PRONTO Post-Overdose

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Welcome to the home of the PRONTO suite of projects. This website is a collection of our findings, information, and tools we have gathered to better understand the novelty of post-overdose outreach programs. We hope the information and resources can help your local community. Please use our contact form to submit questions and join our email list.

- PRONTO Post Overdose Team

We are happy and proud to post here the PRONTO Best Practice Guidance for Post-Overdose Outreach March 2023. This document is the result of three years of work by the PRONTO Study team and a panel of 13 national policy and program experts to develop recommended guidance for post-overdose outreach programs. The aim was to create evidence-informed best practice guidance for post-overdose outreach programs useful to agencies that create, lead, manage, or fund post-overdose outreach programs nationwide with the goal of reducing the risks of subsequent overdose.  

 
Pronto 1.0 guidance summary

Guidance Summary

Pronto 1.0 best practice guidance

Best Practice Guidance

October 2024

  • Post-Overdose Outreach Resource Toolkit

    Empowering Post-Overdose Programs to Reach More People

    The PRONTO Stimulants Toolkit is now up! This toolkit is a result of the PRONTO Stimulants study, which attempted to designed a tool for post-overdose programs better identify and connect with stimulant (e.g. cocaine, methamphetamine, etc.) users, particularly those from marginalized communities. This study focused on Native, Black, Latino, Hispanic, and youth populations which have been disproportionately impacted by stimulant use. This toolkit offers practical strategies and resources to enhance outreach efforts and improve outcomes. Please share and contact us with questions or feedback!

October 2024

  • New Journal Publication – October 2024

    Involuntary civil commitment in MA

    We’re thrilled to share that Emily Cummins, PhD, and the PRONTO team have a new publication in Addiction. This article dives into the complex perspectives of involuntary civil commitment (ICC) as it relates to post-overdose outreach programs in MA. Please see below for additional details on the publication.

    Use and perceptions of involuntary civil commitment among post-overdose outreach staff in Massachusetts, United States: A mixed-methods study

    Publishing Journal: Addiction

    Online Published Date: October 2024

    Authors: Emily R. Cummins, Alexander Y. Walley, Ziming Xuan, Shapei Yan, Samantha F. Schoenberger, Scott W. Formica, Sarah M. Bagley, Leo Beletsky, Traci C. Green, Audrey Lambert, Jennifer J. Carroll

March 2024

  • PRONTO goes to the 2024 Rx Summit

    On behalf of the PRONTO Team, Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP (also the Director of the Massachusetts Overdose Prevention Helpline at Boston Medical Center) will be presenting a poster at the 2024 RX Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. This poster provides an overview of all of our team’s work related to the suite of projects to date (See below). The RX summit “is the largest, most influential event addressing this crisis [opioid epidemic], where strategies are shared and put into action.” If you see Stephen at the conference be sure to say hello!

    If you would like to learn more about our projects and publications, head over to the “Projects” tab.

  • New Publication March 2024

    We are happy to announce a new publication in the Harm Reduction Journal, written by Samantha F. Schoenberger and the PRONTO team. We also want to give special thanks to Scott Formica, for all of his support with the development of this paper. Please see below for additional details on the publication.

    “Wanna cry this out real quick?”: An examination of secondary traumatic stress risk and resilience among post-overdose outreach staff in Massachusetts

    Publishing Journal: Harm Reduction Journal

    Online Published Date: March 2024

    Authors: Samantha F. Schoenberger, Emily R. Cummins, Jennifer J. Carroll, Shapei Yan, Audrey Lambert, Sarah M. Bagley, Ziming Xuan, Traci C. Green, Franklin Cook, Amy M. Yule, Alexander Y. Walley, Scott W. Formica

February 2024

September 2023

  • New Post-Overdose Resources

    Connecting Communities to Substance Use Services: Practical Tools for First Responders

    SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)recently published a resource guide that provides practical, evidence-based information that first responder agencies, their partners, and communities can use to implement or expand practices and programs for linking people to substance use services. Several PRONTO study papers are cited within this guide, including the PRONTO Best Practice Guidance on page 20. One of our PRONTO team members, Stephen Murray, MPH, has been acknowledged as a subject matter expert for the creation of this guide (page 42).

    See our Resources page for additional resources

  • New Publications

    We are excited to announce Dr. Jennifer J. Carroll, Dr. Simeon Kimmel, and the PRONTO team have published papers in the International Journal of Drug Policy (IJDP)! Please see below for additional details and press releases related to each publication:

    The police paradox: A qualitative study of post-overdose outreach program implementation through public health-public safety partnerships in Massachusetts

    Publishing Journal: International Journal of Drug Policy

    Online Published Date: August 16, 2023

    Authors: Jennifer J Carroll , Emily R Cummins , Scott W Formica , Traci C Green, Sarah M Bagley, Leo Beletsky, David Rosenbloom, Ziming Xuan, Alexander Y Walley

    Press Release: NC State University

    Characteristics of post-overdose outreach programs and municipal-level opioid overdose in Massachusetts

    Publishing Journal: International Journal of Drug Policy

    Online Published Date: September 13, 2023

    Authors: Simeon D. Kimmel, Ziming Xuan, Shapei Yan, Audrey M. Lambert, Scott W. Formica, Traci C. Green, Jennifer J. Carroll, Sarah M. Bagley, David Rosenbloom, Leo Beletsky, Alexander Y. Walley

    Press Release: Boston Medical Center

    Additional Mentions: Health City Article

  • New Webinar Event

    CDC OD2A Webinar: Best Practice Guidance for Post-Overdose Outreach

    Date: Thursday, August 17th

    Speakers: Sasha Mital, PhD., Alexander Walley, MD., Traci C. Green, PhD., Chris Alba, and Sgt Steve Rappa

    This webinar was hosted by the CDCs OD2A team in collaboration with the PRONTO team and collaborators. The goal of this webinar was to share the best practices for post -overdose outreach programs based on the PRONTO study guidance.

March 2023

  • Webinar

    Post Overdose Outreach Presentation & Discussion

    Wednesday, March 15th

    Speakers: Alexander Walley, MD., Traci C. Green, PhD., Mary Wheeler, Brandon Del Pozo, PhD.

    [Watch full webinar here]Over 300 registrants from across the country participated in this webinar.
    Full PDF of slides presented during webinar

  • Pronto 1.0

    We are happy and proud to post here the PRONTO Best Practice Guidance for Post-Overdose Outreach March 2023.  This document is the result of three years of work by the PRONTO Study team and a panel of 13 national policy and program experts to develop recommended guidance for post-overdose outreach programs. The aim was to create evidence-informed best practice guidance for post-overdose outreach programs useful to agencies that create, lead, manage, or fund post-overdose outreach programs nationwide with the goal of reducing the risks of subsequent overdose.  

    RESOURCES

    Guidance Summary

    Best Practice Guidance