Policymakers and community leaders play an important role in addressing opioids in our communities. This page highlights the most recently added resources specifically targeting elected and appointed government officials and staff members, members of the law enforcement community and first responders, and employees and volunteers of organizations. These resources, identified with orange tiles, include policy roadmaps, implementation guides, toolkits, education materials, sample legislation and other materials that can help you design and implement effective programs to prevent and address the consequences of opioid crisis.
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This 2 page document provides a brief overview of the development of opioid prescribing guidelines in Washington state. In 2017, the legislature directed the state’s 5 health care prescribing boards and commissions (medical, dental, nursing, osteopathic, and podiatric) to adopt opioid prescribing guidelines. This document summarizes the guideline development process and compares the 5 guidelines
A one page guide to Project Nurture, a Center of Excellence program that provides prenatal care, inpatient maternity care, and postpartum care for women with substance use disorder as well as pediatric care for their infants. The integrated delivery model includes physicians, certified alcohol and drug counselors and peer support specialists in the treatment team. The model has been adopted by multiple sites, some of which incorporate addiction treatment into a primary care clinic and some which incorporate maternity and pediatric care into an addiction treatment facility. Funding Source: Legacy Health Systems, Lifeworks NW, CODA, Inc., Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon DHS Child Welfare, Health Share of Oregon
A 2018 presentation on the Project Nurture model of providing integrated prenatal, maternity, postpartum, and pediatric care to women with substance use disorders and their infants. This presentation explains how the project came to be, describes characteristics of program participants, and provides results from a qualitative study of program participants. Funding Source: Legacy Health Systems, Lifeworks NW, CODA, Inc., Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon DHS Child Welfare, Health Share of Oregon
The Governor of Massachusetts created a medical education working group to develop new core competencies for medical student education in the state. The new competencies include training medical students in the prevention of substance use disorder (SUD), how to treat patients at risk for SUD, and how to manage SUD as a chronic disease. Funding Source: Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Governor of Massachusetts created a dental education working group to develop new core competencies for dental education in the state. The new competencies include training dental students in prevention of substance use disorder (SUD), how to treat patients with SUD, and how to provide effective, safe pain care. Funding Source: Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
This one page document lists safety recommendations for first responders who may encounter fentanyl in their work. Produced by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in collaboration with federal agencies and professional associations. Funding source: White House Office National Drug Control Policy
The Tennessee Department of Health developed an integrated data collection and analysis program on opioid related issues and published this comprehensive report in 2019. The report includes epidemiologic data on risk measures and trends to understand the opioid crisis in Tennessee and summarizes ongoing data efforts and data collaborations in the state. Funding Source: Tennessee Department of Health
This case study briefly explains the components of the Warrior Down reentry program designed by White Bison, Inc. for use with American Indian and Alaska Native populations reentering communities following incarceration. Key elements of this successful program include peer-to-peer programming, the use of traditional healing practices, continuous support from prison to reentry in the community, and complimentary programming for family members.
This one page infographic from the Addiction Policy Forum focuses on the importance of using appropriate and non-stigmatizing language when discussing substance use disorders.
In 2015 the Oregon Health Authority launched it’s Opioid Initiative, an integrated effort to address patient care and safety and population health during the opioid crisis. The initiative included public and private stakeholders engaged in 4 projects described in this report: a