Preventing Substance Misuse in Rural Settings |
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.
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2018 |
Tips for Engaging with Prescribers to Prevent Opioid Misuse |
This tool provides prevention practitioners with practical tips for connecting with and involving prescribers in prescriber education programs to prevent opioid misuse.
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2018 |
Using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Codes to Assess Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths |
This tool is designed to support prevention practitioners in using International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes to understand and describe the impact of opioid overdose in their communities.
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2018 |
Engaging People Who Use Drugs in Prevention Efforts: Strategies for Reducing Stigma |
This tool explores actions practitioners can take to reduce stigma toward members of the drug-using community in order to better engage them as partners in prevention efforts.
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2018 |
Engaging People Who Use Drugs in Prevention Efforts: Benefits & Considerations |
This tool explores the benefits of engaging members of the drug-using community in prevention efforts and shares considerations for creating a safe and welcoming environment that supports their meaningful participation.
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2018 |
Locating Data on Risk Factors for Opioid Overdose |
To help practitioners determine the impact of overdose-related factors in their communities, this practice-support tool pairs data sources with the specific factors they describe.
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2018 |
Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse: Data Resources |
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.
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2018 |
Preparing for Prescriber Education: Getting the Lay of the Land |
This practice-support tool identifies the different agencies responsible for prescribing and distributing prescription opioids in a community.
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2018 |
Opportunities for Collaborating with Medical Professionals to Prevent Opioid Misuse |
This tool presents examples of state-and local-level opportunities for collaborating with medical professionals across settings to plan and support prescriber education programming.
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2018 |
Opioid Overdose and the Role of Prescriber Education |
This at-a-glance resource describes the relationship between opioid overdose and overprescribing, and makes the case for prescriber education as a prevention strategy.
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2018 |
Now What? The Role of Prevention Following a Nonfatal Opioid Overdose |
This resource describes three promising post-overdose interventions.
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2018 |
Preventing the Consequences of Opioid Overdose: Understanding Naloxone Access Laws |
This document describes the aims of naloxone access laws and the various forms they can take.
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2018 |
Illicit Synthetic Opioids: Understanding Potential Risks for First Responders |
This resource provides an overview of guidelines to protect first responders from being harmed by illicit synthetic opioids
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2017 |
Preventing the Consequences of Opioid Overdose: Understanding 911 Good Samaritan Laws |
This resource provides an overview of Good Samaritan Laws and steps prevention practitioners can take to increase awareness of this important overdose prevention strategy.
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2017 |
Words Matter: How Language Choice Can Reduce Stigma |
This resource examines the role of language in perpetuating substance use disorder stigma, followed by tips for assessing when and how we may be using stigmatizing language, and steps for ensuring that the language we use and messages we deliver are positive, productive, and inclusive.
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2017 |
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: National Survey Measures |
This CAPT decision-support tool provides information on how national surveys measure youth marijuana use, as well as factors and consequences associated with such use.
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2017 |
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: Data Resources |
This CAPT decision-support tool offers a comprehensive listing of available data resources and surveys developed by and for a range of federal agencies and that collect data on marijuana use and its consequences.
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2017 |
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: Programs and Strategies |
This CAPT decision-support tool presents detailed descriptions of substance misuse prevention strategies and associated interventions that have been evaluated to determine their effects on youth marijuana use.
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2017 |
Preventing Youth Marijuana Use: Factors Associated with Use |
This CAPT decision-support tool offers a summary of research findings on risk and protective factors associated with youth marijuana use.
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2017 |
CAPT Resources to Prevent the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Overdose |
This tool provides a compilation of resources to support the prevention of opioid misuse, including the non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) and heroin use.
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2017 |