The Opioid Crisis: PHF Helps You to Respond Effectively

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PHF is a Leader in Helping Communities Respond to Urgent Health Challenges and Crises

For nearly 50 years, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has been helping organizations and communities identify and solve complex problems.

Respond Using the TRAIN Learning Network

The TRAIN Learning Network is the trusted leader in providing training and other learning opportunities to public health, healthcare, behavioral health, preparedness, and other health professionals. PHF's suite of TRAIN opioid support services includes:

Developing opioid and opioid-related training plans (these are compilations of trainings for specific target audiences). As an example, see a comprehensive training plan on pain management from Providers’ Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapy (PCSS-O), sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Enabling the targeted distribution and tracking of training by establishing special groups (e.g., individual hospitals and healthcare facilities, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, administrators)
Developing pre- and post-assessments and evaluations of trainings
Tracking registration and completion of trainings
Running reports on training registrations, completions, assessments, and evaluations
Analyzing training evaluation and other feedback data

Respond With PHF’s Population Health Approach
PHF is uniquely positioned to help communities identify solutions, take action, and achieve improvements to health challenges such as the opioid crisis. Our population health expert team brings over 100 years of combined experience working with organizations and moving them from talk to effective action.

Opioid Response Planning Guide – developed by PHF experts with step-by-step actions on one page to begin work immediately toward sustainable solutions for your community.
Draft Opioid Population Health Driver Diagram – used by health departments, healthcare organizations, and others as a place to start a conversation about actions that your community can take. The Population Health Driver Diagram framework has also been used to address issues such as diabetes, nutrition, mental health, and vector control.
Substance Misuse and Addiction Resources

PHF facilitated development of the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Driver Diagram with 25 stakeholders in Tennessee.
More than 70 substance misuse and addiction courses on TRAIN

PHF tailors its quality improvement tools and methods to help communities and organizations identify solutions and take action.

PHF Technical Assistance and Training
PHF’s expert-led technical assistance will help you build and implement a community-wide opioid response plan. We have provided on-site assistance to more than 500 health departments and healthcare organizations over the past seven years.

Our hospital and health system partners have been active addressing the following challenges:

Behavioral health
Healthy eating and active lifestyles to reduce obesity in the community
HIV prevention
Optimal antibiotic use
Second-hand smoke screening
Tobacco cessation

Ready to address this issue in your community?
Contact Ron Bialek at (202) 218-4420, [email protected], or submit your information online to see how PHF can help you find a solution that best meets your needs.

Access PHF's Opioid Response Planning Guide