With crisis comes opportunity: Unanticipated benefits resulting from pivots to take-home naloxone (THN) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic | International Society of Substance Use Professionals

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Source:

Courser, M. W., & Raffle, H. (2021). With crisis comes opportunity: Unanticipated benefits resulting from pivots to take-home naloxone (THN) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 122, 108220.

Highlights

•It is important to consider the needs of people who use drugs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
•Take-home naloxone (THN) training and distribution programs are essential services.
•Pivoting existing THN programs during the COVID-19 pandemic can be done quickly and effectively.
•Innovations occurring to THN efforts because of COVID-19 are effective, sustainable, and transferrable.

With crisis comes opportunity Unanticipated benefits resulting from pivots to take-home naloxone (THN) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.pdf

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