This tool offers prevention practitioners a foundation for understanding the burden of substance misuse in rural settings and strategies for designing and implementing successful prevention programming in a rural environment.
This decision support tool summarizes information from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies on factors that have been shown to either increase risk of or protect against the non-medical use of prescription drugs, based on articles published between 2006 and 2012.
This at-a-glance chart provides a quick look at prevention strategies that have been shown to directly address common risk factors associated with prescription drug misuse.
This decision support tool provides brief summaries of prevention strategies and associated programs that have been evaluated to determine their effects on the non-medical use of prescription drugs, including an overview of the relevant literature, descriptions of individual studies, and guidelines for using this information to inform prevention planning efforts.
This decision-support tool presents key findings from a review of current research on the non-medical use of prescription drugs, including a summary of risk and protective factors associated with prescription drug misuse, as well as programs and strategies that have been shown to be effective in addressing these factors.
This decision-support tool provides information on data sources and measures to help practitioners understand the non-medical use of prescription drugs in their communities.
This whitepaper presents five concrete steps businesses can take to support employees and colleagues affected by opioid use and establish a workplace that is safe, compassionate, and productive.
Presents a list of 16 key data sources for prescription opioids and heroin to inform assessment and planning efforts.