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17 - Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Access in Rural Areas

Opportunities for Change

from Part III - Macro Level

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

By
Claire Snell-Rood ,
Kara Bensley  and
Laura Schmidt
Edited by
Jalie A. Tucker  and
Katie Witkiewitz
Jalie A. Tucker
Affiliation:
University of Florida
Katie Witkiewitz
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
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Summary

Persons living in urban and rural areas have similar rates of alcohol use, yet the latter possess far fewer options for treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders. There is underappreciated diversity across rural communities that compels an understanding of the broad social and economic determinants of their alcohol and other drug use and engagement with treatment. This chapter examines the delivery of treatment for alcohol use disorder in rural healthcare systems with special attention to the primary care setting, the venue most accessible to rural residents. Novel approaches for rural treatment of substance use disorders are identified that match social and cultural trends of substance use while leveraging the limited resources of the rural behavioral healthcare landscape.

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alcohol use disorderopioidsruraltreatmentprimary caremedication-assisted treatmentwomenracial/ethnic diversitysubstance use disorder treatment
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Dynamic Pathways to Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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