Scaling up overdose education and naloxone distribution in Kentucky: adoption and reach achieved through a "hub with many spokes" model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scaling up overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND), an evidence-based practice for reducing opioid overdose mortality, in communities remains a challenge. Novel models and intentional implementation strategies are needed. Drawing upon the EPIS model's phases of Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment (Aarons et al. in Adm Policy Ment Health 38:4-23, 2011), this paper describes the development of the University of Kentucky's unique centralized "Naloxone Hub with Many Spokes" approach to implementing OEND as part of the HEALing Communities Study (HCS-KY).

Methods

To scale up OEND in eight Kentucky counties, implementation strategies were utilized at two levels: a centralized university-based naloxone dispensing unit ("Naloxone Hub") and

SUBMITTER: Knudsen HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10688494 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature