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Kitsap Public Health outlines substance use prevention and response work, highlights naloxone training and partnership network
Summary
District staff described a two-year buildup of substance-use prevention and response activities: convening a 45+-organization network, provider outreach, community naloxone trainings, a GIS map of services, and trend monitoring including buprenorphine prescribing and overdose data.
Kitsap Public Health District staff presented an overview May 20 of the district’s substance use prevention and response work, describing network building, public education, naloxone distribution and data monitoring as core activities.
Program manager Dana Bierman told the board the Substance Use Prevention and Response work moved into the Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention program in 2023 and that staff used national mentorship and community interviews to organize four focus areas: partner broadly; education and resources; overdose response supports; and monitor and analyze trends. “Substance use prevention is a complex health condition,” Bierman said.
Since 2023, staff have convened quarterly network meetings — four in 2024–25 — that included more than 45…
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