Evaluation Profiles
The following OD2A evaluation profiles, created with funded jurisdictions between 2019-2023, can be used to help state and local health departments, community-based organizations, medical and healthcare professionals, and program managers determine how well programs and initiatives are being implemented. The profiles contain guidance on the types of evaluation questions, indicators, data sources, and data collection methods that can be used to evaluate the specified topics and activities.
Technical Assistance to Disproportionately Affected Communities
Technical Assistance to Disproportionately Affected Communities
Health departments provide technical assistance to partners to enhance their capacity to understand and interpret local overdose trends and burden; identify populations or communities most impacted; and select and coordinate implementation of appropriate evidence/practice-based interventions to respond to their community’s needs.
Academic Detailing
Academic Detailing
Academic detailing (AD) is a form of clinician education that uses a one-on-one interactive technique to deliver unbiased, evidence-based information to clinicians with the goal of affecting behavior change.
Linkage to Care
Linkage to Care Initiatives
Linkage to care is a coordinated system and practice of assisting individuals with accessing care or services related to substance use.
Overdose Communication Campaigns
Implementing an Overdose Communication Campaign
Overdose communication campaigns can focus on raising awareness and educating the public about the drug overdose crisis, including prescription drug misuse and illegal drug use, and reducing stigma associated with opioid use disorder.
Naloxone Distribution
Naloxone Distribution Programs
Targeted naloxone distribution is an evidence-based strategy recommended by CDC. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that reverses the potentially fatal effects of an opioid overdose if administered in a timely manner.
Overdose Fatality Reviews
Overdose Fatality Reviews
Overdose fatality reviews systematically collect and use data from people who died from overdose to identify factors associated with fatal overdoses at the individual, community, and population levels.
Public Health Surveillance
Public Health Surveillance with PDMP Data and Public Dissemination of Results
Public health surveillance is a key public health activity that informs policy changes, guides program interventions, sharpens public communication, and helps agencies assess research investments.
PDMP Data Use
PDMP Data Use to Inform Clinical Practice and Improve Patient Safety
PDMPs are electronic databases that contain information on controlled substance prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies and clinicians.
