Naloxone Acceptance among Nightclub Attendees in New York City.
As the opioid crisis continues, now driven by use of fentanyl, naloxone is an increasingly important intervention to reverse overdoses. More research is needed on the willingness of populations at risk for unintentional fentanyl exposure (through adulterated drugs) to accept naloxone to reverse pote...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Community Health Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 725 - 734 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=186953405&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 186953405 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00945145 JCH jtl: Journal of Community Health issn: 00945145 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 50 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 186953405 10.1007/s10900-025-01460-y ppf: 725 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 849KB tig: atl: Naloxone Acceptance among Nightclub Attendees in New York City. aug: au: Abukahok, Nina Acosta, Patricia Bunting, Amanda M. Palamar, Joseph J. affil: https://ror.org/0190ak572 Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA https://ror.org/0190ak572 Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 180 Madison Avenue, Room 1723-C, 10016, New York, NY, USA su: New York (State) Substance abuse Therapeutics Death Recreation Evaluation of human services programs Attitude (Psychology) Patients' attitudes Drugs of abuse Drug overdose Opioid abuse Disease prevalence Descriptive statistics Harm reduction Surveys Naloxone Confidence intervals sug: subj: Substance abuse Therapeutics Death Recreation Evaluation of human services programs Attitude (Psychology) Patients' attitudes Drugs of abuse New York (State) All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries Drug overdose Opioid abuse Disease prevalence Descriptive statistics Harm reduction Surveys Naloxone Confidence intervals keyword: Fentanyl Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Opioids Overdose Fentanyl Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Opioids Overdose ab: As the opioid crisis continues, now driven by use of fentanyl, naloxone is an increasingly important intervention to reverse overdoses. More research is needed on the willingness of populations at risk for unintentional fentanyl exposure (through adulterated drugs) to accept naloxone to reverse potential overdoses. Adults (n = 991) entering randomly selected nightclubs in New York City (NYC) were surveyed at the point-of-recruitment in 2024 and were asked about their willingness to accept a free naloxone kit. We examined the prevalence of reported willingness to accept naloxone and reasons for refusal, and we examined prevalence and correlates of participants accepting naloxone. During the survey, 65.2% of participants reported being familiar with naloxone, 62.1% agreed to accept naloxone, and 49.6% were recorded as accepting a kit. Those residing in NYC, compared to visitors, had a higher prevalence of recorded acceptance (aPR = 1.41, 95% CI: 1.11–1.79), as did those reporting familiarity with naloxone (aPR = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.02–1.58), and those with an average higher readiness to intervene in an opioid overdose (aPR = 1.18, 95% CI: 1.04–1.33). The majority who refused (56.1%) reported not being interested; 10.1% reported that they were not worried about overdoses, and 8.2% reported that they already had naloxone. Although 83.4% agreed that naloxone is used to reverse opioid overdoses, 35.4% reportedly thought that naloxone is used to reverse the effects of cocaine or any drug. While at least half of attendees were willing to accept a naloxone kit, lack of interest and lack of knowledge about naloxone were potential barriers to carrying naloxone. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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