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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IS
WORKING WITH COMMUNITES THAT
ARE DEALING WITH HIGH RATES OF
OPIOD MISUE DISORDER.
THE VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION IS DEALING WITH HIGH
DISORDER ISSUES.
HERE TO TELL US HOW THE
ORGANIZATION AND THE
CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE THE
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION ACROSS
THE STATE IS DR. KAREN VINES.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS INTERESTING TO SEE
OR THINK OR HEAR THE VIRGINIA
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WHEN IT
COMES TO OPIOID MISUTE USE.
I DON'T THINK OF THE
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IN THAT
WAY.
SO WHY IS IT THAT YOU GUYS ARE
APPROACHING THIS WORK AROUND
THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC?
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THE SAVACOOPERATIVE
EXTENSION AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, WE WERE FOUNDED WITH
THE PURPOSE OF HELPING LOCAL
XHUEPITIES DEAL WITH ISSUES
THEY WERE FACING AT THE TIME
AND IN 1914 WHEN WE WERE
ESTABLISHED AND THE EMPHASIS
WAS REALLY ON FEEDING OUR
FAMILIES.
SO WE WERE INVOLVED WITH
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD.
WE'RE STILL INVOLVED WITH
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD.
THAT IS THE TIME THEY'RE
TELLING US ABOUT AGRICULTURE
AND TELLING US ABOUT WHAT TYPES
OF DISEASE AND I GUESS THAT'S
WHERE I'M COMING FROM AND WHERE
I THINK OF THEM.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
COMPLEX ISSUES AND THAT'S WHY
WE'RE IN THIS SPACE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW ARE YOU WORKING TOWARDS THE
EPIDEMIC?
AGAIN, WE'RE TAKING THENTLY
OF THE WAY WE FUNCTION FOR A
LONG TIME AND FOR THE PAST MORE
THAN 100 YEARS AND THAT IS BY
BUILDING NETWORKS WITH PEOPLE
WHO HAVE EXPERTISE IN DIFFERENT
AREAS AND WE HAVE IN 2017 WE
RECEIVED A GRANT TO PUT
TOGETHER A TEAM THAT LOOKED AT
ENGINE METHODS AND THEY'RE
BUILDING ON THESE LOCAL
RELATIONSHIPS WHICH OUR COUNTY
AGENTS CREATE ACROSS THE STATE
AND THEN THEY TIE IT BACK TO
THE UNIVERSITY SO THAT WE CAN
DRAW THE EXPERTISE FROM THOSE
RELATED TO THE ISSUE IN THE
AREA.
ANY EXAMPLE YOU WANT TO
SHARE WITH US OF WHAT YOU'VE
DONE SO FAR?
SURE.
WITH THE GRANT WE RECEIVE ONE
THING WE'VE DONE IS STARTED IN
2 COMMUNITIS AND WE USED A
PROSPER MODEL THAT WAS
DEVELOPED BY PENN STATE AND
IOWA STATE.
THAT IT FOCUSES ON THE
COMMUNITY AND FAMILYTYPE
INTERVENTIONS.
THE UNIVERSITY, OF COURSE, IS A
MAJOR PART OF THAT AS WELL.
BUT THROUGH THAT WE PROVIDED
LIFE SKILLS, TRAINING AND IN
SCHOOLS AND MOST OF THE
COMMUNITIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS
AND YOUTH AND WE ALSO ARE
ROLLING OUT AND STRENGTHENING
FAMILIES 1014 PROGRAM.
BUILT ON A LOT OF WHAT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO
AND AS WE ALSO HAVE, AND I
BROUGHT SOME SAMPLES WITH ME,
BUT WE ALSO WORK WITH THE
VIRGINIA RURAL HEALTH
ASSOCIATION TO DEVELOP OPIOID
PATIENT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
THAT THEY PROVIDED TO PATIENTS
AND ALSO BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE
WITH BAGS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
TAKING OPIOIDS SO THEY CAN LOCK
THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS AND DON'T
FALL IN THE WRONG HANDS AND
WHEN THEY FINISH THE
PRESCRIPTION THEY CAN DISPOSE
OF THE EXTRAS.
EXCUSE ME.
ANOTHER THING WE DID, WE ARE
ONE OF 3 STATES THAT HAVE A
CONSORTIUM THAT USES MULTIPLE
INSTITUTIONS WORKING TOGETHER
ON THIS TOPIC AND THEY'RE
PROVIDING A LOT OF TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE IN COMMUNITIES.
PROPERTY A LOT OF GREAT WORK
YOU'RE DOING AND WE'RE SO
GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU.
STAY WITH US.
WE HAVE MORE LIVING LOCAL
COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.
