Includes index.

Introduction : why a public health guide to ending the opioid crisis? / Michael Fraser and Jay Butler -- The emergence of an epidemic / Elizabeth M. Finkelman and J. Michael McGinnis -- Public health approaches to preventing substance misuse and addiction / Jay Butler -- Public health approaches to overdose prevention and harm reduction / Mark Lysyshyn and Mark Tyndall -- Stigma and the language of addiction / Michael Botticelli and Colleen L. Barry -- The neuroscience of addiction : a primer for public health professionals / Jay C. Butler -- Non-opioid alternatives to managing chronic pain : an overview for public health practitioners / Vanila Singh and Rachel Katonak -- The role of community pharmacy in addressing and preventing opioid use disorder / Nicholas E Hagemeier -- SBIRT as a public health and prevention strategy to address substance misuse and addiction / Alexandra Nowalk and Janice Pringle -- Expanding access to treatment and recovery services using a hub and spoke model of care / Anne Van Donsel, Anthony Folland, and Mark Levine -- Engaging payers to transform treatment of substance use disorders / Samantha Arsenault -- Collaborating to address substance use disorder in correctional settings : the Rhode Island experience / Rosemarie A. Martin, Nicole Alexander-Scott, Joseph Wendelken, and Jennifer Clarke -- The role of public health agencies in convening partnerships and collaborations to respond to the opioid crisis / Philicia Tucker and Michael Fraser -- Systems thinking and the opioid epidemic in Georgia / Brigitte Manteuffel, Leigh Alderman, Jane Branscomb, Karen Minyard -- A comprehensive approach to addressing the opioid crisis / Michael Fraser and Mark Levine -- Key strategies for an "upstream" approach to preventing opioid misuse and addiction / John Auerbach and Benjamin F. Miller -- Addressing community trauma and building community resilience to prevent opioid misuse and addiction / Sheila Savannah and Dana Fields-Johnson, with Ruben Cantu, Sana Chehimi, Alexis Captanian, and Karmen Kurtz -- Early childhood trauma and substance misuse and addiction : an opportunity for prevention / Melissa Merrick, Derek C. Ford, and Deborah Houry -- Public health and the criminal justice system : partnerships to promote health and prevent addiction / Gary Tennis, Kenneth Martz, and Jac Charlier -- Building effective public health and public safety collaborations to prevent opioid overdose at the local, state, and federal levels / Jennifer Carroll, Rita K. Noonan, and Jessica Wolff -- Public health surveillance and the opioid crisis / Jeffrey P. Engel, Valerie N. Goodson, Megan Toe, and Michael Landen -- The role of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) in addressing the opioid overdose epidemic / Grant Baldwin, Jan Losby, Wes Sargent, Jamie Mells, and Sarah Bacon -- Prescribing guidelines and opioid stewardship / Mark Bicket and Caleb Alexander -- Developing a culture of opioid stewardship : the Pennsylvania example / Allison Michalowski, Sarah Boateng, Michael Fraser, Rachel L. Levine.