Description
The Jefferson County Alabama Coroner saw a 140% spike in heroin deaths in 2014, and an even more distressing 340% increase in fentanyl deaths from 2013 to 2016. Studies indicate that individuals with prior incidents of non-fatal opioid overdose are among those at greatest risk for subsequent overdose. Evidence suggests that lack of awareness of, and lack of utilizing available behavioral health resources contributes to exacerbation of mental illness and substance abuse. This poster reports on an action-design research project to investigate the design and testing of web and mobile application to enable improvements in support of a Jefferson County Department of Health person-centered peer navigator (PN) initiative. User Centered Design (UCD) methods guide the design process as we work closely with our community partner to ensure a useable and useful system service model.
Describe the new knowledge and additional skills the participant will gain after attending your presentation.: Participants will be able to:
Understand opioid challenges and interventions for a specific case study location in Jefferson County Alabama;
Assess lessons learned from the design and testing of a socio-technical software model to support a peer navigator initiative aimed at addressing the opioid crisis;
Create strategies for designing and implementing software applications to address the opioid crisis.
Authors:
Sue Feldman (Presenter)
University of Alabama Birmingham
Benjamin Schooley, University of South Carolina
Suzanne Muir, University of Alabama Birmingham
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