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When effects cannot be estimated: redefining estimands to understand the effects of naloxone access laws [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Violations of the positivity assumption (also called the common support condition) challenge health policy research, and can result in significant bias, large variance, and invalid inference. We define positivity in the single- and multiple-timepoint (i.e., longitudinal) health policy evaluation setting, and discuss real-world threats to positivity. We
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Vital Signs: Pharmacy-Based Naloxone Dispensing — United States, 2012–2018
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2019 Background The CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain recommends considering prescribing naloxone when factors that increase risk for overdose are present (e.g., history of overdose or substance use disorder, opioid dosages ≥50 morphine ...
G. Guy +5 more
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023 People who use drugs (PWUD) are the most directly affected by the overdose epidemic. However, they are not often targets of overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs.
Michael Enich +7 more
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BJPsych Open, 2023 AimsThe aim of this audit was to look into the services’ fidelity of Naloxone provision and training across the Essex wide area compared with local guidelines as well as national guidelines (UK guidelines on clinical management of drug misuse and dependence, 2017)MethodsThe electronic records database for substance misuse services (THESEUS) was used ...
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American Journal of Public Health, 2020 Objectives. To examine early impacts of laws that require naloxone to be prescribed to patients at increased overdose risk.Methods. Using data from 2014 to 2018 from a large pharmacy chain, CVS Pharmacy, we examined the effects of naloxone-prescribing ...
Traci C. Green +4 more
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, 2020 Police officers and emergency personnel are on the frontlines of the opioid crisis. This research examines police officer attitudes about naloxone administration, drug treatment, and their role in handling drug-related incidents through an online survey.
Jennifer Murphy, B. Russell
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Reasons People Who Use Opioids Do Not Accept or Carry No-Cost Naloxone: Qualitative Interview Study
JMIR Formative Research, 2020 Background Many people use opioids and are at risk of overdose. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist used to counter the effects of opioid overdose. There is an increased availability of naloxone in New York City; however, many who use opioids decline no ...
Alex S. Bennett +3 more
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Characteristics of and Experience Among People Who Use Take-Home Naloxone in Skåne County, Sweden
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundOpioid overdose related injury or death can be prevented by bystander naloxone administration. For naloxone to be present when and where overdoses occur, opioid prevention education and naloxone distribution (OPEND) must be established on a ...
Katja Troberg +8 more
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American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2016 Objective To quantify naloxone and metabolite concentrations in newborns prenatally exposed to sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone and to correlate neonatal and maternal metabolite concentrations.
Samantha L. Wiegand +5 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background Naloxone is a medication that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose. Syringe service programs (SSPs) are community-based prevention programs that provide a range of evidence-based interventions in the USA, including naloxone distribution ...
Barrot H. Lambdin +7 more
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