Impact of training for healthcare professionals on how to manage an opioid overdose with naloxone: Effective, but dissemination is challenging

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Mayet, Soraya ^a,b   Manning, Victoria ^b   Williams, Anna ^b   Loaring, Jessica ^b   Strang, John ^b  

^a The Royal College of Psychiatrists   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Implementation; Naloxone; Opioid overdose; Training

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OVERDOSE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79151469650     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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