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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 [PDF 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 MB] of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.

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Providers Clinical Support System

Provides a national training and mentoring project developed in response to the prescription opioid misuse epidemic, and offers evidence-based, educational opioid use resources for healthcare providers.
Format
Web Page
Webinar/Video
Web-Based Course
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry with American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine, American Psychiatric Association, and American Society of Addiction Medicine
Year

Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) FAQs

A list of FAQs which pertain to Syringe Services Programs (SSPs), community-based programs that provide access to sterile needles and syringes, facilitate safe disposal of used syringes, and provide and link to other important services and programs.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Patients
Communities
Other Team Members
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings

This guide focuses on using medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in jails and prisons and during the reentry process when justice-involved persons return to the community. 
Format
Guide
Audience
States
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
5.48 MB

Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What's Working in the United States

Provides general information about evidence-based practices that have been successfully implemented in the United States and are effective in reducing rates of opioid overdose.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
States
Communities
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Year
File Size
11.81 MB

Naloxone Training Toolkit

Provides presentations, documents, forms, and videos about the use of naloxone in opioid overdoses. Resource categories are First Responder Naloxone Training Program, Naloxone Program Forms, Naloxone Training Forms, and Videos.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
States
Communities
Source
Indian Health Service
Year

Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit

Equips healthcare providers, communities, and local governments with material to develop practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Addresses issues for healthcare providers, first responders, treatment providers, and those recovering from opioid overdose.

Format
Toolkit
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Medical Providers
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
File Size
.42 MB