Oklahoma strategic prevention framework for prescription drugs (SPFRX2) - the oklahoma strategic prevention framework for prescription drugs (SPF RX2) program will address prescription drug misuse,…

Oklahoma strategic prevention framework for prescription drugs (SPFRX2) - the oklahoma strategic prevention framework for prescription drugs (SPF RX2) program will address prescription drug misuse, particularly prescription opioids among oklahomans of all ages. The purpose of the oklahoma SPF RX program is to improve community understanding of the dangers of prescription drug misuse through community-based prevention actions and partnerships with the healthcare sector. The project will raise awareness about the risks of sharing medications, and promote collaboration between the state, tribes, pharmaceutical and medical communities to increase the use of the oklahoma prevention monitoring program (PMP) and improve prescribing practices. Oklahoma will leverage the success of the strategic prevention framework state partnership for success (SPF-PFS) grant and current SPF RX grant to further develop the necessary infrastructure and capacity to accomplish the following goals over a five-year period: (1) utilize the SPF in two high need communities to reduce priority prescription opioid problems; and (2) improve utilization of healthcare sector opioid prescribing quality improvement programs in two high need communities. This will be accomplished through (1) strategic planning at the state and local levels, (2) collaborating with state agencies, tribes, and the pharmaceutical and medical communities to increase the use of the oklahoma prevention monitoring program (PMP) and improve prescribing practices; (3) engaging key community stakeholders; (4) continually monitoring data from the oklahoma PMP; (5) enrolling prescribers in practice dissemination programs aimed at increasing the utilization of evidence-based pain and opioid management guidelines; and (6) using the okimready communication campaign at the state and local levels to continue to educate oklahomans on substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery with a special focus on opioid use disorder, serving an estimated 1,250,000 oklahomans per year and 1,500,000 over the lifetime of the project. The oklahoma department of mental health and substance abuse services, as the single state agency, is well-positioned and equipped to effectively coordinate the SPF RX2, and has demonstrated success in preventing and reducing substance use problems.