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This in an annual summit sponsored by National Academy of Medicine and Shatterproof that brings together stakeholders to discuss the negative impact of stigma on people with substance use disorders and elevate action-oriented strategies to address and eliminate the harms caused by stigma. More information from the 2021 summit can be found here and the 2022 summit can be found here

Response Approach
  • Educational
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Harm Reduction Specialists

This is an academic paper that provides a commentary on the role that stigma plays in substance use disorder, how it manifests, and the evidence base for combating it. 

Response Approach
  • Educational
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials
  • Criminal Justice
  • Employers
  • First Responders
  • Harm Reduction Specialists
  • Health Insurers
  • Hospitals
  • Law Enforcement
  • Medical
  • Pharmacies
  • Policymakers
Peer-reviewed Article

This is an academic paper that provides commentary on the impact of stigma on a person with substance use disorder (SUD), with a specific focus on how stigmatizing language sustains stigma. Stigma is associated with detrimental effects on treatment outcomes, health care providers, treatments, research, policies, and society as a whole.

Response Approach
  • Educational
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials
  • Criminal Justice
  • Employers
  • First Responders
  • Harm Reduction Specialists
  • Health Insurers
  • Hospitals
  • Law Enforcement
  • Medical
  • Pharmacies
  • Policymakers
Peer-reviewed Article

The Rockefeller Institute's Stories from Sullivan series combines aggregate data analysis with on-the-ground research in affected communities to provide insight into what the opioid problem looks like in this rural county, how the community has responded, and what kinds of policies have the best chances of making a difference. 

Response Approach
  • Educational
  • Family Support
  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
  • Overdose prevention
Stakeholders
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials
  • Harm Reduction Specialists
  • Law Enforcement
  • Medical
  • Policymakers

This is a toolkit from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services that equips local workforce boards in the state to help solve the employment issues related to the opioid crisis, such as absenteeism, decreased productivity, and worker shortages. Recovery-friendly workplaces and working with those with opioid addiction and in recovery are discussed. 

Response Approach
  • Educational
  • Housing, Education, and Employment
Stakeholders
  • Employers

This is a report from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions on how data analytics can help health plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) combat the opioid crisis by improving prevention and treatment strategies, informed by interviews with 35 clinical, pharmacy, data analytics, and policy leaders from health plans and PBMs across the country.

Response Approach
  • Cautious Opioid Prescribing
  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Stakeholders
  • Community Health Officials
  • Employers
  • Health Insurers
  • Hospitals
  • Medical
  • Pharmacies
  • Policymakers

This is a report from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness that identifies strategies communities, providers, and policymakers can use to address the intersection of homelessness and the opioid crisis and highlights several helpful resources developed by federal and national partners to support such efforts. 

Response Approach
  • Housing, Education, and Employment
  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
  • Overdose prevention
Stakeholders
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials
  • Harm Reduction Specialists
  • Policymakers

This is a webinar series hosted by SAMHSA that brings together presentations by several experts on the impact of the opioid crisis on black and Latinx communities and innovative responses tailored to these populations. The website contains recordings of the webinars, powerpoint slides, and helpful culturally competent resources. 

Response Approach
  • Educational
  • Recovery coaching
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials
  • Policymakers

This is a report from the Association for Community Affiliated Plans that provides strategies on how health plans can support and engage primary care physicians to increase prescribing of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). 

Response Approach
  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Stakeholders
  • Health Insurers
  • Medical
  • Policymakers

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. 

Response Approach
  • Educational
Stakeholders
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials

This is an academic paper which discusses a cross sectional online survey of public libraries in 5 states in a nationwide study of how public libraries assess community needs. In this specific study the survey assessed the attitudes of library staff towards patrons who used drugs, the frequency and outcomes of substance use related emergencies in these libraries, and the implementation of library practices or policies regarding substance use. 

Response Approach
  • Crisis intervention
  • Post-overdose response
Stakeholders
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials
Peer-reviewed Article

This is an academic commentary article that gives an overview of the expansion of telemedicine to treat substance use disorder during the coronavirus pandemic as well as both opportunities and barriers to accessing care in this new environment.  

Response Approach
  • COVID / Coronavirus related
  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Medical
  • Policymakers