Effective community-based actions are urgently needed to combat the ongoing epidemic of opioid overdose. Community readiness (CR) has been linked to communities’ support for collective action, which in turn has been associated with the success of community-wide prevention strategies and resulting behavior change. Our study, conducted in North Carolina, assessed the relationship between CR and two indices of opioid overdose. 

Learning Objectives:

(1) Define community readiness (CR) and the steps needed for an effective CR assessment. 

(2) Identify 3 data sets used to indicate the level of prevalence of opioid overdose. 

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