Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the announcement from the National Safety Council and Pacira BioSciences of the launch of their partnership and the Connect2Prevent program, an employee-family educational program that increases awareness and prevention of opioid addiction.
NSC noted that it has created a comprehensive curriculum designed to educate employees on the risks associated with opioids and provide tools for having meaningful discussions with adolescent family members. The curriculum includes 10-12 weeks of lessons on opioids, addiction, stigma, risk factors for substance use, refusal skills, harm reduction, how to talk to doctors about opioid alternatives and more. The lessons provide easy-to-understand education, action steps and evidence-based tools to connect and communicate with teens. The program will be piloted this summer, with participants receiving weekly lessons.