Journalism Grants
Funding For:
Everything You Want to Know About Opioids
Prescription Drugs / Substance Use
Recipient:
Healthcare Triage
Grant Period:
Nov 01, 2015 - Oct 31, 2016
AMOUNT:
$10,000.00
Summary of the Project:
With support from a NIHCM Foundation Journalism Grant, Healthcare Triage produced an online video series on the use of opioids in the U.S., including their legitimate use in medicine and their immediate and long-term health impacts.
About the Grantee:
Healthcare Triage is an online video series about health care hosted by Dr. Aaron Carroll, who explains health care policy, medical research and answers viewer questions about medicine, health and health care.
Related Grantee Work
May 25, 2016
Opioid Addiction and Treatment
In this video, Dr. Aaron Carroll reviews the treatment options available to those addicted or dependent on opioids. He also highlights the importance of efforts to prevent addiction, such as the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts program to curb overprescription of opioids.
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America's Epidemic of Opioid Abuse
In this video, Dr. Aaron Carroll explains how abuse of prescription opioids can lead to addiction and explores the impact of opioid abuse and addiction on Americans and our health care system.
Learn MoreMay 10, 2016
The Science of Opioids
In this video, Dr. Aaron Carroll explains the science behind how opioids relieve pain in the human body.
Learn MoreMay 03, 2016
The History of Opioids
In this video, Dr. Aaron Carroll explores the evolution of opioids to treat pain, tracing the history of a growing epidemic as opioid medications became more powerful leading to our current crisis of addiction and overdose deaths.
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