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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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

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Non-systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: 2018

Workgroups: Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guide can help community leaders, nonprofits, public health professionals, law enforcement, and others understand and use effective, evidence-based strategies to prevent opioid overdoses in their communities, like targeted Naloxone distribution and Medication-Assisted Treatment. 

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Objectives related to this resource (6)

Reduce overdose deaths involving natural and semisynthetic opioids — IVP‑21
Improving
Reduce overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone — IVP‑22
Getting worse
Reduce overdose deaths involving heroin — IVP‑23
Target met or exceeded
Reduce overdose deaths involving opioids — IVP‑20
Getting worse
Reduce emergency department visits related to nonmedical use of prescription opioids — MPS‑02
Target met or exceeded
Reduce overdose deaths involving methadone — IVP‑24
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What’s Working in the United States. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2018-evidence-based-strategies.pdf.