U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Overdose Prevention

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: October 2020

Workgroups: Medical Product Safety Workgroup, Substance Use Workgroup

This website provides information for health professionals on preventing overdose deaths, including:

  • Trainings for public health professionals and health care providers
  • Resources for health care providers on pain management, opioids, and opioid use disorder
  • Clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids 
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Objectives related to this resource (9)

Reduce fatal injuries — IVP‑01
Getting worse
Reduce unintentional injury deaths — IVP‑03
Getting worse
Reduce emergency department visits for nonfatal unintentional injuries — IVP‑04
Little or no detectable change
Reduce overdose deaths involving natural and semisynthetic opioids — IVP‑21
Improving
Reduce overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone — IVP‑22
Getting worse
Reduce overdose deaths involving heroin — IVP‑23
Target met or exceeded
Reduce overdose deaths involving opioids — IVP‑20
Getting worse
Reduce emergency department visits related to nonmedical use of prescription opioids — MPS‑02
Target met or exceeded
Reduce overdose deaths involving methadone — IVP‑24
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (n.d.). Overdose Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/index.html