Access a range of print and online resources developed by EDC to prevent substance misuse and related behavioral health problems. More resources coming soon!
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| Preventing Heroin Use: Facts, Figures, and Strategies (ISSUES BRIEF) | This resource describes recent trends in and factors associated with heroin use, including the non-medical use of prescription opioids. To facilitate substance misuse prevention planning at the state and local levels, the brief also includes information on data sources for heroin-related indicators and strategies that show promise in reducing rates of heroin use and overdose. |
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| Preventing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Facts, Factors, and Strategies | An at-a-glance resource to help prevention practitioners better understand and prevent the growing problem of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). |
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| Preventing Opioid Misuse and Overdose: Data Sources and Tools to Inform Assessment and Planning Efforts | Presents a list of 16 key data sources for prescription opioids and heroin to inform assessment and planning efforts. |
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| 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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| Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse: Overview of Factors and Strategies | This decision-support tool presents key findings from a review of current research on the non-medical use of prescription drugs, including a summary of risk and protective factors associated with prescription drug misuse, as well as programs and strategies that have been shown to be effective in addressing these factors. |
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| Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse: Programs and Strategies | This decision support tool provides brief summaries of prevention strategies and associated programs that have been evaluated to determine their effects on the non-medical use of prescription drugs, including an overview of the relevant literature, descriptions of individual studies, and guidelines for using this information to inform prevention planning efforts. |
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| Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse: Selected Strategies and Associated Risk Factors | This at-a-glance chart provides a quick look at prevention strategies that have been shown to directly address common risk factors associated with prescription drug misuse. |
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| Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse: Understanding Who Is at Risk | This decision support tool summarizes information from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies on factors that have been shown to either increase risk of or protect against the non-medical use of prescription drugs, based on articles published between 2006 and 2012. |
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