How Can We Help?
Engaging Community Coalitions to Decrease Opioid Overdose Deaths Practice Guide 2023
This publication is a product of the HEALing Communities Study (HCS) and informed by the Communities That HEAL (CTH) Intervention Manual as well as integral contributions from research and community partners across four research sites. This guide was developed in recognition of the need to center community engagement throughout the efforts to address the opioid overdose crisis. This guide exists to help communities decrease opioid overdose deaths; it includes tools and real-world examples that can be used to build and strengthen community coalitions that work to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
Authoring Agency: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)