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ARTEMIS
“Advancing Addiction Research and Treatment through Engagement with Rural Maryland Impacted by PolySubstance Use”

Bias
The tendency or thought process which can be conscious or unconscious to favor or disfavor something or someone

Buprenorphine
Medicated assisted therapy; a type of medicine that treats OUD also called Suboxone, Subutex, sublocade, zubsolv, etc.

CESAR
Center for Substance Use, Addiction and Health Research

Community Health Worker
Someone who helps people access health and/or social services (often from the community they work in)

Discriminaton
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different groups of people based on a social label

DoH
Department of Health

HEAL
The Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative

MTU
Mobile Treatment Unit

Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
A chronic disease; addiction to opioids (ex. Heroin, fentanyl, Percocet (percs), ocycodone (oxy), opium, morphine, codeine, etc.)

PAC
Patient Advisory Committee (in Rural Maryland)

PCOR/10-Step Framework
10 Step Framework for Continuous Patient and Stakeholder Engagement in Patient Centered Outcomes Research

Peer Recovery Specialist
A person who has recovered from a mental health or substance use disorder and helps others in recovery. They use their personal experience to provide support and guidance.

PERC
Patient Engagement Resource Center

Person with lived/living experience (PWLE)
Experts by experience; someone directly affected by social, health, public health, or other issues and the strategies that aid to address those issues. Their experience gives them insights that can inform and improve systems, research, policies, practices, and programs.

Polysubstance Use
Intentionally or unintentionally using multiple drugs/substances together or within a short time of each other

Prejudice
A negative attitude or belief about a group

RAC
Research Advisory Committee (in Baltimore)

RIIS
Research Initiative on Infectious Disease and Substance Use

SAC
Stakeholder Advisory Committee

Social Determinants of Health
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.

Social exclusion
When people are stopped or prevented from participating in groups/society or denied the same rights and opportunities as others

SOM
School of Medicine

Stigma
A negative social label that carries shame or disgrace and can lead to discrimination and social exclusion

Telemedicine
Virtual/remote visits with a medical provider

UMB
University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore Team)

UMD
University of Maryland, College Park (College Park Team)

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