Presenter: Prof. Sue Feldman, RN, MEd, PhD, FACMI
(University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States)
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation (In-Person / Online)
Title: Overdose data to action: Toward addiction prevention usingdata in Alabama
🔍 Presentation Highlights
∙ Focus: Leveraging overdose surveillance and health informatics to
inform addiction prevention strategies.
∙ Challenge: Despite reduced opioid prescriptions, overdose deaths in
Alabama continue to rise.
∙ Approach: Sequential monthly data collection from 11 stakeholder
groups, emphasizing peer navigation as a key linkage to care.
∙ Data Strategy: Aggregation by ZIP code to identify high-need areas and
guide targeted interventions.
∙ Community Impact:
– 38 community & faith-based events reaching ~12,000 individuals
– 1,589 linkages to care through peer navigation
– 75% of attendees at events received direct services
∙ Surveillance Success: Hospital participation increased to 93 out of
94, supported by enhanced data visualization.
∙ Prevention & Harm Reduction:
– 3,000+ naloxone kits distributed across 94 ZIP codes
– 21,000+ harm reduction service encounters
– 600+ trainings on fentanyl test strip usage
∙ Policy & Practice: Improved PDMP participation with 400+
additional prescribers and hospital-based clinical alerts.
∙ Outcome: Demonstrates the power of data-driven, community-centered,
and iterative approaches to addiction prevention.
👩⚕️ About the Speaker
Prof. Sue Feldman is a Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Health
Informatics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
∙ Internationally recognized expert in health information systems for social
good
∙ Research funded by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, CDC, and CMS
∙ Recipient of Changemaker in Health, Mentor of the Year, and Faculty
Innovator of the Year awards
∙ Graduate of Claremont Graduate University
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Event: International Conference on Addiction Medicine, Mental Health andPsychiatry
📅
March 23–25, 2026 | 📍 Singapore & Online
🌐 Website: https://addiction.miconferences.com/
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