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United to Transform: A Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Systems and Related Work in Kansas
Hron, Janine M. Sprague-Jones, Jessica
Hron, Janine M.
Sprague-Jones, Jessica
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The opioid epidemic is the latest of many substance use crises that have ravaged Kansas families and communities. Beginning in the mid-to-late 1990s, deaths related to prescription opioid pain medication grew steadily, followed by increases in heroin and methamphetamine overdose fatalities and the sudden rise in drug-related deaths from fentanyl beginning in 2014 and continuing today (State Health Access Data Assistance Center, n.d.). The Kansas Fights Addiction (KFA) Act Grant Review Board is poised to build a multi-sector approach to address this crisis and prevent the next by convening a broad array of partners. This needs assessment is designed to support such transformational change, drawing on foresight methods, community engagement, and a rich mix of data from multiple sources.
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2025
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Center for Public Partnerships & Research, University of Kansas
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Substance use disorder, Opioid epidemic, Community health, Three horizons framework, Needs assessment
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University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research. (2025). United to Transform: A Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Systems and Related Work in Kansas. Reported to the Kansas Fights Addiction Grant Review Board on behalf of the Sunflower Foundation.