Description of implementing a mail-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program in community supervision settings during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study uses the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment (EPIS) model to retrospectively describe the mail-based overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) program developed in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) for use in the HEALing Communities Study in Kentucky (HCS-KY) and details the reach of this innovative delivery model.

Methods

HCS-KY is a community-engaged cluster-randomized trial assessing the effects of implementing evidence-based practices, including OEND, on overdose death reduction across 16 communities highly impacted by the opioid epidemic in Kentucky.⁶ The study launch coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. All coalitions in the 16 HCS-KY counties selected OEND implementation

SUBMITTER: Oser CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11885019 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature