Pathways to opioid use and implications for prevention: voices of young adults in recovery (2 credit hours)

Program Summary:   This course explores young adult pathways to opioid and non-medical prescription opioid use with implications for prevention.  The course highlights a qualitative and quantitative research study of thirty young adults in recovery from OUD.  Risk factors, protective factors, and main themes are identified.  Recommendations for prevention are offered and include a discussion of supply-side and demand-side strategies.  About Prescription Opioids is the second reading for the course and includes information on pain management, side effects of opioids, prescription opioid misuse, and risk for overdose.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

Reading 1:  Pathways to opioid use and implications for prevention:  voices of young adults in recovery Authors: Parissa J. Ballard, Taylor J. Arnold, Elena M. Vidrascu, Guadalupe C. Hernandez, Emily Ozer, Mark Wolfson, Rebekah Lassiter, Himani Nayyar, and Stephanie S. Daniel Publisher: Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention, and Policy BMC

Reading 2:  About Prescription Opioids Publisher:  CDC

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Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring young adult pathways to opioid and non-medical prescription opioid use and implications for prevention.

Learning Objectives:  Describe young adult pathways to opioid and non-medical prescription opioid use.  Identify risk factors and protective factors.   Describe implications for prevention.

Course Available Until: January 31, 2029.

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1: Background//  Research about opioid use disorders among AYAs has focused almost exclusively on the root causes driving the demand for opioids.
 
 
2: Which of the following is considered a supply side approach?
 
 
 
 
3: A review of prescription drug use among US racial/ethnic minorities found that _________ significantly predicted use.
 
 
 
 
4: Some studies suggest that non-medical use of prescription opioids is more common among those
 
 
5: Table 2//  In terms of access, as coded from interviews, substances were accessed most often through
 
 
 
 
 
6: Table 4// "I've always had problems with anxiety, depression. I was very very sad from a very young age and I think I was just looking for that kind of happiness from outside factors..." best illustrates
 
 
 
 
 
 
7: "I always wanted to kind of get out of myself because I didn't like myself" best illustrates
 
 
 
 
 
 
8: "I went back to public school technically in the eighth grade, and I was 13 and I didn't have any friends. No one wanted to be friends with the weird girl from private school..." best illustrates
 
 
 
 
 
 
9: "I was a gifted kid, and so when the time came to actually have to do work and really put time into schoolwork, I was really bad about that, so I skipped a lot of school"
 
 
 
 
 
 
10: Discussion//  From the survey data, a highly noted risk factor was
 
 
 
 
11: These findings suggest a need for more _________ to be provided to young people across multiple developmental settings, such as families, schools, and communities.
 
 
 
 
12: Reading 2//  Generally, for acute pain, opioids are rarely needed for more than
 
 
 
 
13: The most common drugs involved in prescription opioid overdose deaths include which of the following?
 
 
 
 
 
 
14: Of those who reported misuse of prescription pain relievers in 2023, more than 2/3 reported misusing to
 
 
 
 
15: Of those who reported misuse of prescription pain relievers in 2023, more than a quarter obtained their pain reliever from
 
 
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: January 31, 2029.
Filed under: Addiction, Opioids