Awareness: An Opioid Epidemic in the Black Community?
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Join Leonore Okwara, MPH as she brings awareness to the opioid epidemic in the African American community.
Show notes:
- CDC Definition: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/prescribing.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fdrugoverdose%2Fdata%2Foverdose.html
- CDC Categories of Opioids https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/analysis.html
- CDC Opioid Epidemic https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/epidemic/index.html
- HHS Opioid Epidemic https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html
- CDC Prescription Opioid Overdose Data https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/index.html
- 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
- Separate, unequal and overlooked https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-01-28/black-americas-opioid-crisis-separate-unequal-overlooked
- The Opioid Crisis in Black Communities https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1073110518782949?journalCode=lmec
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