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Integrating Yoga Into A Medication Assisted Treatment Program To Improve Retention, Linda Davidson
Integrating Yoga Into A Medication Assisted Treatment Program To Improve Retention, Linda Davidson
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Background: In 2017, Health and Human Services declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency (US Department of Health & Human Services, 2017). As a response, access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) programs was encouraged. In 2016, a community health center in Western North Carolina started a MAT program integrating buprenorphine treatment with behavioral health (BH) services. Data from May 2018 through May 2019 demonstrated retention in the MAT program ranged from 65-75% at a given time with behavioral health attendance under 50%.
Aims: The aim of this quality improvement project was to examine if integrating yoga, an …