Publications Legal Authority for Emergency Medical Services to Increase Access to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder This article describes the federal legal landscape that governs the ability of emergency medical services professionals to administer buprenorphine treatment, and discusses state and local regulatory considerations relevant to this promising and emerging practice that can reduce opioid overdose fatalities.
Publications Tuberculosis and Tobacco Integration: Public Education Resources This white paper and communications toolkit provides insights into tested campaign concepts and messages that encourage behavior change in relation to TB prevention and treatment, and ready to use materials for spreading awareness on the link between TB and tobacco.
Publications Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach Health system data incompletely capture the social risk factors for drug overdose. This study aimed to improve the accuracy of a machine-learning algorithm to predict opioid overdose risk by integrating human services and criminal justice data with health claims data to capture the social determinants of overdose risk in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Publications Financer l’avenir : comment la crise climatique rejaillit-elle sur vos financements ? Ce guide est essentiel pour inciter le monde de la philanthropie à s’engager sur les enjeux climatiques et mesurer l’impact de son action. Le guide se repose sur l’expériences de différentes fondations et propose 10 bonnes pratiques pour le financement de l’action pour le climat.
Publications A rapid-cycle assessment strategy for understanding the opioid overdose epidemic in local communities Certain communities in the United States experience greater opioid overdose mortality than others. This study aimed to understand multiple stakeholder perspectives on the opioid epidemic in eight communities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, an area disproportionately affected by opioid overdose mortality.
Campaigns Ecuador – Road Safety – Speeding This campaign aired in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It shows the deadly consequences of speeding and urges drivers to follow speed limits.
Campaigns Turkey – Tobacco Control – The Little Girl This campaign ran in Turkey in February 2021 to raise awareness of how increasing taxes on tobacco products helps protect children and youth from tobacco.
Campaigns Bangladesh – Tobacco Control – Harms of Second Hand Smoking This campaign ran nationally in Bangladesh in 2021 and shows the health risks from secondhand smoke in the home.
Campaigns Bangladesh – Tobacco Control – Shadow This campaign ran nationally in Bangladesh in 2021 to show the dangers of secondhand smoke and inform the public of existing laws prohibiting smoking in public places.
Publications The Sobering Truth: Incentivizing Alcohol Death and Disability This report from Vital Strategies uncovers the tax breaks and marketing subsidies given to the alcohol industry every year and makes recommendations on how countries can strengthen their health systems against the harms of alcohol.