Topic Overview
This topic area focuses on the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve the health, safety, or employment outcomes for people with Substance Use Disorder (SUD), as well as those that contribute to building a behavioral health workforce to provide treatment for SUD and to support recovery efforts. CLEAR conducted a review of evidence on the topic, drawing on two DOL-funded literature reviews: Workers’ Compensation and the Opioid Epidemic: State of the Field in Opioid Prescription Management and The Role of the Workforce System in Addressing the Opioid Crisis: A Review of the Literature.
Status: Literature reviewed in this topic area includes studies published from 2010 through 2022.
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Find CLEAR's plain-language reviews of individual studies to learn about what a study found, how it was designed, and how relevant it may be to your needs.
How do we review evidence?
CLEAR reviews studies using formal standards and procedures that were developed in consultation with experts in research methods, as well as with practitioners working in the specific topic area. You can find CLEAR's current Policies and Procedures for reviewing studies and its standards for reviewing studies and rating findings on the CLEAR's Review Process page.