6
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      Prescription drug abuse as a public health problem in Ohio: a case report.

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisherPubMed
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Prescription drug overdose is the leading cause of injury death in Ohio, as well as in 16 other states. Responding to the prescription drug epidemic is particularly challenging given the fragmentation of the health care system and that the consequences of addiction span across systems that have not historically collaborated. This case study reports on how Ohio is responding to the prescription drug epidemic by developing cross-system collaboration from local public health nurses to the Governor's office. In summary, legal and regulatory policies can be implemented relatively quickly whereas changing the substance abuse treatment infrastructure requires significant financial investments.

          Related collections

          Author and article information

          Journal
          Public Health Nurs
          Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)
          Wiley
          1525-1446
          0737-1209
          Nov 2012
          : 29
          : 6
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220, USA. erinwinstanley@me.com
          Article
          10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01043.x
          23078426
          aeef6db1-78e7-45f3-8143-b675f330fd2d
          History

          Comments

          Comment on this article