This is a report from the National Prevention Science Coalition that focuses on adolescent prevention and early intervention of opioid use disorder. Interventions are discussed in the three most important environments affecting young people’s development: families, schools, and neighborhoods. 

This is an academic paper which describes a study done to identify possible supports to prevent parental opioid misuse and adverse childhood experiences. The authors evaluated data from communities with high and low rates of overdose mortality and foster care entries. Their findings highlight the importance of preventative measures such as opioid prescription guidelines and community youth programs. 

This is a report from SAMHSA that serves as a resource for community stakeholders seeking a review of information available on the role of faith-based organizations in substance use prevention and treatment, including interventions and programs in the peer-reviewed literature. 

This is an issue brief from the Maine Rural Health Research Center that shows the differences in substance use between urban and rural adolescents. Although urban adolescents are more likely to report alcohol and marijuana use, rural adolescents are more likely to report prescription opioid misuse. 

This is a policy brief from Carnevale Associates that discusses the short- and long-term need for substance use prevention and offers recommendations on how prevention professionals can safely continue work during the coronavirus pandemic. 

This brief from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) presents key takeaway messages from a mixed-methods study examining how substance use affects child welfare systems across the country. It highlights that, generally, counties with higher overdose death and drug hospitalization rates have higher caseload rates.

This document also explains that child welfare agencies and their community partners are struggling to meet families’ needs partially secondary to substance use and that family-friendly treatment options are limited. Finally, the brief emphasizes that caseworkers, courts, and other providers often misunderstand how treatment works and lack guidelines on how to incorporate it into child welfare practice. 

This is a report from the Urban Institute that summarized interviews with national experts and site visits to two Appalachian communities on the impact of the opioid crisis on children and families. The problems that systems face to address the opioid crisis, promising programs and approaches, and policy implications are provided. 

This 2013 SAMHSA report describes the core elements of screening, brief intervention, brief treatment, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs and provides general administrative and managerial information relevant to implementing SBIRT services, including: SBIRT effectiveness; implementation models; challenges and barriers to implementation; issues of cost and sustainability; and real-life program anecdotes and case studies.

This is a report from the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) that explores innovative approaches Louisiana, New York, and West Virginia have taken to address co-occurring HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) infections and substance use disorder (SUD) – providing both rural and urban perspectives – and highlights their resourceful use of funding streams, leveraging of data, and advancing community readiness.

This is an academic paper that gives a review on primary prevention interventions delivered during childhood and adolescence to reduce individuals’ later risk for opioid and other drug use disorders. Different types of evidence-based prevention strategies are discussed. 

This is an academic paper that documents the currently available opioid-related smartphone apps and reviews past and existing technology solutions that address opioid use disorder (OUD), including educational apps for prescribers, wearable sensors, and GPS locator apps. 

This is an academic paper that provides a scoping review of policies that states have implemented to prevent opioid misuse and opioid use disorder, such as prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP), pain clinic laws, and laws restricting opioid prescribing. The evidence for these policies is discussed.