A Public Health Guide to Ending the Opioid Epidemic Test Bank

A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing the Opioid Crisis

The opioid epidemic has had a devastating impact on families and communities across the United States. While changes in policing and medical practices have been implemented, they have only achieved a modest impact on the fundamental causes of substance misuse and addiction.

Upstream Intervention: A Public Health Approach

A Public Health Guide to Ending the Opioid Epidemic offers a credible, scalable, and empirically supported approach to uprooting one of society’s most pernicious challenges. This guide systemizes the core tenets of the public health approach to substance misuse and addiction, providing a roadmap for end-to-end response to this diverse problem.

Practical Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

• Supporting community-based, primary prevention of substance misuse and addiction in different settings and populations
• Effectively addressing the cultural, social, and environmental aspects of health that are driving the current epidemic
• Understanding the role of governmental public health agencies in responding to the epidemic

These frameworks offer a foundation for understanding, analyzing, and meaningfully impacting the burden of opioid misuse and addiction in any population or setting.