A center at the University of North Texas Health Science Center will share findings to communities most affected by the worsening opioid crisis. “We already know quite a bit about best practices,” Walters notes.
Scott Walters, PhD, is the steering committee chair of the HEALing Communities Study, which stands for Helping to End Addiction Long-term. This program was launched in 2019 as a partnership between the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40% through testing ways to make it easier for communities to use evidence-based practices to prevent opioid misuse, addiction, and overdose in healthcare, justice, and behavioral health settings. [Photo: UNTHSC]