Take-home naloxone to prevent fatalities from opiate-overdose: Protocol for Scotland's public health policy evaluation, and a new measure to assess impact. Drugs: Education Prevention & Policy 22(1):66-76.Bird, S.M., Parmar, M.K.B., Strang, J., 2015b. Take-home naloxone to prevent ...
Take-home naloxone to prevent fatalities from opiate-overdose: Protocol for Scotland's public health policy evaluation, and a new measure to assess impact Aims: Scotland was the first country to adopt take-home naloxone (THN) as a funded public health policy. We summarise the background and ri...
take-home naloxone;opioid;overdose;injecting drug users (IDUs);opioid antagonist;patients’ perspective;healthcare professional perspective 1. Introduction Opioid overdose and misuse is a significant public health burden worldwide and is a common cause of drug-related deaths in Australia [1]. In 2012...