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Toolkits, guides, and other resources vetted by experts in overdose prevention.
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Fentanyl Test Strips
This video from Utah Naloxone shows you how to use Fentanyl test strips.
Integrating Health Equity Into Overdose Prevention and Response: An Environmental Scan
This paper identifies current activities, gaps, and innovative strategies currently in use to address health equity and the social determinants of health (SDOH) within drug overdose prevention and response.
Coping Tips for Traumatic Events and Disasters
Emotional distress can happen before and after a disaster. This fact sheet offers coping strategies that can help when dealing with the aftermath of emergencies or disasters.
What are the benefits of partnership in treating Opioid Use Disorder?
Opioid addiction expert Dr. David Kan discusses the importance of building strategic partnerships when creating effective overdose prevention strategies.
Identifying the Root Causes of Drug Overdose Health Inequities and Related Social Determinants of Health
This literature review sought to investigate the root causes of the health inequities of drug overdoses and related social determinants of health (SDOH) to inform future directions of academic, state, and local health departments, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff and funded recipients.
Overdose Spike Response Framework
This document has been produced to assist LHDs with guidance as they develop their context-specific response to overdose spikes as drug trends, overdose frequency, and public health and public safety resources will be unique to each local jurisdiction.
Sample Communications Plan
This is a sample of a communications plan created by Contra Costa MEDS Coalition.
Template ‘Communications Plan Primer’
This template explains how to begin building your Communications Plan.
Strategic Planning Benefits for Opioid Safety Coalitions
This toolkit addresses how your coalition could improve in tackling the overdose crisis, and how strategic planning would strengthen these areas of need.
Opioid Safety Strategic Planning: A Toolkit Designed for Community Coalitions
This toolkit provides a guideline to address the opioid epidemic on a community-based level.
Harm Reduction's Road from Fringe to Federal Drug Policy
The Biden administration is embracing harm reduction, which seeks to keep drug users safe even as they continue using. In this episode, Tradeoffs explores how harm reduction has become more mainstream and what kind of impact we can expect it to have on the overdose crisis.
National Survey Trends in Telehealth Use in 2021: Disparities in Utilization and Audio vs. Video Services
HHS has released a report detailing trends of telehealth use in 2021, and how to make telehealth more accessible and equitable in the future.
Congressional Hearings Focused on Mental Health and Substance Use Crises
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.
Sample Creative Brief Website
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.
Sample Creative Brief
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.
Life's Too Good' Style Sheet
This sample style sheet shows how to lay out an ad campaign in a visually effective manner.
Sample Communications Plan Primer
This sample communications plan primer shows how to effectively utilize the template to create a viable plan for your coalition.
Sample Website Site Map Draft
This guide offers examples on how to lay out your website's information and resources effectively.
Sample Website Style Guide
This guide provides an example of how to create a visually effective website that will draw in more users to your coalition's messaging.