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Overdose prevention activities led by local public health departments, 2019–2023
BackgroundDrug overdose deaths in the United States increased to historic levels in recent years, with provisional estimates indicating more than...
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Neighborhood and Individual Disparities in Community-Based Naloxone Access for Opioid Overdose Prevention
Improving access to naloxone for laypersons is a cornerstone of the US strategy to reduce opioid overdose deaths. This study evaluated change in...
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Older adult drug overdose: an application of latent class analysis to identify prevention opportunities
BackgroundOlder adult overdose death rates have increased significantly in recent years. However, research for prevention of drug overdose death...
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Community Collaboration for Suicide and Overdose Prevention: Attitudes, Perceptions, and Practices of Community-Based Professionals and County Leadership in New York State
Deaths by overdose and suicide have been steadily rising, yet efforts to jointly address them have been limited despite shared risk and protective...
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The POP (Permanent Supportive Housing Overdose Prevention) Study: protocol for a hybrid type 3 stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial
BackgroundPermanent supportive housing (PSH)—subsidized housing paired with support services such as case management—is a key part of national...
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Implementing Canada’s first national virtual phone based overdose prevention service: lessons learned from creating the National Overdose Response Service (NORS)
The opioid epidemic remains one of the largest public health crises in North America to date. While there have been many diverse strategies developed...
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High willingness to use overdose prevention sites among suburban people who use drugs who do not inject
IntroductionOverdose prevention sites (OPS) are evidence-based interventions to improve public health, yet implementation has been limited in the USA...
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The Nation’s First Publicly Recognized Overdose Prevention Centers: Lessons Learned in New York City
In November of 2021, multiple factors converged to create a window of opportunity to open overdose prevention centers (OPCs) at two existing syringe...
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Opioid overdose prevention education in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundDistribution of naloxone and training on its proper use are evidence-based strategies for preventing opioid overdose deaths. In-person...
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“That’s why we’re speaking up today”: exploring barriers to overdose fatality prevention in Indianapolis’ Black community with semi-structured interviews
BackgroundOpioid overdose deaths are of great concern to public health, with over one million lives lost since 1999. While many efforts have been...
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“Make yourself un-NIMBY-able”: stakeholder perspectives on strategies to mobilize public and political support for overdose prevention centers in the United States of America
BackgroundOverdose prevention centers (OPCs), also known as supervised injection facilities and safe consumption sites, are evidenced-based...
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Strengthening Prevention Systems to Address the Overdose Crisis Through the HEAL Prevention Cooperative and HEAL Preventing Opioid Use Disorder Research Program
The HEAL Prevention Cooperative (HPC), a subset of the HEAL Preventing Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Research Program, addresses the evidence gap of...
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Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island
BackgroundOverdose prevention centers (OPCs) are being implemented in the United States as a strategy to reduce drug-related mortality and morbidity....
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Feeling safer: effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of continuous pulse oximetry for people who smoke opioids at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada
BackgroundSmoking is the most common mode of unregulated opioid consumption overall and implicated in fatal overdoses in British Columbia (BC). In...
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Operating an overdose prevention site within a temporary emergency shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic
SettingA temporary emergency shelter was established inside the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, to reduce COVID-19 transmission and...
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Overdose from Unintentional Fentanyl Use when Intending to Use a Non-opioid Substance: An Analysis of Medically Attended Opioid Overdose Events
Fentanyl-mixed and substituted heroin is well-documented, but less is known about unintentional fentanyl use among people using stimulants. To...
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Accelerating Solutions for the Overdose Crisis: an Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Protocol for the HEAL Prevention Cooperative
Given increasing opioid overdose mortality rates in the USA over the past 20 years, accelerating the implementation of prevention interventions found...
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Racial/ethnic differences in receipt of naloxone distributed by opioid overdose prevention programs in New York City
IntroductionWe evaluated racial/ethnic differences in the receipt of naloxone distributed by opioid overdose prevention programs (OOPPs) in New York...
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Physiologic oxygen responses to smoking opioids: an observational study using continuous pulse oximetry at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada
BackgroundIn British Columbia, Canada, smoking is the most common modality of drug use among people who die of opioid toxicity. We aimed to assess...
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Development of a digital platform to improve community response to overdose and prevention among harm reduction organizations
The overdose crisis in the USA remains a growing and urgent public health concern. Over 108,000 people died due to overdose during 2021. Fatal and...
