Topic Overview:This presentation reflects challenges, activities, and opportunities for promoting primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of substance use disorders in the community and in individuals. National and state efforts to prevent the crisis in communities will be examined. Secondary and tertiary prevention efforts for individuals with substance use disorders will be discussed, including interventions to prevent suicide from accidental overdose based on risk factors and vulnerable populations. Further dialogue will be featured in the Narcotics in America Panel Discussion, which will immediately follow this presentation.
Objectives:- Identity how Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are addressing the opioid crisis.
- Examine primary prevention efforts to reduce opioid use and substance use disorder.
- Explore secondary and tertiary prevention of opioid misuse and substance use disorder.
- Discuss the implications of healthcare provider attitudes toward addiction and treatment.
- Determine educational efforts needed for patients and healthcare providers in relation to the opioid use and substance use disorder.