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              Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
              2018
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Mon, 11/30/2020 - 14:35**Principal Investigators:**Dr. Carlin Rafie, Virginia Tech Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, and Extension Specialist/Virginia Cooperative Extension, and Dr. Emily Zimmerman, VCU Department of Family Medicine and Population Health and Senior Researcher/Director of Community Engaged Research and Qualitative Research at the VCU Center on Society and Health

**Community Partners:**Martinsville Opioid Task Force, Piedmont Community Services, Sovah Health, and the West Piedmont Department of Health

**Title:**Participatory Action Planning to Address the Opioid Epidemic in a Rural Virginia Community

Martinsville, VA is a rural area with one of the highest opioid prescription rates in the United States. Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University’s two-year project will bring together community partners and stakeholders in Martinsville to address the local opioid crisis. Due to the complexity of factors involved in the opioid crisis, a multisector response is needed for effective intervention with collaboration among a broad array of stakeholders to identify strategies, and plan and implement changes.

The project will be led by a community-based participatory research team, Engaging Martinsville (EM), in collaboration with the Martinsville Opioid Task Force. Researchers will use the Stakeholder Engagement in question Development (SEED) Method, a multilevel stakeholder model, to build conceptual models that explore potential causal factors leading to health outcomes, and to collaboratively develop and prioritize research questions, interventions, and/or policy approaches.

The researchers will then use these results to create multisector action plans to address the opioid epidemic in Martinsville and to share the results nationally to assist other communities struggling to develop effective means of reducing the impact of opioid abuse and drug overdoses.

The project aims to:

Develop stakeholder conceptual models related to opioid abuse
	Generate stakeholder priorities for addressing the opioid epidemic in Martinsville, including strategies, policies, and research questions
	Facilitate development of action plans and support next steps based on action priorities
	Disseminate findings locally, regionally, and nationally**Additional Resources:**

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
	Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Family Medicine and Population Health
	CDC: Changes in opioid prescribing in the United States, 2006 - 2015
	Martinsville concern for the opioid overdoses
	Martinsville Bulletin article about the project
	Virginia Cooperative Extension opioid abuse reduction programs
	The SEED Method for Stakeholder Engagement
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