Naloxone protection, social support, network characteristics, and overdose experiences among a cohort of people who use illicit opioids in New York City.
Naloxone protection, social support, network characteristics, and overdose experiences among a cohort of people who use illicit opioids in New York City.
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DOI:
10.1186/s12954-022-00604-w
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发表时间:
2022-03-04
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Elliott L
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作者:
Bennett AS;Scheidell J;Bowles JM;Khan M;Roth A;Hoff L;Marini C;Elliott L
Despite increased availability of take-home naloxone, many people who use opioids do so in unprotected contexts, with no other person who might administer naloxone present, increasing the likelihood that an overdose will result in death. Thus, there is a social nature to being “protected” from overdose mortality, which highlights the importance of identifying background factors that promote access to protective social networks among people who use opioids. We used respondent-driven sampling to recruit adults residing in New York City who reported recent (past 3-day) nonmedical opioid use (n = 575). Participants completed a baseline assessment that included past 30-day measures of substance use, overdose experiences, and number of “protected” opioid use events, defined as involving naloxone and the presence of another person who could administer it, as well as measures of network characteristics and social support. We used modified Poisson regression with robust variance to estimate unadjusted and adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). 66% of participants had ever been trained to administer naloxone, 18% had used it in the past three months, and 32% had experienced a recent overdose (past 30 days). During recent opioid use events, 64% reported never having naloxone and a person to administer present. This was more common among those: aged ≥ 50 years (PR: 1.18 (CI 1.03, 1.34); who identified as non-Hispanic Black (PR: 1.27 (CI 1.05, 1.53); experienced higher levels of stigma consciousness (PR: 1.13 (CI 1.00, 1.28); and with small social networks (< 5 persons) (APR: 1.14 (CI 0.98, 1.31). Having a recent overdose experience was associated with severe opioid use disorder (PR: 2.45 (CI 1.49, 4.04), suicidality (PR: 1.72 (CI 1.19, 2.49), depression (PR: 1.54 (CI 1.20, 1.98) and positive urinalysis result for benzodiazepines (PR: 1.56 (CI 1.23, 1.96), but not with network size. Results show considerable gaps in naloxone protection among people who use opioids, with more vulnerable and historically disadvantaged subpopulations less likely to be protected. Larger social networks of people who use opioids may be an important resource to curtail overdose mortality, but more effort is needed to harness the protective aspects of social networks.
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影响因子:
12.3
作者:
Buels R;Yao E;Diesh CM;Hayes RD;Munoz-Torres M;Helt G;Goodstein DM;Elsik CG;Lewis SE;Stein L;Holmes IH
通讯作者:
Holmes IH
影响因子:
4
作者:
Bonevski B;Randell M;Paul C;Chapman K;Twyman L;Bryant J;Brozek I;Hughes C
通讯作者:
Hughes C
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Dayton, Lauren;Gicquelais, Rachel E.;Latkin, Carl
通讯作者:
Latkin, Carl
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Ivsins, Andrew;Boyd, Jade;McNeil, Ryan
通讯作者:
McNeil, Ryan
DOI:
10.1146/annurev-soc-060116-053556
发表时间:
2017-01-01
期刊:
ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL 43
影响因子:
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作者:
Heckathorn, Douglas D.;Cameron, Christopher J.
通讯作者:
Cameron, Christopher J.