Increasing Equity in Pain Management, Substance Use Disorder Treatment, and Linkages to CARE

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How To Use The Resource Guide . . . . . . page 5 Disparities in Pain Management and Substance Use Disorder Treatment . . . page 6 Strategies for Health Center Care Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9 Learn about Health Disparities and Health Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10 Access Evidence-Based Guidelines and Best Practices for Pain Management andSUDTreatment . . . . . . . . . . . page 12 Recognize Intersectionality and Reduce the Impacts of Implicit Biases . . . page 14 Practice Patient-Centered Care Using a Strengths-Based Approach . . . . page 18 Practice Trauma-Informed Care . . . . . . page 22 Practice Cultural Humility . . . . . . . . page 25 Apply Harm Reduction Principles . . . . . page 29 Provide Leadership to Support Equity Work . . . . . . . . . page 31 Expand and Train the Care Team . . . . . page 35 Engage in Meaningful Linkages to Care and Capacity Building . . . . . . . page 39 Use an Integrative Approach toPainManagement . . . . . . . . . . page 42 Develop and Learn from Patient Personas . . . . . . . . . . page 46 Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 48

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