Journal article
"I Gotta Go With Modern Technology, So I'm Gonna Give 'em the Narcan": The Diffusion of Innovations and an Opioid Overdose Prevention Program
Qualitative health research, v 29(3), pp 345-356
01 Feb 2019
PMID: 30311841
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Abstract
Fatal opioid overdoses can be prevented by opioid overdose prevention programs (OOPPs). The present study qualitatively examined the diffusion process of an OOPP among 30 persons who inject drugs (PWIDs) in an opioid-saturated community. Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants into three groups based on familiarity with the OOPP. Findings revealed that participants often adopted the OOPP, which was offered by a local harm reduction organization, if first exposed by staff hosting and implementing it. Barriers to adoption included belief that OOPP training was lengthy or unnecessary, lack of perceived relative advantage, nonengagement with the host organization, and trepidation of administering withdrawal-causing medication to fellow PWIDs. Participants outside of networks diffusing the OOPP were isolated from other PWIDs. Staff from the host organization were influential in encouraging OOPP adoption, which underscores their importance in the effort to reduce fatal overdoses.
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- Title
- "I Gotta Go With Modern Technology, So I'm Gonna Give 'em the Narcan": The Diffusion of Innovations and an Opioid Overdose Prevention Program
- Creators
- Jeanette M. Bowles - University of California, San DiegoStephen E. Lankenau - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Qualitative health research, v 29(3), pp 345-356
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000456438100003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85059631462
- Other Identifier
- 991019167609904721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Information Science & Library Science
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Social Sciences, Biomedical
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary