Adapting Opioid Misuse Prevention Programs During COVID-19: Implications for Increasing Access Post Pandemic

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Physical distancing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the uptake of virtual options for prevention providers and clinical service provision in general. In this paper, we bring together experiences from the HEAL Prevention Cooperative, a unique cohort of research projects representing a continuum of care from community-level promotion to indicated prevention with older adolescents and young adults to increase access to services to prevent opioid misuse. We offer options that preventionists and other providers can implement or continue to use to expand access to youth and families who experience difficulty accessing opioid-related preventive services and supports. We also discuss challenges in implementing physical distancing adaptations that were required to operate during the pandemic. We discuss intervention adaptations along four pillars useful for providers and researchers: connecting with partners, recruitment, prevention service provision, and data collection and evaluation. We also provide recommendations for health professionals and practitioners and for future research.

About the author

Lissette M. Saavedra, PhD, is a senior research psychologist at RTI International

Jessica D. Cance, PhD, MPH, is a senior research public health analyst at RTI International

Elizabeth J. D’Amico, PhD, is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation

Dan Dickerson, DO, MPH, is an associate research psychiatrist at University of California, Los Angeles

Lisa Saldana, PhD, is a scientist at Chestnut Health Systems, Lighthouse Institute—Oregon.

Gracelyn Cruden, PhD, is a scientist at Chestnut Health Systems, Lighthouse Institute—Oregon.

Amy M. Yule, MD, is an associate professor of psychiatry at Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine

Maureen Walton, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry, associate director for the Injury Prevention Center, and an associate director for child research for the Addiction Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Erin E. Bonar, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and serves at the Injury Prevention Center and the Addiction Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Danica Knight, PhD, is the Rees-Jones Director of the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development and a professor of psychology at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.

Yang Yang, PhD, is a research scientist at the Institute of Behavioral Research at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth

Claudia-Santi Fernandes, EdD, LPC, CHES, is the founding director of Youth4Wellness at Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine

Lynn Fiellin, MD, is the director of the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games, the founding director of play2PREVENT Lab, instructor of investigative medicine, and director of the ForAGirl Program at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine

Tyra Boomer, MEM, is deputy director of the play2PREVENT Lab at Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine

Kelli Komro, PhD, MPH, is a professor in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

Elizabeth Stormshak, PhD, is the Philip H. Knight Chair and a professor in counseling psychology and human services at the University of Oregon

Jodi Ford, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a professor and the assistant director of the Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children and Youth and the director of the Stress Science Lab at The Ohio State University

Natasha Slesnick, PhD, is the Education and Human Ecology Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Science in the Department of Human Sciences and is an associate dean for research at The Ohio State University

Sherri Spinks, BA, is a senior project management specialist at RTI International

Antonio A. Morgan-López, PhD, is a Senior Fellow in quantitative psychology at RTI International

Kelly Kelleher, MD, PhD, is professor of health behavior and health promotion at The Ohio State University

Kevin Haggerty, PhD, is professor for prevention at Seattle Children’s Hospital & University of Washington

Kym Ahrens, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital & University of Washington

Sheila V. Patel, PhD, is a research public health analyst at RTI International

Ty Ridenour, PhD, is a senior research public health analyst at RTI International

Phillip Graham, DrPH, is Principal Scientist at RTI International

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