How is the US really doing on health care? Knowing the current trends is key to our work, and this annual report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the essential guide.

This video addresses the three dimensions of health intervention are providing health services, addressing the social determinants of health (including poverty), and addressing the social determinants of equity (including racism). Racism—including institutionalized, personally-mediated, and internalized racism—is a root cause of “racial”/ethnic differences in health outcomes. Dr. Camara Jones as she presents analogies and allegories to help illustrate the three levels of racism and the impacts of racism on the health and wellbeing of our nation. The discussion will equip attendees to ask “How is racism operating here?” and to organize, strategize, and act.

The racial equity impact assessment toolkit can be a vital tool for preventing institutional racism and for identifying new options to remedy long-standing inequities.

Michael Miller of Brown Miller Communications explains how to use the coalition membership survey as a tool to better understand your coalition and how it can improve.

Michael Miller of Brown Miller Communications explains how to map out an effective and coherent communications strategy.

Michael Miller of Brown Miller Communications explains how to create a thoughtful web architecture that will carry your coalition into the future.

The Lowell CO-OP is committed to reducing the number of deaths attributed to opioid overdose and is helping its clients towards the path to recovery by bridging the gaps in treatment services.

The purpose of this document is to encourage careful and selective use of long-term opioid therapy in the context of managing chronic pain through an evidence-based prescribing guideline, quality improvement measures to advance the integration of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain into clinical practice, and practice-level strategies to improve care coordination.

The CDC offers policies, programs, and practices that address the conditions of work that should be considered to protect workers and advance their health and well-being related to opioid exposure, use, and potential misuse.

This webpage offers information to support effective local, state, and tribal responses to illicit substance use and misuse in order to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system.

This handout from the Spring 2022 COPN convening offers seven ways we can help our brain meet its need to rest and heal, particularly when undergoing toxic stress or burnout.

This self-care guide allows you and your organization to enhance its trauma-informed care practices through group reflection and discussion.

HHS has released a report detailing trends of telehealth use in 2021, and how to make telehealth more accessible and equitable in the future.

In these videos, Congress was engaged in discussions on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and substance use and the need for Mental Health First Aid, among other important topics.

This creative brief for the Santa Barbara Fighting Back Opioid Safety Network is an example of how to map out your website's content and design in an effective manner.

This sample creative brief from Safe Rx Mendocino is an example of how to effectively map out a media campaign aimed to reduce overdose-related deaths.

This sample style sheet shows how to lay out an ad campaign in a visually effective manner.

This sample communications plan primer shows how to effectively utilize the template to create a viable plan for your coalition.

This guide offers examples on how to lay out your website's information and resources effectively.

This guide provides an example of how to create a visually effective website that will draw in more users to your coalition's messaging.