Improving first responders' perceptions of overdose events and survivors through tailored occupational health-focused training co-facilitated by overdose survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

First responders (law enforcement officers, emergency medical services, and firefighters) frequently interact with people who use drugs (PWUD). Based on the nature and outcomes of such encounters, these interactions have the potential either to reduce harm, or perpetuate it. Given increased funding and attention for first responder-led interventions involving PWUD, we must identify the most critical training for improving negative beliefs about these interventions and populations. In this study, we aimed to develop and evaluate a novel, evidence-based first responder training with an occupational wellness framing aiming to increase knowledge regarding and improve attitudes toward people who overdose and toward the overdose antidote, naloxone.

Methods

We developed

SUBMITTER: Winograd R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11660981 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature