Downeast Maine MAT Expansion Project: Year 1 Data Summary

Authors

Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, University of Southern Maine, Catherine Cutler InstituteFollow
Olivia Dooley MPA, University of Southern Maine, Catherine Cutler InstituteFollow
Evelyn Ali BS, University of Southern Maine, Catherine Cutler InstituteFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

12-2019

Abstract

This report summarizes the Year 1 activities of the Healthy Acadia Downeast Maine MAT Expansion Project. Through a collaborative effort of Healthy Acadia, its providers, the Downeast Substance Treatment Network and Downeast Substance Use Response Coalition, the project utilized multiple evidence-based strategies to combat opioid use disorder (OUD) in Downeast Maine.

Key findings focused on:

• capacity building,
• stakeholder engagement,
• organizational and peer support,
• payment and reimbursement issues,
• the creation of low-barrier access to MAT,
• barriers, including stigma, to MAT
• patient-centered approaches
• auxiliary recovery supports

For more information, please contact M. LIndsey Smith, PhD at m.lindsey.smith@maine.edu

Recommended Citation

Smith, M. L., Dooley, O., & Ali, E. (2019). Downeast Maine MAT Expansion Project: Year 1 Data Summary. University of Southern Maine, Catherine Cutler Institute.