Resources

This tool provides brief summaries of programs and practices that have been evaluated to determine their effectiveness in preventing opioid misuse and overdose. It should be considered a resource for state and community prevention practitioners seeking information on interventions to address these problems in their communities.

The following tables, compiled by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and the United States Surgeon General, show select protective factors that are associated with healthy development at the individual, family, and school/community levels during specific stages of development from adolescence through young adulthood.

This tool contains tables with questions to help prevention practitioners plan for program evaluation. By responding to the proposed questions, practitioners can begin to think through how to select appropriate evaluation measures, address data collection challenges, and collect quality data.

Scituate FACTS needed data to better understand caregiver attitudes and behaviors toward underage substance use. PS@EDC helped them get it.

Find out how Prevention Solutions@EDC is working with New York State’s substance misuse prevention system to build the online facilitation skills of its providers.

Opioid misuse and overdose continue to devastate individuals, families, and communities across the nation, exacerbated by the isolation, economic challenges, and service gaps produced by the COVID-19 pandemic. As states work to address the pressing needs of people struggling with opioid addiction, many continue to embrace “upstream” solutions, including educational programming for children and teens, that focus on preventing opioid and other substance use before they develop into problems. Connecticut is among those states. In June 2020, Prevention Solutions@EDC completed an online toolkit

There is a growing need to better understand the relationship of substance abuse prevention to recovery and, moreover, to understand both prevention and recovery as they relate to resiliency. Find out how PS@EDC is addressing this challenge.

Having access to good data and understanding how to use it is the foundation for effective prevention programming. Over the past three years, PS@EDC has worked closely with the Dedham Organization for Substance Awareness (DOSA) to integrate data into all of this successful coalition's decision-making.

In early June, 11 enthusiastic trainers from across the country participated in Prevention Solutions@EDC’s SAPST Virtual Training of Trainers (TOT). The TOT prepared participants to deliver the highly respected Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training—or SAPST—in their states and communities.

When New York’s Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services rolled out a new set of reporting requirements last spring, they saw a unique opportunity to empower and engage prevention practitioners in evaluation planning. To help them do so, they drew on the resources of Prevention Solutions@EDC.