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This comprehensive resource offers a detailed understanding of stakeholders in early childhood education and their role in supporting prevention efforts. Covering prenatal care through elementary school years, it highlights primary and secondary partners, provides insights on collaboration, and emphasizes the importance of parental involvement, serving as a valuable tool for informed prevention planning and community engagement.
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Aimed at demystifying the intricacies of primary care, this glossary defines key terms and concepts within primary care, shedding light on legislative influences, funding mechanisms, provider organizations, and payment systems.
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This resource offers guidance for prevention professionals addressing prescription opioid misuse. It helps practitioners understand state-specific regulations, educational requirements, and collaboration opportunities to enhance prescriber education programs. By answering key questions such as who can prescribe opioids in your state and what resources are available, this tool equips professionals to collaborate effectively with primary care.
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Recognizing the vital role prescribers play in mitigating prescription opioid misuse, this resource explores the importance of educating prescribers on safe opioid prescribing practices, outlines key goals for prescriber education, and provides foundation information that prevention professionals need to advocate for and facilitate prescriber education in their communities.
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This tool offers a comprehensive list of community stakeholder groups, highlighting the ways that “non-traditional” partners can enhance prevention efforts.
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This tool provides examples of state- and local-level opportunities for collaborating with medical professionals in various sectors to plan and support prescriber education programming.
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This tool presents the different sectors prevention practitioners may want to engage in opioid overdose prevention efforts, along with opportunities for meaningful engagement.
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This tool provides a comprehensive guide on the use and accessibility of naloxone, a life-saving medication for reversing opioid overdoses. It discusses the current state of naloxone access, including types of access laws, liability protections, and the future of over-the-counter availability. The guide also addresses non-legal barriers to naloxone access, such as knowledge gaps, attitudes, values, beliefs, and logistical challenges. Additionally, it outlines strategies to overcome these barriers and considers additional factors like polysubstance use and naloxone dosing.