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Anthony Spadaro1, Anish K Agarwal2, Hareena K Sangha3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, 21798Perelman School of Medicine and the Center for Public Health Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Purpose:
Our aim was to explore perspectives of patients who received naloxone in the emergency department (ED) about (1) naloxone carrying and use following an ED visit and (2) motivation for performing these behaviors.
Design:
Semi-structured interviews of patients prescribed naloxone at ED discharge.
Settings:
Three urban academic EDs in Philadelphia, PA.
Participants:
25 participants completed the in-depth, semi-structured interviews and demographic surveys. Participants were majority male, African American, and had previously witnessed or experienced an overdose.
Methods:
Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed using content analysis. We used a hybrid inductive-deductive approach that included prespecified and emergent themes.
Results:
We found that naloxone carrying behavior was variable and influenced by four main motivators: (1) naloxone access; (2) personal experience and salience of naloxone, (3) comfort with naloxone administration, and (4) societal influences on naloxone carrying. In particular, those with personal history of overdose or close friends or family at risk were motivated to carry naloxone.
Conclusions:
Participants in this study reported several important motivators for naloxone carrying after an ED visit, including ease of naloxone access and comfort, perceived risk of experiencing or encountering an overdose, and social influences on naloxone carrying behaviors. EDs, health systems, and public health officials should consider these factors influencing motivation when designing future interventions to increase access, carrying, and use of naloxone.
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