Heroin and Prescription Painkillers Toolkit
Raise awareness, affect policy, prevent addiction and ultimately improve the health and safety of your community. Conveniently packaged as a collection of guide books with CD-ROM/DVD, Hazelden's Heroin and Prescription Painkillers: A Toolkit for Community Action reflects the latest thinking and offers the most effective resources for communities to use in the fight against heroin and other opioids. The toolkit includes:
- The latest and most accurate overview of facts and statistics on opioids
- Compelling video segments that are perfect for public presentations
- Professionally designed campaign resources: posters, press releases, printable fact sheets and a PowerPoint presentation
- Directory of links to and contact information for trusted resources
The toolkit includes six audience-specific action guides:
- Guide for Community Leaders: helps groups mobilize resources, launch prevention projects and create media campaigns
- Guide for Schools: shows educators how to identify student opioid abuse, intervene and get help, and raise students' awareness of the issue using provided lesson plans
- Guide for Parents: tells how to recognize signs of abuse and where to seek help
- Guide for Health Care Professionals: provides information on the rise of prescription painkiller misuse, screening and monitoring patients, chronic pain and alternative therapies, and safe prescribing practices
- Guide for Policy Influencers: explains current opioid policies, issues, and initiatives and provides guidance on how to support and influence change in communities
- Guide for Employers: provides an overview of prescription painkiller misuse in the workplace, legal issues, and setting company policies; and includes resources for EAPs
This book is from Hazelden Publishing, a division of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, one of the world's leading addiction treatment providers. Hazelden Publishing creates and disseminates knowledge through innovative media and service solutions, based in evidence, to help youth and adults recognize, understand and overcome substance abuse, addiction and closely related issues.