Overdose prevention for prisoners in New York: a novel program and collaboration

Harm Reduction Journal

Holly Catania⁴  Sharon Stancliff²  Anthony J. Annucci³  Howard Zucker¹ 

[1] New York State Department of Health, Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany 12237, NY, USA;Harm Reduction Coalition, 22 W 27th St Fl 5, New York 10001, NY, USA;New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, The Harriman State Campus, Bldg. 2, 1220 Washington Avenue, Albany 12226-2050, NY, USA;New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, 90 Church Street, 13th floor, New York 10007, NY, USA

关键词: Opioid deaths;    Prisoner health;    Public health;    Overdose prevention with naloxone;    Naloxone;    Prisoner overdose fatality;    Pre-release prisoner training;    Prisoner re-entry;    Opioid overdose prevention;   

Others  :  1232285
DOI  :  10.1186/s12954-015-0084-8

 received in 2015-10-08, accepted in 2015-10-28,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

This is a brief report on the establishment of a new program in New York State prisons to prepare prisoners to avoid the increased risks of drug overdose death associated with the transition to the community by training them in overdose prevention and making available naloxone, a medication that quickly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, to all prisoners as they re-enter the community. It is a milestone collaboration in the USA between public health, the correctional system, and a community-based harm reduction program in response to the growth of heroin and opioid analgesic use and related morbidity and mortality, working together to get naloxone into the hands of the people at high risk of overdosing and/or of witnessing an opioid overdose.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Zucker et al.

【 参考文献 】

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• [3]Data compiled by the New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute Office of Program Evaluation and Research. September 17, 2015.
• [4]Further details of the collaborative initiative targeting prisoners about to re-enter the community are described in a joint press release announcing its launch, available at https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/2015-02-06_opioid_overdoes_prevention_program.htm. Accessed on October 2, 2015.