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Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution: Best Practices for Syringe Services Program

RTI International, 2022. 

Estimating naloxone need in the USA across fentanyl, heroin, and prescription opioid epidemics: a modelling study.

Irvine MA, Oller D, Boggis J, Bishop B, Coombs D, Wheeler E, Doe-Simkins M, Walley AY, Marshall BDL, Bratberg J, Green TC.  Lancet Public Health. 2022 Mar;7(3):e210-e218.

Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Within Syringe Service Programs - United States, 2019

Lambdin BH, Bluthenthal RN, Wenger LD, Wheeler E, Garner B, Lakosky P, Kral AH.MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Aug 21;69(33):1117-1121. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6933a2.PMID: 32817603 

Opioid Overdose Prevention Programs Providing Naloxone to Laypersons - United States, 2014. 

Wheeler E, Jones TS, Gilbert MK, Davidson PJ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 19;64(23):631-5.PMID: 26086633 

Community-based opioid overdose prevention programs providing naloxone - United States, 2010. 

Wheeler E, Davidson PJ, Jones TS, Irwin KCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Feb 17;61(6):101-5.PMID: 22337174

Opioid overdose rates and implementation of overdose education and nasal naloxone distribution in Massachusetts: interrupted time series analysis.

Walley AY, Xuan Z, Hackman HH, Quinn E, Doe-Simkins M, Sorensen-Alawad A, Ruiz S, Ozonoff A.BMJ. 2013 Jan 30;346:f174. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f174.PMID: 23372174 

Predictors of participant engagement and naloxone utilization in a community-based naloxone distribution program. 

Rowe C, Santos GM, Vittinghoff E, Wheeler E, Davidson P, Coffin PO.Addiction. 2015 Aug;110(8):1301-10. doi: 10.1111/add.12961.PMID: 25917125

Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution in the San Francisco County Jail. 

Wenger LD, Showalter D, Lambdin B, Leiva D, Wheeler E, Davidson PJ, Coffin PO, Binswanger IA, Kral AH.J Correct Health Care. 2019 Oct;25(4):394-404. doi: 10.1177/1078345819882771. Epub 2019 Oct 31.

Naloxone laws facilitate the establishment of overdose education and naloxone distribution programs in the United States.

Lambdin BH, Davis CS, Wheeler E, Tueller S, Kral AH.Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Jul 1;188:370-376. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.04.004. Epub 2018 May 15.PMID: 29776688

Community-Based Response to Fentanyl Overdose Outbreak, San Francisco, 2015.

Rowe C, Wheeler E, Stephen Jones T, Yeh C, Coffin PO.J Urban Health. 2019 Feb;96(1):6-11. doi: 10.1007/s11524-018-0250-x.PMID: 29725887 

Identifying gaps in the implementation of naloxone programs for laypersons in the United States

Lambdin BH, Zibbell J, Wheeler E, Kral AH.Int J Drug Policy. 2018 Feb;52:52-55. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.11.017. Epub 2017 Dec 9.PMID: 29232604 No abstract available.

Neighborhood-Level and Spatial Characteristics Associated with Lay Naloxone Reversal Events and Opioid Overdose Deaths.

Rowe C, Santos GM, Vittinghoff E, Wheeler E, Davidson P, Coffin PO.J Urban Health. 2016 Feb;93(1):117-30. doi: 10.1007/s11524-015-0023-8.PMID: 26800987 

Amount of naloxone used to reverse opioid overdoses outside of medical practice in a city with increasing illicitly manufactured fentanyl in illicit drug supply. 

ell A, Bennett AS, Jones TS, Doe-Simkins M, Williams LD.Subst Abus. 2019;40(1):52-55. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1449053. Epub 2018 Jun 25.PMID: 29558283

A Case for Experiential Expertise in Opioid Overdose Surveillance. 

Alexandridis AA, Doe-Simkins M, Scott G.Am J Public Health. 2020 Apr;110(4):505-507. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305502.PMID: 32159987 

Take-home emergency naloxone to prevent deaths from heroin overdose.

Strang J, Bird SM, Dietze P, Gerra G, McLellan AT.BMJ. 2014 Nov 4;349:g6580. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6580.PMID: 25378248

From Peers to Lay Bystanders: Findings from a Decade of Naloxone Distribution in Pittsburgh, PA.

Bennett AS, Bell A, Doe-Simkins M, Elliott L, Pouget E, Davis C.J Psychoactive Drugs. 2018 Jul-Aug;50(3):240-246. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2018.1430409. Epub 2018 Feb 9.PMID: 29424656

Saved by the nose: bystander-administered intranasal naloxone hydrochloride for opioid overdose. 

Doe-Simkins M, Walley AY, Epstein A, Moyer P.Am J Public Health. 2009 May;99(5):788-91. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.146647.PMID: 19363214 

Overdose rescues by trained and untrained participants and change in opioid use among substance-using participants in overdose education and naloxone distribution programs: a retrospective cohort study. 

Doe-Simkins M, Quinn E, Xuan Z, Sorensen-Alawad A, Hackman H, Ozonoff A, Walley AY.BMC Public Health. 2014 Apr 1;14:297. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-297.PMID: 24684801 

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