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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Opioid overdose remains a significant public health crisis.
  • Harm reduction strategies are crucial for mitigating overdose deaths.
  • Knowledge gaps in overdose prevention and naloxone use persist among vulnerable populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of the Systematic Training in Overdose Prevention (STOOP) program on overdose prevention knowledge, naloxone utilization, and fatal overdose rates.
  • To assess changes in correct and incorrect responses regarding overdose causes and actions post-training.
  • To analyze the association between the STOOP program and fatal overdose trends.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental study involving face-to-face interviews before and after program implementation.
  • Participants included people who inject opioids attending harm reduction centers.
  • Statistical analyses included multivariate Poisson regression and interrupted time series analysis.

Main Results:

  • Knowledge of overdose prevention significantly increased following the STOOP program.
  • The intervention group provided more correct answers and fewer incorrect answers compared to the control group.
  • Forty percent of individuals who received a naloxone kit used it to respond to an overdose.

Conclusions:

  • The STOOP program effectively enhances overdose prevention knowledge and naloxone administration skills in people who use opioids.
  • Systematic training is associated with a reduction in fatal opioid overdoses.
  • The findings support the implementation of structured overdose prevention education in harm reduction settings.