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Toolkit: Promoting Data Sharing Approaches

This toolkit, by the Topos Partnership for the Data Funders Collaborative, is intended to help communicators talk about and promote a wide range of data sharing, with broad audiences. The goal is to identify ways of creating more constructive and sup

Promoting Data Sharing Approaches

This report by the Topos Partnership, is intended to help communicators talk about and promote a wide range of data sharing, with broad audiences. The goal is to identify ways of creating more constructive and supportive dialog with more people, and

Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities: Summary Report

As the impact of the opioid epidemic is felt in communities across the US, public libraries are choosing to be part of the community response. With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in partnership with the Public Library A

DASH Environmental Scan: Early Learnings from an Emerging Field

In 2015, Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) conducted an environmental scan of the state of multi-sector data sharing initiatives aimed at improving community health. Monitoring and analysis is ongoing, but the initial findings show a vibrant and

A framework for analysing learning health systems: Are we removing the most impactful barriers?

Learning health systems (LHS) are one of the major computing advances in health care. However, no prior research has systematically analysed barriers and facilitators for LHS. This paper presents an investigation into the barriers, benefits, and faci

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook

The AHRQ Academy developed the Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook (referred to as the MAT for OUD Playbook), a practical guide for implementing MAT in primary care and other ambulatory care settings. While the Playbook aim

Preserving, Protecting, & Expanding Affordable Housing: A policy toolkit for public health

Policy Toolkit & Executive Summary: This toolkit provides information on housing market trends and research on the links between rising housing costs and poor health outcomes. It identifies strategies across six policy areas to help ensure that house

Fundamentals of Preemption

The legal term preemption may have little resonance outside of courts and legislative chambers. But what it describes — the invalidation of state law by federal law, or of local law by state law — has profound significance for public health.

Preemptio

Shared Use Playbook: Opening up recreation facilities to promote community & health

Shared use agreements—also known as joint use agreements, memoranda of understanding, and contracts—allow public and private property owners to broaden access to their underutilized facilities for community use. Shared use agreements can be used in a

Preliminary Findings on the Role of Health Care in Multi-Sector Networks for Population Health: Notes from the Field

Networked approaches to tackling complex social challenges are not new, yet practitioners and researchers are continually working to share frameworks for how to support, fund, and sustain work that cuts across sectors. One powerful contribution to th

A Roadmap to the Ideal Juvenile Justice System

JJLN leaders are offering their best thinking to date and challenge the country to engage in dialogue around three questions: 1) Why is it important to create the ideal juvenile justice system? 2) What specifically would the ideal system include? and

Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Report: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations

A Stakeholder-driven Action Plan for Improving Pain Management, Opioid Use, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Through Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

The Opioid Action Plan Working Group focused its efforts in 2018 to produce an Opioid Action Plan (OAP) to articulate and begin advancing progress toward a shared vision for applying Patient-centered clinical decision support (PCCDS) more broadly and

SAMHSA: Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings

This guide focuses on using medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in jails and prisons and during the reentry process when justice -involved persons return to the community. It provides an overview of policies and evidence-based pract

The Ripple Effect: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on Children and Families

The United Hospital Fund, supported by the Millbank Memorial Fund, highlights the impact of the opioid epidemic on children and families. This publication delivers a comprehensive look at the successive waves of loss and trauma experienced by newborn

Preventing Opioid Misuse in the States and Territories: A Public Health Framework for Cross-Sector Leadership

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in collaboration with the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), developed the Preventing Opioid Misuse in the States and Territories framework to p

Expanding Our Response: The NH Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and other Drugs Action Plan

New Hampshire Governor's Commission Action Plan: This three-year strategic plan serves as a blueprint for NH's shared efforts with a focus on alignment, coordination, innovation and accountability. The plan encompasses best practices and other key st

Washington State Interagency Opioid Working Plan

Washington State's interagency comprehensive strategy to prevent opioid morbidity and mortality.

State government agencies, local health departments, professional groups, and community organizations are working together to implement these priority goa

Community Information Exchange Toolkit: Collaboration and Cross-Sector Data Sharing to Create Healthier Communities

2-1-1 San Diego’s Community Information Exchange (CIE) toolkit shares lessons learned and best practices in a effort to break down barriers across sectors to improve public health.

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Work, Skills, Community: Restoring opportunity for the working class

A bipartisan working group came together to propose policy that will be a start in the renewal of the U.S' social contract to "revive the promise of equal opportunity and upward mobility for all Americans". The report introduces: who makes up the wor