Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Opiate users' knowledge about overdose prevention and naloxone in New York City: a focus group study | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Opiate users knowledge about overdose prevention and naloxone in New York City a focus group study Nancy Worthington11 Tinka Markham Piper12 Sandro Galea 2 3 and David Rosenthal 1 Open Access Address 1Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center New York NY 10002 USA 2Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies New York Academy of Medicine New York NY 10029 USA and 3Department of Epidemiology University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor MI 48104 USA Email Nancy Worthington - Tinka Markham Piper - kmarkham@ Sandro Galea - sgalea@ David Rosenthal - david@ Corresponding authors fEqual contributors Published 05 July 2006 Received 31 May 2005 Harm Reduction Journal 2006 3 19 doi 1477-7517-3-19 Accepted 05 July 2006 This article is available from http content 3 1 19 2006 Worthington 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 Drug-induced and drug-related deaths have been increasing for the past decade throughout the US. In NYC drug overdose accounts for nearly 900 deaths per year a figure that exceeds the number of deaths each year from homicide. Naloxone a highly effective opiate antagonist has for decades been used by doctors and paramedics during emergency resuscitation after an opiate overdose. Following the lead of programs in Europe and the US who have successfully distributed take-home naloxone the Overdose Prevention and Reversal Program at the Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center LESHRC has started providing a similar resource for opiate users in NYC. Participants in the program receive a prescription for two doses of naloxone with refills as needed and
