Overdose Data to Action Recipient Health Equity Needs Assessment Overview
April 10, 2023
ASTHO, in consultation with CDC, created a tool to assess the needs and capacity of recipients of CDC’s Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) cooperative agreement to incorporate health equity into its overdose prevention and surveillance efforts. The OD2A Health Equity Needs Assessment is designed to assess the support, technical assistance, and training that state, local, and territorial health agencies need to move health equity forward within their OD2A programs.
ASTHO designed the OD2A Recipient Health Equity Needs Assessment to collect data among 66 OD2A-funded jurisdictions within four domains:
- Health department capacity and readiness to incorporate health equity into their work.
- Identification of staff knowledge and gaps.
- Program planning and development.
- Partner engagement.
Both qualitative and quantitative data were captured.
ASTHO received 52 responses at the close of the needs assessment, a response rate of 78.8%. A qualitative analysis of open-ended responses to questions was coded manually to identify promising practices, facilitators, barriers, and technical assistance needs related to health equity.