CCP Hackathon Seeks to Find Solutions to Opioid Overdose Epidemic
“Behind these numbers are human lives,” says CCP’s Tina Suliman. “There are people we love, community members in these numbers.”
“Behind these numbers are human lives,” says CCP’s Tina Suliman. “There are people we love, community members in these numbers.”
Working with local partners to reduce the number of overdose deaths in Baltimore, CCP developed a three-fold message: Go slow. Never use alone. Carry naloxone.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs recently brought together members of Bmore POWER, a group of peer advocates and educators, for a three-day hackathon to quickly create messages aimed at preventing people from overdosing on fentanyl and dying.
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