Overdose prevention in injecting opioid users : The role of substance abuse treatment and training programs
Sarasa-Renedo, Ana (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Espelt, Albert (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Folch, Cinta (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol)
Vecino, Carmen (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Majó, Xavier (Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya)
Castellano, Yolanda (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Casabona-Barbarà, Jordi (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol)
Brugal, María Teresa (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut

Data:	2014
Resum:	Objectives: Opioid overdose is still the first cause of preventable death among young men in Barcelona. Sound knowledge of opioid overdose prevention is important to avoid complications and deaths. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with limited knowledge of overdose prevention and to assess the possible effect of treatment and overdose prevention training programs on this variable. Methods: From October 2008 to March 2009, current injecting opioid users attending harm reduction centers in Catalonia (Spain) were interviewed. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios of limited knowledge about overdose prevention were calculated by adjusting Poisson regression models with a robust variance. Results: In this sample, 28. 7% of clients had limited knowledge of overdose prevention. Factors associated with limited knowledge were country of origin, never having received treatment for drug dependency, having a low educational level, and never having experienced an overdose. In contrast, treatment at the time of the interview was not associated with a lower prevalence of limited knowledge about overdose prevention. Conclusions: These findings suggest that preventive programs would benefit from accounting for linguistic and educational limitations and from participation in every treatment episode. Comprehensiveness and broad coverage of such programs could help to maximize their impact.
Ajuts:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2005/SGR-00505
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Analgesics ; Heroin ; Intravenous injection ; Opioid ; Overdose ; Preventive health services ; Substance abuse treatment centers
Publicat a:	Gaceta sanitaria, Vol. 28 Núm. 2 (march 2014) , p. 146-154, ISSN 1578-1283

DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.10.012

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