2024
Preventing overdoses involving stimulants: the POINTS study protocol
Hughto J, Rich J, Kelly P, Vento S, Silcox J, Noh M, Pletta D, Erowid E, Erowid F, Green T. Preventing overdoses involving stimulants: the POINTS study protocol. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 2325. PMID: 39192313, PMCID: PMC11348517, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19779-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCentral Nervous System StimulantsDrug OverdoseFentanylHumansMassachusettsRhode IslandRisk FactorsConceptsOpioid-involved overdosesIntervention strategiesPrevent overdoseProtective factorsMultilevel intervention strategiesIntervention development effortsMixed-methods researchMixed-methods findingsHigh-risk communitiesRhode IslandNon-fatal overdoseSocial epidemiologyOverdose preventionCommunity stakeholdersDrug use patternsEpidemiological methodsMulti-pronged approachOverdose crisisBackgroundIn recent yearsStudy protocolCommunity leadersOverdose epidemicDrug checkingIllicit stimulantsRisk factorsEvaluation of Strategies to Enhance Community-Based Naloxone Distribution Supported by an Opioid Settlement
Zang X, Skinner A, Krieger M, Behrends C, Park J, Green T, Walley A, Morgan J, Linas B, Yedinak J, Schackman B, Marshall B. Evaluation of Strategies to Enhance Community-Based Naloxone Distribution Supported by an Opioid Settlement. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2413861. PMID: 38814644, PMCID: PMC11140538, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.13861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based naloxone distributionOpioid overdose deathsNaloxone distributionSolitary drug useOpioid overdoseNaloxone distribution programsDecision analytical model studyDrug useNonfatal opioid overdoseReducing opioid overdose deathsIncreasing naloxone distributionHypothetical interventionMain OutcomesNaloxone availabilityCommunity-based naloxone distribution programsStudy populationOverdose deathsInterventionAnnual numberUS statesMisuse opioidsAnalytical model studyRhode IslandPublished simulation modelSynergistic association
2023
Costing analysis of a point-of-care drug checking program in Rhode Island
Cepeda J, Thompson E, Ujeneza M, Tardif J, Walsh T, Morales A, Rosen J, Green T, Park J. Costing analysis of a point-of-care drug checking program in Rhode Island. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2023, 253: 111028. PMID: 38000322, PMCID: PMC11238094, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research