Community Coalitions' Perspectives on Engaging with Hospitals in Ohio to Address the Opioid Crisis.

ABSTRACT: Community coalitions have been leading the multisector response to the opioid epidemic in the Unites States. However, with the medicalization of opioid use disorder and changing health care policies, hospitals have moved to the forefront, becoming more active in collaborating with community coalitions. Little is currently known about how community coalitions view and approach collaborating with hospitals despite its importance for understanding and advancing interorganizational approaches to combating the opioid epidemic. Using data from semistructured interviews (n = 119) conducted from November 2019 to January 2020 as part of the HEALing Communities Study (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04111939), the authors examined how community coalition members perceive hospital collaborations and ex

SUBMITTER: Walker DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature