Prescription Drug Overdose: Boost for State Prevention

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CE14-1404 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.136Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Jun 04, 2014Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 5Creation Date: Apr 03, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this funding is to advance and evaluate comprehensive state-level interventions for preventing prescription drug misuse, abuse, and overdose. Interventions of interest address patient and prescriber behaviors that drive the prescription drug overdose epidemic, particularly the misuse and inappropriate prescribing of opioid pain relievers. Specifically, awardees will perform activities that support at least two of the following complementary key prevention strategies to prevent prescription drug misuse, diversion, and overdose: enhancing and maximizing prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs); improving and evaluating state health insurance mechanisms to prevent prescription drug misuse, diversion, and overdose (e.g., via Medicaid or workersÂ’ compensation); and evaluating state-level laws, policies, and regulations (e.g., legislation regulating pain clinics, or supporting clinical practice guidelines). The primary outcomes of interest may vary by strategy. They might include progr...
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