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Overcoming barriers to the prescription/dispensation of take-home naloxone among French primary care professionals: a regional training initiative.

Opioid-related mortality is a global issue, and France shows high opioid use disorder indicators. Despite recommendations for wider take-home-naloxone distribution, access remains limited in France, and many primary care professionals lack training. The SINFONI project aims to enhance naloxone educa...

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Published in:European Journal of Public Health Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors: Aquizerate, Aurélie, Duval, Mélanie, Rousselet, Morgane, Jaulin, Emmanuelle, Kuhn, Emmanuelle, Oger, Anne-Claire, Nicolleau, Isabelle, Pele, Solen, Herault, Thomas, Artarit, Pascal
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jun2026
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          Aquizerate, Aurélie
          Duval, Mélanie
          Rousselet, Morgane
          Jaulin, Emmanuelle
          Kuhn, Emmanuelle
          Oger, Anne-Claire
          Nicolleau, Isabelle
          Pele, Solen
          Herault, Thomas
          Artarit, Pascal
        affil: Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, Centre d'Evaluation et d'Information sur la Pharmacodépendance-Addictovigilance (CEIP-A), Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Nantes, France
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          Naloxone Therapeutic Use
          Substance Use Disorders Drug Therapy
          Education, Continuing
          Pharmacists Education
          Physicians, Family Education
          Prescribing Patterns
          Primary Health Care
          Program Evaluation
          France
          Human
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Descriptive Statistics
          Professional Knowledge
      ab: Opioid-related mortality is a global issue, and France shows high opioid use disorder indicators. Despite recommendations for wider take-home-naloxone distribution, access remains limited in France, and many primary care professionals lack training. The SINFONI project aims to enhance naloxone education for these providers. A motion-design training program was created and sent to general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists. A total of 138 GPs and 207 pharmacists participated in the knowledge assessment before and after training. Post-training, significant improvements were observed, and the greatest knowledge gains were in understanding naloxone's safety (P  < .001). Our findings primarily identified critical "red flags" that may hinder prescription and dispensing practices.
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