Prescription Drugs

Multiple SUDORS Data Presentations were presented to various state and local agencies, please see below:
6/4/2024 - Organization Name: Joint Presentation with Less Harm and Breaking Through to West Side Coalition Group Overdose / Homicides Austin and E/W Garfield Park - Topic: SUDORS & IVDRS analysis;
6/5/2024 - Organization Name: DuPage County Health Department - Topic: IPLAN data update for SUDORS;
6/5/2024 - Organization Name: South Side Coalition - Topic: Discussed SUDORS analysis and data use, yearly updates needed;

Multiple SUDORS Data Presentations were presented to various state and local agencies, please see below:
5/3/2024 - Organization Name: Lake County Health Department - Topic: IVDRS/SUDORS Data for Health Department Dashboard;
5/3/2024 - Organization Name: HealthCare Foundation of Northern Lake County - Topic: IVDRS & SUDORS Introduction;
5/6/2024 - Organization Name: Chicago Department of Public Health (Violence Prevention Team) - Topic: SUDORS & IVDRS Introduction;

Multiple SUDORS Data Presentations were presented to various state and local agencies, please see below:
4/4/2024 - Organization Name: Illinois Joining Forces - Strategic Meeting - Topic: Review how SUDORS/IVDRS can be used in programing;
4/15/2024 - Organization Name: Cook County Public Health Department - Topic: SUDORS and IVDRS;
4/16/2024 - Organization Name: Peoria and Tazewell County Health Department - Topic: Peoria and Tazewell County Multi-Year Report;

Multiple SUDORS Data Presentations were presented to various state and local agencies, please see below:
3/5/2024 - Organization Name: St. Clair County Health Department - Topic: General SUDORS Data Presentation;
3/6/2024 - Organization Name: West Side Community Coalition Partners - Topic: Custom SUDORS reports by Health Equity Region and zip code;
3/8/2024 - Organization Name: Illinois League of Women Voters Vice President - Topic: General SUDORS Data Presentation;

SUDORS Data was presented to Above and Beyond Director Jim Dolan on 02/26/2024; the title of the presentation was Overdose data review of West Side Health Equity Zone.

Multiple SUDORS Data Presentations were presented to various state and local agencies, please see below:
1/24/2024 - Organization Name: West Side Task Force / Prevention Partnership Inc. - Title: Introduce SUDORS to the team;
1/25/2024 - Organization Name: McLean County Health Department - Title: McLean County Multi-Year Report;
1/26/2024 - Organization Name: Winnebago County Health Department - Title: SUDORS & IVDRS data request and Winnebago County Multi-Year Report;

Cloeren, M., & Frey, J. J. (2024, April 23). "At a tipping point: How construction leaders are working to combat opioid related overdose death and making prevention a health and safety priority". Presentation for 17th Annual Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Conference & Expo. Greenbelt, MD. During this training, the University of Maryland team trained construction professionals on naloxone use and distributed 78 doses of Naloxone.

Dr. Jay Unick worked with the Maryland Governor’s Office on Crime Control and Prevention (June 2024) to develop a plan for understanding the implementation of Critical Intervention Teams (CIT) among law enforcement agencies to develop a data collection system to track the number of CIT officers, increase fidelity to best training practices, improve responses to behavioral health crises, and measure behavioral health outcomes.

Dr. Jay Unick presented to the State of Maryland Opioid Response Learning Collaborative on 6/17/2024 on integrating data into local behavioral health response to the opioid crisis. The presentation included a report on findings from our community scan of all 24 Maryland Local Behavioral Health Associations that occurred between April and June 2024.

Grantees will review training and practical information that provided best practices on responses to substance use disorders and overdose prevention that prioritize prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction.