Strengthening Prevention Systems to Address the Overdose Crisis Through the HEAL Prevention Cooperative and HEAL Preventing Opioid Use Disorder Research Program.

The HEAL Prevention Cooperative (HPC), a subset of the HEAL Preventing Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Research Program, addresses the evidence gap of interventions for populations at higher risk for opioid use initiation, escalation, and disorder. Designed to yield programs that can be scaled up for dissemination, the studies address topics critical to systematic implementation including data harmonization, intervention costs, culturally responsive services, community engagement, working across the continuum of care, and bringing interventions to market. Ideally, interventions found to be effective will be considered for adoption by community stakeholders.