What are your domains of INTEREST?
Human Services, Public Health
What are your domains of EXPERTISE?
Human Services, Public Health
Share with us a short bio of yourself.
Rebecca Noftsinger has more than 25 years of experience in health care delivery, management and research. She provides technical assistance to five AHRQ grantees working to implement medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural areas of five states. She served as Task Lead and co-author of a recently released AHRQ report, “Implementing MAT for OUD in Rural Primary Care: An Environmental Scan.” It includes a summary of peer reviewed and grey literature on MAT and addresses implementation challenges and strategies to overcome them. The Scan also provides links to an extensive roster of tools to aid in MAT implementation. She serves as an evaluation liaison and provides ongoing support SAMHSA’s Children’s Mental Health Initiative grantees, as they implement Systems of Care program expansion. She also has led a variety of behavioral health, healthcare, and military projects, including knowledge dissemination, technical support, and survey projects.
Would you like to join Social Determinants Group?
Yes
Would you like to join Opioid Epidemic Group?
Yes
Comments
Hello Rebecca,
Welcome to NIC’s Collaboration Hub! Thank you for joining the Social Determinants of Health group. I look forward to your participation and encourage you to post on the group (start discussions, respond to discussions and questions, post content: papers, blogs, videos etc.) Feel free to post your expectations as a member of NIC. What are you working on that is relevant to this particular group? What interests you the most? It would be great to hear more about your work about MAT and OUD.
Sincerely,
Navah Stein Social Determinants of Health Group Moderator, Associate Consultant SOCI
Hello Rebecca- I look forward to your participation in the HUB and groups. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions - or particular areas of interest.
Please keep an eye open for our soon to be published "Opioid Use Disorder Prevention Playbook". Your experience and knowledge will be very releveant with our approach and goals for broad dissemination of prevention oriented efforts.
Daniel Stein- Co Principal Investigator NIC