Relay: A Peer-Delivered Emergency Department-Based Response to Nonfatal Opioid Overdose
Relay, a peer-delivered response to nonfatal opioid overdoses, provides overdose prevention education, naloxone, support, and linkage to care to opioid overdose survivors for 90 days after an overdose event. From June 2017 to December 2018, Relay operated in seven New York City emergency departments...
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Published in | American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 109; no. 10; pp. 1392 - 1395 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Public Health Association
01.10.2019
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Summary: | Relay, a peer-delivered response to nonfatal opioid overdoses, provides overdose prevention education, naloxone, support, and linkage to care to opioid overdose survivors for 90 days after an overdose event. From June 2017 to December 2018, Relay operated in seven New York City emergency departments and enrolled 649 of the 876 eligible individuals seen (74%). Preliminary data show high engagement, primarily among individuals not touched by harm reduction or naloxone distribution networks. Relay is a novel and replicable response to the opioid epidemic. |
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Bibliography: | A. E. Welch, A. Jeffers, and B. Allen drafted the article. A. E. Welch performed the data analyses. D. Paone and H. V. Kunins oversaw all aspects of the study. All of the authors contributed to study design, data interpretation, and revisions of the article. CONTRIBUTORS |
ISSN: | 0090-0036 1541-0048 |
DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305202 |