Webinar: COVID-19 and opioid use disorder in tribal communities

This presentation will focus on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on policy, substance use disorder, fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose, treatment, and resilience among American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Facilitators and barriers to access and service delivery of medications for opioid use disorder will also be discussed.

Objectives:

1. Summarize the contributing factors of fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic among American Indian and Alaska Native adults

2. Assess facilitators and barriers to accessing and providing medications for opioid use disorder during COVID-19 among tribal communities

3. Apply lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve delivery of medications for opioid use disorder among American Indian and Alaska Native adults