Name
J05 - Building a System of Care for People With Substance Use Disorder Through Police, Transit, and Community Relationships
Description

Philadelphia, PA has the highest overdose rate of the ten largest cities in the U.S. at 89.7 per 100,000 in 2023 (PDPH, 2023). People with substance use disorder (SUD) often experience a wide variety of personal, social and environmental barriers to connecting to and stabilizing in sustained SUD treatment. These include medical and mental health conditions, housing, transportation, income and employment, childcare, and stigma from traditional healthcare services. Integrated Care is not new, but usually explores how medical services integrate behavioral health into their programs. The Merakey Parkside program is traditionally behavioral health-centered program, focused on substance use disorders, but has integrated a social outreach team, a police diversion team and an integrated health infectious disease program along with child play area, employment resources, and transportation assistance and relationships with local hospitals and outpatient clinics to promote a system of care approach to substance use and addiction treatment. This presentation will focus on our mobile outreach teams and how they connect people with SUD to sustainable outpatient care with extensive resources.

Date & Time
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Josh Vigderman
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Medical, Population and public health, Prevention, Substance abuse management (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs)
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
JMC, Medical
Location Name
Bowie C
Objective 1
Understand how outreach teams engage with vulnerable populations and connect them to need resources.
Objective 2
Recognize how outpatient treatment programs can build and leverage relationships with law enforcement, public transportation, hospitals and local communities to support vulnerable populations.
Objective 3
Gain knowledge of the Merakey Parkside model and how the various programs and resource connections interact to build a system of care.
Content Reference 1

Stewart, R. E., Shen, L., Kwon, N., Vigderman, J., Kramer, S., Mandell, D. S., Candon, M., Lamb, R., & Rothbard, A. B. (2021). Transporting to treatment: Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile engagement unit. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108377

Content Reference 2

Anderson, E., Shefner, R., Koppel, R., Megerian, C., & Frasso, R. (2022). Experiences with the Philadelphia police assisted diversion program: A qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy, 100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103521

Content Reference 3

Langabeer, J., Champagne-Langabeer, T., Luber, S. D., Prater, S. J., Stotts, A., Kirages, K., Yatsco, A., & Chambers, K. A. (2020). Outreach to people who survive opioid overdose: Linkage and retention in treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2019.12.008

Content Reference 4

Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Unintentional Drug Overdose Fatalities in Philadelphia, 2022. CHART 2023; 8(3):1-7.