This section includes opioid overdose response and prevention strategies developed by community stakeholders in Kent County, Michigan, from the following sectors: Public Health, Public Safety, Treatment Providers, and Community Outreach Organizations. Strategies were developed using near real-time suspected opioid overdose data from the System for Opioid Overdose Surveillance (SOS). Click on the applicable box below to read about the experiences and recommendations from stakeholders working within that sector.
Public Health
A section that details how strategies such as increasing collaboration among community organizations, advocating for opioid policy change, and improving the regulation of opioids can enhance opioid overdose response and prevention efforts among public health stakeholders.
Public Safety
This section provides insight into how strategies such as community outreach and advocating for increased funding can strengthen opioid overdose response and prevention efforts among public safety stakeholders.
Treatment Provider
This section covers how strategies such as increasing community awareness and data-driven resource allocation can enhance opioid overdose response and prevention efforts among treatment provider stakeholders.
Community Outreach
A section that discusses how strategies such as targeted overdose response and community collaboration can support opioid overdose response and prevention efforts among outreach and prevention stakeholders.