Preventing Opioid Misuse and Escalation to Opioid Use Disorder: NIDA’s HEAL Prevention Initiative Resources
The adolescent and young adult years are a critical window for preventing opioid misuse and opioid use disorder. Healthcare providers can play an important part of their communities’ opioid prevention efforts.
To learn more about prevention efforts in healthcare settings, contact RTI’s Center on Social Determinants, Risk Behaviors, and Prevention Science, or check out the resources below.
HEAL Initiative
Screening for Drug Use
- Screening Tool Handout
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Policy Statement on Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
- Substance Use Screening and Intervention Implementation Guide (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Implementing SBIRT in Primary Care (Public Health Reviews)
Stakeholder Engagement
- Engaging Stakeholders to Improve the Quality of Children’s Healthcare (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Stakeholder Engagement Toolkit (Victoria Department of Health and Human Services)