Working Groups: You Can Help

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Working Groups You Can Help

• Cynthia L. Holland, MPH
• University of Pittsburgh
• School of Pharmacy

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Overdose Working Groups

• Activities of the working groups will be the
  catalyst for change in creating new programs,
  policies and practices that will decrease the
  rate of overdose in Allegheny County.
• Get involved!

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Fitting The Pieces Together

• Assess prevention needs based on epidemiological
  data
• Build prevention capacity
• Develop a strategic plan
• Implement effective community prevention
  programs, policies and practices, and
• Evaluate efforts for outcomes.

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• 1. Assessment
• Review of AC overdose data.
• Strategic working group basis of planning and
  other steps.

• 3. Planning
• Working groups will discuss and plan what
  programs, policies and practices should be
  created to decrease overdose deaths in AC.
• A formal strategic plan will be created/authored.

• 2. Capacity
• Creation of working groups.
• Determine needs of community based upon data and
  what capacities do/do not already exist in
  community.

• 4. Implementation
• Prevention programs, changes to or new policies
  created, and other activities will be conducted
  as a result of working groups and the strategic
  plan that is created.

• 5. Evaluation
• Evaluate activities (working groups, strategic
  plan, outcomes, goals.

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Capacity Working Group

• Focus on developing a plan that will increase
  community resources necessary to implement
  designated practices/policies/programs. May
  include
• Trainings
• Leadership support development
• Publications of programs/practices/policies
  implemented as a result of the conference and
  activities of the working groups.

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Evaluation Working Group

• Focus on evaluation of any initiatives, programs,
  or policies created and implemented as a result
  of the conference and other working groups.
• Develop a formal evaluative process to assess
  outcomes.

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Implementation Working Group

• Designate and define preferred practices,
  policies, and programs (prevention, intervention,
  and treatment as well as others).
• Develop and implement a strategic plan
• Develop and implement a communication plan from
  which public/provider awareness, knowledge and
  action regarding overdose deaths in Allegheny
  County will be continually enhanced.

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Questions to Consider

• What do the data say are the important-issues
  surrounding drug overdoses that our community
  feels should be addressed?
• What programs/practices/policies should the
  community develop or change that will impact the
  issues we have identified?
• What additional resources will be needed to
  develop and sustain these programs/practices/polic
  ies?
• How can we best implement these
  programs/practices/policies?
• How will we evaluate whether the
  programs/practices/policies we implement make a
  difference?
• How can we sustain and improve upon the progress
  we make?