Cross-sector Collaboration to Address the Prescription Drug Misuse Crisis
Year: 2017 | Competency/Strategic Skill: Community and Partner Engagement | Priority Topic: Opioid Abuse | Setting: Online | Format: On-Demand | Sponsor: Emory University/Central Office
Overview:
This is a 90-minute recording of a live webinar.
This webinar will describe East Tennessee State University’s efforts to curb the opioid epidemic along the continuum of addiction. ETSU’s Academic Health Science Center has engaged multiple constituents to conduct federally funded research, community based practice and more importantly, to foster cross-sector engagement and education. The team hosts monthly meetings to facilitate partnerships across sectors with multiple aims. These aims include regional health improvement, research capacity development and community outreach.