Frontiers in Public Health · 2020 · 52 citations · 5 references
NursingCommunity HealthHealth PolicyHealth Services ResearchSubstance Use DisordersSubstance Use PreventionCommunity-based CareDrug Overdose ManagementDrug Overdose PreventionHarm ReductionOpioid PolicyOverdose PreventionCommunity Care ModelsCommunity-based Harm ReductionCommunity-based Treatment AccessMobile Health OutreachOffice-based Opioid TreatmentOpioid Overdose ManagementOpioid Use Disorder Treatment AccessSubstance Use Outreach
Opioid overdoses killed 47,600 people in the United States in 2017. Despite increasing availability of office-based addiction treatment programs, the prevalence of opioid overdose is historically high and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations, including people experiencing homelessness. Despite availability of effective treatment, many at greatest risk of death from overdose experience myriad barriers to care. Launched in 2018, the Community Care in Reach mobile health initiative uses a data-driven approach to bring harm reduction and medication for opioid use disorder directly to those at highest risk of near-term death. Proof-of-concept results suggest that mobile addiction services may serve as a model for expanding access to addiction care for the most vulnerable.
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Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2017–2018
Nana O. Wilson, Mbabazi Kariisa, Puja Seth et al. · MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 2020 · 1.1K citations · Full text
Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Toxicology +17
Mortality Among Homeless Adults in Boston
Travis P. Baggett, Stephen W. Hwang, James J. O’Connell et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine · 2013 · 573 citations
Public Health, Population Health Sciences, Epidemiologic Methods +13