This brief by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)-Supported Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) discusses the use of Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP).
This publication of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)-Supported Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) discusses the use of Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP). This program brief highlights the Alliance for Prevention and Wellness’s (APW) use of Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) data to target a broad range of substance use prevention and education activities to ZIP codes with the highest rate of overdoses. ODMAP is a free, Web-based platform designed to support the collection and surveillance of suspected fatal and nonfatal overdoses. Overdose data is linked to a national map to support strategic analysis. Access to near real-time data can help communities mobilize prevention and intervention responses. APW is a program of BHcare, a Regional Behavioral Health Action Organization (RBHAO) serving the south-central region of Connecticut. APW received Statewide Opioid Response (SOR) funds from the state of Connecticut to implement an overdose substance abuse prevention and awareness campaign. APW delivers services using the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Strategic Prevention Framework. APW utilized two individual strategies from the framework (providing information and enhancing skills) and two environmental strategies (enhancing access/reducing barriers and physical design) to inform its campaign approach and implementation. APW obtained ODMAP data through its partnership with the Connecticut High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program (HIDTA). APW worked with Connecticut HIDTA’s program officer and analyst to obtain overdose data from ZIP codes in the 36 towns in their region. Connecticut has robust statewide overdose reporting, thanks to the Statewide Opioid Reporting Directive (SWORD) initiative established by the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS). Data was provided from the initiation of the Connecticut SWORD program and for the period during which the state enacted COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.