Bright Spots and Success Stories: Learning from Communities that are Preventing Opioid Deaths

Presented by the Wright Center on January 12
In this Discovery Dialogues session, Dr. Jacqueline Britz presented on her work in preventing opioid deaths through the Bright Spot Communities project, which identifies successful strategies in Virginia using a positive deviance approach. The presentation highlighted recent decreases in opioid-related deaths in some areas while emphasizing the need to learn from successful communities and apply their strategies more broadly, particularly in light of Virginia's opioid abatement settlement funds.