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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A qualitative study of overdose responses among Chicago IDUs | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Open Access A qualitative study of overdose responses among Chicago IDUs Susan G Sherman 1 Donald S Gann1 Gregory Scott2 Suzanne Carlberg3 Dan Bigg3 and Robert Heimer4 Address Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 615 N. Wolfe Street E6543 Baltimore MD 21205 USA 2Department of Sociology Depaul University 990 W. Fullerton Ave. Ste. 1100 Chicago IL 60614 USA 3Chicago Recovery Alliance 400 E Ohio Street - Suite 3103 Chicago IL 60611 USA and 4Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yale School of Medicine PO Box 208034 60 College Street New Haven CT 06520-8034 UsA Email Susan G Sherman - ssherman@jhsph.edu Donald S Gann - dgann@jhsph.edu Gregory Scott - gscott@depaul.edu Suzanne Carlberg - carlbergsm@yahoo.com Dan Bigg - cra@attglobal.net Robert Heimer - robert.heimer@yale.edu Corresponding author Published 24 January 2008 Received 10 May 2007 Accepted 24 January 2008 Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5 2 doi l0.ll 86 1477-7517-5-2 This article is available from http www.harmreductionjournal.cOm content 5 1 2 2008 Sherman et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Opioid overdose is a leading cause of death among injection drug users. Over half of injection drug users report at least one nonfatal overdose during their lifetime. Death from opioid overdose rarely occurs instantaneously but rather over the course of one to three hours allowing ample time for providing life-saving measures. In response to the prevalence of overdoses in the U.S. there are a growing number of overdose prevention and naloxone distribution programs targeting the injection drug using community. Methods We explored injection drug users .