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Pre-Approved Evidence-Based Strategies Menu to align with the goals and objectives of North Dakota’s State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grant:
PREVENTION | |
Strategy | Description and Guidance for Implementation |
Objective 2.1: Decrease access to unneeded prescription opioid medication | |
Support adoption of best practice policies relating to pain management and prescribing practices |
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Increase utilization of North Dakota’s PDMP |
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Increase ND Take Back locations |
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Promote safe use of medication through comprehensive messaging |
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Objective 2.2: Increase availability and utilization of naloxone as an evidence-based opioid overdose prevention practice | |
Purchase naloxone for professional organizations |
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Promote evidence-based overdose prevention through comprehensive messaging |
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Increase number of pharmacists prescribing naloxone |
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TREATMENT/RECOVERY | |
Strategy | Description and Guidance for Implementation |
Objective 1.1: Increase utilization of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) as a clinically appropriate evidence-based practice for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatment | |
Enhance utilization of MAT as an evidence-based practice for treatment of OUD |
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Support adoption or enhancement of policies supportive of MAT within local behavioral health residential programs |
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Address barriers to receiving treatment |
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Support innovative telehealth in rural and underserved areas to increase the capacity of communities to support OUD treatment |
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Objective 1.2: Increase access to peer and other evidence-based recovery support services | |
Offer localized train-the-trainer program for evidence-based peer recovery support services |
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Support innovative telehealth in rural and underserved areas to increase the capacity of communities to support recovery |
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Objective 1.3: Increase communication efforts to reduce stigma surrounding Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) and needle exchange/syringe service programs | |
Reduce stigma surrounding OUD through comprehensive messaging |
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Increase awareness of and reduce stigma surrounding Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) services through comprehensive messaging |
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Reduce stigma relating to syringe service programs through comprehensive messaging |
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