Title |
Reducing drug related deaths: a pre-implementation assessment of knowledge,barriers and enablers for naloxone distribution through general practice
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Published in |
BMC Primary Care, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-15-12 |
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Authors |
Catriona Matheson, Christiane Pflanz-Sinclair, Lorna Aucott, Philip Wilson, Richard Watson, Stephen Malloy, Elinor Dickie, Andrew McAuley |
Abstract |
The Scottish Naloxone Programme aims to reduce Scotland's high number of drug-related deaths (DRDs) caused by opiate overdose. It is currently implemented through specialist drug services but General Practitioners (GPs) are likely to have contact with drug using patients and their families and are therefore in an ideal position to direct them to naloxone schemes, or provide it themselves. This research gathered baseline data on GP's knowledge of and willingness to be involved in DRD prevention, including naloxone administration, prior to the implementation of primary care based delivery. |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 23% |
Ireland | 2 | 15% |
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Scientists | 4 | 31% |
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Unknown | 1 | 8% |
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Librarian | 4 | 7% |
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Psychology | 4 | 7% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 3% |
Other | 5 | 8% |
Unknown | 17 | 28% |