2025
Expanded Naloxone Distribution by Opioid Overdose Prevention Programs to High-Need Populations and Neighborhoods in New York City
Behrends C, Trinidad A, Nolan M, Dolatshahi J, Kingsepp A, Jordan A, Welch A, Harocopos A, Shaw L, Green T, Marshall B, Schackman B. Expanded Naloxone Distribution by Opioid Overdose Prevention Programs to High-Need Populations and Neighborhoods in New York City. Journal Of Urban Health 2025, 102: 459-464. PMID: 39820975, PMCID: PMC12031681, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00951-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-need populationsNaloxone distributionNew York CityNaloxone dispensingOpioid overdose prevention programsOverdose prevention programsDrug overdose death ratesReceipt of naloxoneDistribution of naloxoneProgram typeOverdose death ratesRacially diverse populationYork CityLogistic regression analysisOverdose educationRacial/Ethnic DifferencesPrevention programsDispensing dataOENDPopulation ratesNeighborhood levelDiverse populationsUnivariate logistic regression analysisDeath rateProgram goalsIs access to crisis teams associated with changes in behavioral health mortality?
Newton H, Beetham T, Busch S. Is access to crisis teams associated with changes in behavioral health mortality? Health Affairs Scholar 2025, 3: qxaf003. PMID: 39877431, PMCID: PMC11772998, DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxaf003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDrug overdose death ratesOverdose death ratesCrisis teamsTraining behavioral health professionalsProgram entryReduce psychiatric hospitalizationsTeam ProgramBehavioral health professionalsProgram closureDeath rateDrug overdoseInjury mortalityPsychiatric hospitalHealth professionalsStabilize clientsDrug overdose deathsUS adultsTreatment gapSuicideLeading causeOverdose deathsTeamAssociated with significant changesMortalityUnited States
2024
Social and economic determinants of drug overdose deaths: a systematic review of spatial relationships
Fink D, Schleimer J, Keyes K, Branas C, Cerdá M, Gruenwald P, Hasin D. Social and economic determinants of drug overdose deaths: a systematic review of spatial relationships. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2024, 59: 1087-1112. PMID: 38356082, PMCID: PMC11178445, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-024-02622-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArea-level socioeconomic conditionsDrug overdose deathsSocioeconomic conditionsEffective Public Health Practice Project Quality Assessment ToolOverdose deathsSystematic reviewDrug overdose mortality ratesArea-level measuresArea-level effectsQuality assessment toolOverdose mortality ratesDrug overdose death ratesAssessed study qualityRisk of biasOverdose death ratesStudy qualityConclusionsThis reviewEvidence baseStudy designUnited StatesAssessment toolDeath rateMortality ratePoverty interventionsPrimary unit of analysis
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