Funding
The Office of Disease Surveillance was awarded a four-year grant to train first responders and certain other community partners in the recognition and treatment of an opioid overdose. The grant also requires the office to assist with referrals to drug addiction treatment resources.
Overdose Data to Action
Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) supports jurisdictions in collecting high quality, comprehensive, and timely data on nonfatal and fatal overdoses and in using those data to inform prevention and response efforts. OD2A focuses on understanding and tracking the complex and changing nature of the drug overdose epidemic and highlights the need for seamless integration of data into prevention strategies.
CDC launched the multiyear Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) cooperative agreement in September 2019 with 66 recipients (referred to as jurisdictions) comprising state, territorial, county, and city health departments. In 2019, the Southern Nevada Health District was selected as one of 17 local jurisdictions to receive CDC funding as part of their new innovative Overdose Data to Action initiative.
Strategies of Overdose Data to Action
Surveillance Strategies
Morbidity Data: Collect and report more timely and complete data on overdose-related emergency department visits.
Mortality Data: Collect and report more timely and complete data on overdose-related deaths.
Innovative Surveillance Strategies: Focus on new and innovative ways to identify and collect data on drug misuse or overdose better tailored to a community’s needs.
Prevention Strategies
State and Local Integration: Improve state and local prevention efforts to build more effective and sustainable surveillance and implement community-level interventions in high-burden areas.
Linkage to Care: Ensure people are connected to the care they need by leveraging systems and upstream prevention efforts.
Provider and Health Systems Support: Support healthcare providers and health systems with drug overdose prevention and response, including expanding the use of evidence-based prescribing and treatment practices.
Partnerships with Public Safety and First Responders: Develop new and/or enhance existing partnerships with public safety partners to improve data sharing and advance prevention efforts.
Empowering Individuals: Increase awareness about drug-related harms, treatment, and risk reduction strategies to help individuals make informed decisions.
Innovative Prevention Strategies: Promote innovations in prevention strategies.
Peer-to Peer-Learning: Foster information-sharing and build capacity among jurisdictions.
Community Partners
FR-CARA
In September 2017 the Office of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System (OEMSTS) was awarded a First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Grants (Short Title: FR-CARA), a four-year grant to train first responders and certain other community partners in the recognition and treatment of an opioid overdose. The grant also requires the office to assist with referrals to drug addiction treatment resources.