Resources

EDC’s online course Opioid Overdose Prevention: Understanding the Basics earns a platinum award in the 2018 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.

This tool presents examples of state- and local-level opportunities for collaborating with medical professionals across settings to plan and support prescriber education programming.

Preventing opioid overdose requires collaboration with a diverse range of partners—some familiar and some new to the world of prevention. This tool presents different sectors prevention practitioners may want to engage in opioid overdose prevention efforts, along with opportunities for meaningful engagement.

This resource provides an overview of some common barriers to obtaining archival data, and strategies for overcoming these challenges.

After nearly a decade, Scituate FACTS works with EDC's Prevention Solutions team to develop a survey for parents and caregivers.

PS@EDC’s Melanie Adler explores some of the challenges of parenting older teens during the COVID-19 epidemic, and strategies for staying safe and sane.

States and communities have begun developing systemic supports to address the related problems of problem gambling and substance misuse in a coordinated way. Prevention Solutions@EDC is collaborating with Iowa’s Department of Public Health to prepare for this important work.

Since the onset of COVID-19, many states and communities have dramatically loosened restrictions on alcohol and marijuana use and access, including restrictions on delivery, internet sales, takeout, and outdoor consumption. This webinar (delivered February 11, 2021) examines the impact of these policy changes, their effects on public health, and strategies for mitigating these effects. Access the webinar recording here.

This practice-support tool provides summaries of interventions that help young people develop abilities and attitudes necessary to succeed and thrive.

This presentation presents three models of post-overdose interventions, highlighting the role of prevention practitioners in supporting these strategies.