How do naloxone-based interventions work to reduce overdose deaths: a realist review

NM Miller, B Waterhouse-Bradley, C Campbell… - Harm reduction …, 2022 - Springer
Background Naloxone-based interventions as part of health systems can reverse an opioid
overdose. Previous systematic reviews have identified the effectiveness of naloxone; …

An overview of take‐home naloxone programs in Australia

R Dwyer, A Olsen, C Fowlie, C Gough… - Drug and alcohol …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims Take‐home naloxone (THN) programs commenced in
Australia in 2012 in the Australian Capital Territory and programs now operate in five …

How competent are people who use opioids at responding to overdoses? Qualitative analyses of actions and decisions taken during overdose emergencies

J Neale, C Brown, ANC Campbell, JD Jones… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Providing take‐home naloxone (THN) to people who use
opioids is an increasingly common strategy for reversing opioid overdose. However …

Conflict and communication: managing the multiple affordances of take-home naloxone administration events in Australia

A Farrugia, J Neale, R Dwyer, R Fomiatti… - Addiction Research & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Opioid overdose is a growing issue in Australia. Programs to provide opioid consumers with
'take-home'naloxone to reverse overdose exist internationally and in some Australian cities …

[PDF][PDF] Perspective: Australia reschedules naloxone for overdose

S Lenton, P Dietze, M Jauncey - Medical Journal of Australia, 2016 - researchgate.net
Background With much of recent media focus on problems due to crystalline
methamphetamine use in Australia, few may be aware that opioid overdose deaths have …

Does training people to administer take‐home naloxone increase their knowledge? Evidence from Australian programs

PM Dietze, B Draper, A Olsen… - Drug and alcohol …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims Take‐home naloxone (THN) programs have been operating
in Australia since 2012 in a variety of settings. We examine whether THN programs were …

Benefits and barriers to expanding the availability of take-home naloxone in Australia: A qualitative interview study with service providers

R Dwyer, S Fraser, P Dietze - Drugs: Education, Prevention and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Aims: To investigate the perspectives and experiences of service providers regarding
provision of take-home naloxone to people who use opioids in Victoria, Australia. Methods …

Emergency department physicians' and pharmacists' perspectives on take‐home naloxone

TJ Holland, J Penm, M Dinh, S Aran… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims Opioid overdose is an increasing burden world‐wide and is a
major cause of death in Australia. To reduce the number of opioid‐related deaths, access to …

Assembling the social and political dimensions of take-home naloxone

A Farrugia, S Fraser, R Dwyer - Contemporary Drug …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Editor's Note This issue of Contemporary Drug Problems features the first article in a new
series entitled 'Contemporary Issues'. Articles commissioned for this series will be authored …

Acceptability of prison-based take-home naloxone programmes among a cohort of incarcerated men with a history of regular injecting drug use

M Curtis, P Dietze, C Aitken, A Kirwan, SA Kinner… - Harm reduction …, 2018 - Springer
Background Take-home naloxone (THN) programmes are an evidence-based opioid
overdose prevention initiative. Elevated opioid overdose risk following prison release means …