Incorporating a Health Equity Lens to Better Inform and Respond to Overdose

Incorporating a health equity lens is crucial to understand community needs, address disparities and develop equitable overdose prevention and response strategies. To better inform outreach and overdose response efforts, the Kansas Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team integrated socioeconomic indicators and resource data into the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) and Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) […]

Cross-State Information Sharing: Potential Protests at Pharmacies in Illinois

One of the prominent assets of the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) program is the large network and ability for cross-state collaboration among ORS teams to swiftly share information. The New York Public Health Analyst (PHA) reached out to the Illinois PHA after receiving information about potential pharmacy protests staged in Illinois that could bring about […]