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Wisconsin PDO Grant Final Report: Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths Prevention Project

Description
Reports on the outcomes of the Wisconsin Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Death Prevention (PDO) project grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Includes statistics on the rural and urban counties selected to receive the project services such as estimated population with opioid use disorder (OUD), poverty, and more. Describes project activities and strategies focused on reducing the number of opioid-related deaths and adverse events, developing and implementing secondary prevention programs, and providing overdose survivors and their families with services and support within 72 hours of overdose.
Author(s)
Kylie Lafayette, Elizabeth Feder, Tom Bently
Date
09/2021
Type
Document
Organization
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Tagged as
Illicit drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Substance use and misuse · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Wisconsin

Organizations (1)

  • University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, view details