Integrating harm reduction into outpatient opioid use disorder treatment settings: harm reduction in outpatient addiction treatment

JL Taylor, S Johnson, R Cruz, JR Gray, D Schiff… - Journal of General …, 2021‏ - Springer
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is increasingly recognized as a chronic, relapsing brain disease
whose treatment should be integrated into primary care settings alongside other chronic …

Naloxone administration by law enforcement officers in New York State (2015–2020)

E Pourtaher, ER Payne, N Fera, K Rowe… - Harm reduction …, 2022‏ - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for wide deployment of
effective harm reduction strategies in preventing opioid overdose mortality. Placing …

Reducing opioid use disorder and overdose deaths in the United States: a dynamic modeling analysis

EJ Stringfellow, TY Lim, K Humphreys… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Opioid overdose deaths remain a major public health crisis. We used a system dynamics
simulation model of the US opioid-using population age 12 and older to explore the impacts …

Perspectives from law enforcement officers who respond to overdose calls for service and administer naloxone

HM Smiley-McDonald, PR Attaway, NJ Richardson… - Health & justice, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Many law enforcement agencies across the United States equip their officers
with the life-saving drug naloxone to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Although …

Community distribution of naloxone: a systematic review of economic evaluations

N Cherrier, J Kearon, R Tetreault, S Garasia… - PharmacoEconomics …, 2022‏ - Springer
Background As a core component of harm-reduction strategies to address the opioid crisis,
several countries have instituted publicly funded programs to distribute naloxone for lay …

Comparing projected fatal overdose outcomes and costs of strategies to expand community-based distribution of naloxone in Rhode Island

X Zang, SE Bessey, MS Krieger, BD Hallowell… - JAMA network …, 2022‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance In 2021, the state of Rhode Island distributed 10 000 additional naloxone kits
compared with the prior year through partnerships with community-based organizations …

Targeting community-based naloxone distribution using opioid overdose death rates: a descriptive analysis of naloxone rescue kits and opioid overdose deaths in …

X Zang, A Macmadu, MS Krieger, CN Behrends… - International Journal of …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Background Rates of fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts (MA) and Rhode Island (RI) far
exceed the national average. Community-based opioid education and naloxone distribution …

A national tracking system for nonfatal drug overdoses

R Gupta, DR Holtgrave - JAMA, 2022‏ - jamanetwork.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the nation
experienced approximately 107 600 overdose deaths in 2021. 1 This tragic figure demands …

A systematic review of simulation models to track and address the opioid crisis

M Cerdá, MS Jalali, AD Hamilton… - Epidemiologic …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
The opioid overdose crisis is driven by an intersecting set of social, structural, and economic
forces. Simulation models are a tool to help us understand and address thiscomplex …

Rapid jail-based implementation of overdose education and naloxone distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

CB Oser, M McGladrey, M Booty, H Surratt… - Health & Justice, 2024‏ - Springer
Background People incarcerated in jails are highly impacted by the opioid epidemic, and
overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) is an effective strategy to reduce …