTPs).
Link to Naloxone vending machines; new wallet guide; and moreNewsletterFebruary 12, 2024
New data report on Northern New York needs assessment: rural practitioners, an overview of UVM CORA’s technical assistance work supplying xylazine test strips with a feature from OPTIONS in Kennebec, Maine, and updates on the placement of a second naloxone vending machine.
Link to Xylazine test strips; new data report; and moreNewsletterNovember 13, 2023
Updates on UVM CORA’s support to continue and the placement of a naloxone vending machine, new resource guide on xylazine, new national report on rural substance use disorder stigma and treatment needs, and a feature on UVM CORA’s technical assistance work with Somerset Public Health of Skowhegan, Maine.
Link to Xylazine resource guide; naloxone vending machine; and moreNewsletterMay 15, 2023
New Research Spotlight on the role of stigma among health care providers in the treatment of opioid use disorder, new data brief on stigma and opioid use disorder in northern New England, feature on UVM CORA’s technical assistance work with Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield, Vermont, Inc., UVM CORA faculty awards, and intranasal naloxone vending machine news highlights
Link to Stigma & OUD; technical assistance feature; and moreNewsletterFebruary 13, 2023
New weekly Clinician Office Hours program, new Research Spotlight on increased fatal overdoses involving stimulants and fentanyl, new report on 2020 rural opioid overdose mortality, feature on UVM CORA’s technical assistance work with AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, and intranasal naloxone vending machine pilot program.
Link to Clinician Office Hours; new reports; technical assistance featureNewsletterNovember 14, 2022
Research Spotlight on rural-urban disparities in U.S. cigarette smoking quit rates, information about drug deactivation bags (and how to request from UVM CORA), new UVM CORA staff and open positions, and UVM CORA goes on the road.
Link to Research on rural-urban smoking disparities; drug deactivation bagsNewsletterAugust 15, 2022
Research Spotlight on increasing prevalence of xylazine in fatal opioid overdoses, educational resources about MOUD, UVM CORA’s strategic partners share results of their states’ Baseline Needs Assessments.
Link to Research on xylazine and overdoses; MOUD resources; upcoming conferences and eventsNewsletterMay 31, 2022
Research Spotlight on expanded naloxone distribution to reduce rural opioid overdose mortality, an example of UVM CORA’s technical assistance process from work with a rural substance use prevention coalition, and a new UVM CORA data report: The Maine Baseline Needs Assessment — Rural Practitioners and Stakeholders Report.
Link to Research on intranasal naloxone; behind the scenes of UVM CORA’s technical assistanceNewsletter