Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Characteristics of inmates witnessing overdose events in prison: implications for prevention in the correctional setting | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Characteristics of inmates witnessing overdose events in prison implications for prevention in the correctional setting Carmen E Albizu-Garcia 1 Adriana Hernandez-Viver1 Jacqueline Feal2 and José F Rodriguez-Orengo3 4 Address 1Center for Evaluation and Sociomedical Research University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus San Juan Puerto Rico 2Clinical Psychology Program Carlos Albizu University San Juan Puerto Rico institute for Forensic Medicine San Juan Puerto Rico and 4Current address Department of Biochemistry University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus San Juan Puerto Rico Email Carmen E Albizu-García - Adriana Hernández-Viver - Jacqueline Feal - jackie_feal@ José F Rodríguez-Orengo - Corresponding author Open Access Published 9 July 2009 Received 14 April 2009 Harm Reduction Journal 2009 6 15 doi 1477-7517-6-15 Accepted 9 July 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 15 2009 Albizu-Garcia et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Although prevention of opiate overdose has been gaining attention as a harm reduction measure with community drug users there is scarce information about drug overdose in prison. In correctional institutions without a drug free environment awareness of overdose events is an important public health concern. This study explores the frequency with which inmates in a state penitentiary system report having witnessed drug overdose events in prison. It also explores whether participants who have .
