PHAST Resources
The CDC Foundation & Vital Strategies
Description: This guide was developed as a supplement to the PHAST Toolkit to support local, regional, and state health departments in developing a basic epidemiological picture of opioid use and overdose in their region. The Epi Guide provides an overview of key overdose and substance-use indicators; key data investigation questions; suggestions on how to secure, analyze, and stratify data; possible data sources; examples; and references.
keywords: Data sharing, Data use strategies, Guide, Module 2
PHAST Resources
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Description: This resource is designed to support public health and public safety teams in navigating data-sharing and coordinated overdose prevention to facilitate key processes in the PHAST framework. It functions as a complement to the in-depth guidance of the PHAST Toolkit but can also be used as a collection of freestanding resources independent from the Toolkit.
keywords: Health equity, Module 1, Module 2, Module 3, Module 4, Multi-sector collaboration, Optimized capacity, Shared accountability, Shared understanding, Toolkit
PHAST Resources
Bureau of Justice Assistance – Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (BJA COSSAP)
Description: This toolkit provides information on how to build a successful Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) process with a strong foundation in coalition, data collection, and prevention.
keywords: Data sharing, Data use strategies, Module 1, Module 2, Multi-sector collaboration, Overdose Fatality Review (OFR), Shared understanding, Toolkit
Additional Toolkits and Guides
Center for Evidence-based Policy
Description: A crowd-sourced and vetted, searchable library of evidence-based resources on opioids and the opioid crisis includes links to videos, guides, reports, and toolkits.
keywords: Resource hub
Organizations, Strategies, and Funding Opportunities
Description: A global public health organization that strives to promote innovation, improve quality, build scale, and ensure sustainability, grounded in data and evidence, and focused on racial equity.
keywords: Black/Indigenous/People of Color (BIPOC), Resource hub, Social determinants of health (SDOH)
Additional Toolkits and Guides
Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association
Description: This webpage provides links to drafted model laws and policies in the areas of public safety and health, substance use disorders, and the criminal justice system.
keywords: Criminal justice, Evidence-based interventions and promising practices, Policy and regulation
Additional Toolkits and Guides
Opioid Response Network
Description: This guide is intended to support justice-system partners as they seek to further integrate evidence-based substance use disorder treatment practices into their work and the development of partnerships between the justice system and the medical community.
keywords: Criminal justice, Evidence-based interventions and promising practices, Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), Multi-sector collaboration
Additional Toolkits and Guides
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Description: This environmental scan focuses on public safety-led overdose prevention efforts and corollary trainings for public safety personnel that are tailored for BIPOC communities.
keywords: Black/Indigenous/People of Color (BIPOC), Shared understanding, Social determinants of health (SDOH)
Organizations, Strategies, and Funding Opportunities
Description: National nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in the United States. Health communications campaign materials to promote overdose prevention and reduce stigma.
keywords: Module 1, Module 2, Resource hub, Shared understanding, Stigma
Organizations, Strategies, and Funding Opportunities
Description: National learning community that supports local, regional, and statewide overdose prevention efforts that draw communities together to save lives.
keywords: Resource hub
