Spotlight on Opioids: Guidance for Rural Health Care Professionals

Funding provided by CHS helped to support the development of these resources for the farming community.

August 2018 Think Tank Results Report

OnDemand Webinars

Talking to Farmers About Their Pain
Presenters: Dr. Ali Hartman, Consulting PT, DPT, CF-L1, Pro-Activity North Carolina and Knesha Rose-Davison, MPH, Health Communications Director, AgriSafe Network 

The Rise of Opioid Use in Rural Communities: Prevalence and Strategies
Presenter: John Gale, MS, Senior Research Associate, Population Health & Health Policy Program and Maine Rural Health Research Center, University of Southern Maine 

AgriSafe Think Tank: Defining the Rural Health Care Professional's Role in the Prevention of Opioid Misuse

Resources for Health Professionals

Prescribing Guidelines

• Opioids for Acute Pain: What you need to know - CDC factsheet (pdf)
• Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - CDC factsheet (pdf)
• Nonopiod Treatments for Chronic Pain - CDC factsheet (pdf)

Practice Guidelines

• ACOEM Practice Guidelines: Opioids for Treatment of Acute, Subacute, Chronic, and Postoperative Pain - JOEM
• ACOEM Practice Guidelines: Opioids and Safety Sensitive Work - JOEM

Additional Provider Resources

• Resource Guide: Talking to Farmers About Their Pain - AgriSafe/ProActivity (pdf)
• Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale - Wesson & Lang (pdf)
• Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments - CDC factsheet (pdf)
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) - CDC factsheet (pdf)
• 2017 COAT Annual Report - (pdf)
• Talk to Farmers About Their Pain - image (pdf)

• Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose in the Workplace: Information for Employers and Workers