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• Increase Access to Naloxone
  ...olice, first responders, and concerned family members the ability to carry and administer Narcan when called to a possible overdose situation. ...e due to fear of possible legal prosecution. Narcan only works on opioids, and does not harm an individual in the case of a non-opioid overdose. So, if th
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• Improve Professional Training on Opioids and Alternative Pain Management Approaches
  ...event prescription drug misuse. Improving professional training on opioids and alternative pain management plays a key role in prevention. ...ding NPPC options. The expansion of these strategies within anesthesiology and acute pain practices to chronic pain care have had success in carefully sel
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• Educate Patients on the Risks of Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs
  ...obtaining pain relievers that were misused came from friends or relatives and healthcare providers. For this reason, prevention efforts began to encourag ...n access to treatment. Substance use comes with a myriad of social stigmas and criminal repercussions which typically keep who people are struggling with
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• Expand Early Intervention Strategies
  ...iding information about substance use risks, normal or safe levels of use, and strategies to quit or cut down on use. For individuals with more serious su ...y intervention can involve multi-sector partnerships and community leaders and members. Intervention services may be initiated in community settings such
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• Expand and Enhance Chronic Pain Prevention and Management
  ...ef> At the same time, nearly 100 million Americans experience chronic pain and are often prescribed opioid painkillers. * Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. <ref>Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow: NIH Research Timelines.
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• Expand and Enhance Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs)
  ...vel interventions to improve opioid prescribing, inform clinical practice, and protect patients at risk. <ref>Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Progra ...r a license. There are also efforts to integrate PDMP data into electronic medical record systems, so the information is available at the point of care. <ref>
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• Improve Identification and Data Collection for NAS
  ...nd territories would improve the ability to guide public health strategies and interventions. ...s the following key components for agencies to improve NAS data collection and surveillance: <ref>https://www.astho.org/globalassets/pdf/strengthening-hea
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• Enhance Collaboration of Providers Using a Family-Centered Approach
  ...ent, and other services systems offers a multitude of practical strategies and solutions to improve outcomes for child welfare in families affected by sub ...amily-centered interventions. These address the multiple needs of families and positively influence five core outcomes, or the 5Rs, for families in the ch
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• Build Capacity
  ...sion can help to build and foster strategic partnerships, generate buy-in, and increase commitment to bolster support. Coalitions form to meet a variety of objectives, such as building and strengthening programs, reaching a diverse audience with a wide range of ne
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• Increase Access to Contraception
  ...et al. Providing quality family planning services: recommendations of CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs. MMWR Recomm Rep 2014;63(No. RR-4)</r ...> One study found that people using user-depended methods (pills, patches, and rings) were 20 times more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy than those
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• Expand SBIRT Program
  ...ps://www.samhsa.gov/sbirt/about</ref> It is a popular model for prevention and early intervention because all patients are screened regardless of an ident ...is an effective tool for identifying risk levels related to substance use and for providing the appropriate intervention, expanding the use of SBIRT prov
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• Disrupt the Supply of Illegal Drugs
  ...ternational collaboration and closer scrutiny over internet communications and mail delivery services. ...ese synthetic opioids are either pressed into pills or left in powder form and mixed with heroin.
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• Adopt Harm Reduction Practices in Jails and Prisons
  ...is among groups. Those partnerships include police, public health experts, and community groups. ...pass on blood-borne viruses. For this reason prisons have been called HIV and Hepatitis C ''incubators''. <ref>https://www.hri.global/files/2016/02/10/HR
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• Expand Number of Safe Injection Sites
  ...ively new to the United States and there is still much debate on their use and whether states or the federal government should allow these sites to exist. ...com/home/advisor-channels/hiv-aids-advisor/supervised-injection-sites-pros-and-cons/</ref>
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• Expand the Use of MAT/MAR in Correctional Facilities
  ...nvironment and has been shown to reduce drug use, overdose, and mortality and recidivism rates. <ref>https://www.sheriffs.org/publications/Jail-Based-MAT ...council.org/medication-assisted-treatment-for-opioid-use-disorder-in-jails-and-prisons/</ref>
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• Apply a Multi-Sectoral Approach
  ...oblem, creates alliances among those who might not normally work together, and keeps the community’s approach consistent. This page provides an overview ...nt to serve as a guide for those looking to form a new coalition or expand and improve upon one that already exists.
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• Collect and Share Data
  ...ions and strategies, guide decision making, and allow for better budgeting and allocation of funds. For a community coalition to be successful, it needs t ...overdose and SUD epidemic, then it is essential to identify the right data and to convert that data to information for use within the community.
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• Expand Law Enforcement and First Responder Assisted Diversion
  ...ment for substance use, mental health services, recovery support, housing, and social services.<ref>https://www.cossapresources.org/Content/Documents/Arti ...al record. Over the past few decades, much of the innovation in deflection and diversion has focused on individuals whose interactions with the justice sy
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• Expand Community Service Alternatives to Incarceration
  ...al, their family, and the community. It may enhance rehabilitation efforts and treat substance use or mental illness which led to the criminogenic behavio ...ovide benefits to the community, and treat individuals struggling with SUD and/or mental illness. In order to maximize the benefits of alternatives to inc
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• Increase Awareness of SUD Impacts on a Fetus
  ...s the risks to the baby which are associated with two substance -- alcohol and opioids. ...ng consequences: <ref>https://www.fountainhillsrecovery.com/blog/pregnancy-and-addiction/</ref>
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