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Toolkits, guides, and other resources vetted by experts in overdose prevention.
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Anti-Criminalization and Public Health Systems Factsheets
NASTAD, with consultant Reframe Health and Justice, created a three-part factsheet to provide information on the role of public health in addressing the impacts of criminalization and policing. The toolkit includes factsheet pages on Criminalization as a Determinant of Public Health, Abolition vs Reform, and Anti-Criminalization for Public Health Strategies.
Clinical Provider Quick Tips Addressing Substance Use in Primary Care Settings
"This Toolkit consists of a series of ""quick clinical tips""- bringing state-of-the-art resources and practical tools to busy clinicians addressing patient stimulant and fentanyl use in primary care
settings."
Fact Sheet: California Law and Syringe Services Programs
This fact sheet reviews California Law as it relates to syringe services programs (SSPs). It overviews key takeaways on syringe possession, syringe distribution, other safer drug use materials distributed for public health purposes, and naloxone.
California Harm Reduction Supplies
This presentation overviews all of the materials included in the Office of Aids Harm Reduction Supply Clearinghouse with an image, function, and why it is being offered as harm reduction supplies.
Issue Brief: Smoking Supplies for Harm Reduction
In this issue brief it reviews smoking supplies for harm reduction, California law, and evidence for providing safer smoking supplies to reduce drug-related harm.
Fact Sheet: Syringe Services Programs in California: An Overview
This fact sheet provides information on syringe services programs critical role in California's efforts to stop drug overdose deaths, prevention of transmission of other blood-borne diseases, and HIV infections.
Directory of Syringe Services Programs in California
This directory has the county, program name, city of operation, and phone info for the more than sixty programs in California that provide syringe services. Many have fixed locations, but other operate at various locations and times throughout the week. For more information you can contact the SSPs using their available info.
Harm Reduction Course Bundle
The National Harm Reduction Coalition has a 3 course bundle that includes: overdose prevention and response, engaging people who use drugs, and foundations of harm reduction. If you are a California resident you can access this bundle for free.
Example Presentation: Fentanyl and Naloxone Training
This slide deck created by the San Benito County Opioid Task Force can be used as an example of a presentation on how to respond to an overdose, train the audience on administering naloxone and provide info on fentanyl and local data.
Sample Presentation for Teens
This slide deck created by the San Benito County Opioid Task Force can be used as an example of a presentation given to teens and adolescents when presenting on how to respond to an overdose, discuss administering naloxone and provide info on fentanyl.
Example Presentation: Fentanyl, Opioids, Narcan and Youth Presentation in Spanish
This slide deck is provided by Safe Rx Santa Cruz and Empower Watsonville and can be used as an example of a ready-made Spanish presentation when presenting to parents about overdose prevention and covering topics including fentanyl and naloxone.
Example Presentation: Fentanyl, Opioids, Narcan and Youth Presentation in English
This slide deck is provided by Safe Rx Santa Cruz and Empower Watsonville and can be used as an example of a ready-made presentation when presenting to parents about overdose prevention and covering topics including fentanyl and naloxone.
Example Presentation: Parent's Night Community Meetings
This slide deck is provided by Safe Rx Santa Cruz Coalition can be used as an example of a ready-made presentation when presenting to parents covering topics including fentanyl and naloxone.
Gold Standard Podcast with Dr. Sue
National Harm Reduction Coalition’s Medical Director Dr. Kim Sue joins various guests from programs across the country to highlight the importance of low-barrier access to medications for opioid use.
Wellbeing Wednesdays - Episode 7: "Advancing Health Equity"
Hear Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Chuck Ingoglia, the National Council’s president and CEO, discuss the state of health equity in America, barriers to treatment, what equitable systems of care look like and more.
Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm Reduction Toolkit
This toolkit was created for supporting pregnant and parenting people who use drugs, their loved ones, and their service providers. This toolkit was written in collaboration with the National Hard Reduction Coalition and the Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction.
Summary Brief of Towards Equity-Driven Whole Child Health and Wellness
This brief provides a condensed version of the guide created with Youth Opioid Response California and California AfterSchool Network, to provide information on various strategies co-designed across sectors to support substance use prevention and creating hubs at schools and other community sites to promote whole child, whole family, and whole community health and wellbeing.
California’s Golden Opportunity Post-Convening Update & Materials
On Friday, September 16, 2022, the California AfterSchool Network (CAN) successfully convened CA practitioners and educators in California’s Golden Opportunity: Promoting Child & Community Wellness Through Cross-Sector Expanded Learning Partnerships event. This culminating virtual event of the Whole Child Health & Wellness Community of Practice, was funded by Youth Opioid Response (YOR) California. The purpose of the virtual event was to create awareness about California’s Golden Opportunity for multi-sector partnerships with California’s Expanded Learning Programs that promote health, and mental health, and increase access to substance use intervention and treatment for children, youth, and families. Resources from the convening can be found here.
California AfterSchool Network
"The California AfterSchool Network (CAN) is an organization that exists to make a difference in the health and well-being of children, youth, their families, and their communities by strengthening access to high-quality Out-of-School Time (OST) programs.
Statewide System of Support for Expanded Learning
California has a system of support for expanded learning (SSEL). This webpage has the most current contacts for each region in California.