Professional education to reduce provider stigma toward harm reduction and pharmacotherapy

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Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the sample.

Characteristic	N	Urban in-person N = 8	Rural in-person N = 26	Online N = 31
SUD Professional	65	4 (50%)	15 (58%)	21 (68%)
Years of Work Experience; median (IQR)	36	6 (3, 10)	9 (4, 12)	11 (4, 15)
Unknown		4	12	13
Experience in Harm Reduction	62	3 (38%)	6 (23%)	5 (18%)
Unknown		–	–	3
Gender	62
Man		5 (62%)	9 (35%)	8 (29%)
Woman		3 (38%)	17 (65%)	20 (71%)
Unknown		–	–	3
Age; median (IQR)	61	32 (29, 37)	43 (37, 48)	40 (31, 45)
Unknown		–	1	3
Race/Ethnicity	61
Asian American		–	–	1 (3.6%)
Black/African American		–	1 (4.0%)	–
Hispanic		–	4 (16%)	4 (14%)
Native American		–	1 (4.0%)	3 (11%)
Non-Hispanic White		7 (88%)	19 (76%)	17 (61%)
Multiple or Other		1 (12%)	–	3 (11%)
Unknown		–	1	3
Education Level	62
High school diploma		1 (12%)	2 (7.7%)	2 (7.1%)
Some college		1 (12%)	4 (15%)	1 (3.6%)
Associate's degree		1 (12%)	3 (12%)	3 (11%)
Bachelor's degree		2 (25%)	3 (12%)	2 (7.1%)
Master's degree		2 (25%)	11 (42%)	–
Advanced degree		1 (12%)	3 (12%)	20 (71%)
Unknown		–	–	3

Figure 1. Changes from pretest to posttest, where the solid thick line is the average change and the dotted lines are the individual changes.

Figure 2. Sankey diagram of the significant changes from pretest to posttest on the individual items.