评估公共卫生自动售货机在刑事法律环境中的推出和使用情况
Rosemarie Martin1, Alyssa DaCunha2, Amelia Bailey3
1Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA; Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
Journal of substance use and addiction treatment
|November 17, 2024
概括
罗德岛监狱的自动售货机提供了3700多种减少伤害的物品,其中卫生套装,尼古丁替代疗法和庞乔最受欢迎. 这表明,人们显然需要可访问的过量服用和感染预防资源.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 刑事司法 卫生 刑事司法 卫生
- 药物使用障碍干预措施干预措施
背景情况:
- 可访问的减少伤害资源对于刑事司法系统中的个人至关重要.
- 罗德岛州惩教局 (DOC) 使用州阿片类药物管理基金实施了定制自动售货机.
- 这些机器为过量预防,感染预防,基本需求和尼古丁替代疗法 (NRT) 提供了重要的供应.
研究的目的:
- 详细介绍减少伤害的自动售货机在惩戒机构的开发和推广.
- 分析从这些机器中分发的物品的利用数据.
- 根据位置识别最常访问的项目.
主要方法:
- 自动售货机的设计涉及研究专家,DOC和社区利益相关者之间的合作.
- 在实施前的会议上,员工接受了关于降低危害及其在解决阿片类药物危机中的作用的教育.
- 社区组织的库存跟踪每月监测分发的物品;没有收集个人数据.
主要成果:
- 从2022年5月到2024年2月,在五个地点分发了3720多种物品.
- 卫生套件 (28.3%),NRT (19.0%) 和ponchos (16.6%) 是最常访问的项目.
- 缓刑/假释地点每月分发的基本需求物品 (不包括NRT) 比DOC设施要多得多.
结论:
- 自动售货机的使用凸显了对基本用品和减少伤害的支持的大量需求.
- 持续监测利用数据对于保持机器相关性和利益相关者沟通至关重要.
- 这一举措证明了提高获得关键危害降低资源的成功模式.
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