Through our Community Opioid Collaborative, PS@EDC works with states to identify and create the constellation of supports that communities need to establish and sustain cross-sector approaches to reducing opioid misuse and overdose, identify communities ready to engage in these approaches, and support these communities in moving this work forward.
This tool summarizes key takeaways from a CAPT webinar examining the value of collaborating with diverse partners as a strategy for expanding the reach and deepening the impact, of activities to prevent prescription drug misuse and overdose.
Hear PS@EDC’s Loraine Swanson Lucinski discusses how parents’ substance misuse impacts their children’s health and wellness, and why investing in home visiting services is so critical.
This at-a-glance resource provides an overview of the opioid overdose problem; an inventory of risk and protective factors associated with overdose, and evidence-based strategies for preventing overdose; and a glossary of commonly-used terms in overdose prevention.
As the opioid crisis deepens, thousands of children are traumatized by the consequences of addiction in their homes. By integrating trauma-informed approaches, schools can create safe, supportive environments that help these children thrive.
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.
Developed by EDC for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, this animation depicts how the opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone, works in the body.
What is Naloxone? won a 2018 Silver Omni Award for best animation.