TY - JOUR
KW - Drug Overdose/prevention & control
KW - Georgia
KW - Humans
KW - Naloxone/therapeutic use
KW - Narcotic Antagonists/therapeutic use
KW - Public Health
KW - arts
KW - arts in public health
KW - community intervention
KW - community-engaged research
KW - creative arts
KW - ethics
KW - graphic arts
KW - Health Promotion
KW - opioid overdose
KW - overdose intervention
KW - Qualitative Research
KW - Safety
KW - service industry workers
AU - S. Febres-Cordero
AU - A. D. F. Sherman
AU - J. Karg
AU - U. Kelly
AU - L. M. Thompson
AU - K. Smith
A1 - 
AB - The opioid epidemic was declared a national public health emergency in 2017. In Georgia, standing orders for the opioid antagonist, naloxone, have been implemented to reduce mortality from opioid overdoses. Service industry workers in the Atlanta, Georgia, inner-city community of Little Five Points (L5P) have access to naloxone, potentially expanding overdose rescue efforts in the community setting. To explore the issues facing L5P, our research brings together qualitative descriptive inquiry, ethnography, community-based research, a community advisory board, and a local artist to maximize community dissemination of research findings through a graphic novel that describes encountering an opioid overdose. This format was chosen due to the ethical responsibility to disseminate in participants' language and for its potential to empower and educate readers. This article describes the process of working on this study with the community and a local artist to create sample pages that will be tested for clarity of the message in a later phase. Working with an artist has revealed that while dissemination and implementation for collaboration begin before findings are ready, cross-collaboration with the artist requires early engagement, substantial funding, artist education in appropriate content, and member checking to establish community acceptability altering illustrations that reinforce negative stereotypes. By sharing the experiences of actions taken during an opioid overdose in L5P through a graphic novel, we can validate service industry workers' experiences, acknowledge their efforts to contribute to harm reduction, and provide much-needed closure to those who encounter opioid overdoses in the community.
AD - Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA, USA.; Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA, USA.; Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, USA.; Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA, USA.; Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA, USA.; Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA, USA.
BT - Health promotion practice
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 1_suppl
CY - United States
DO - 10.1177/1524839921996405
IS - 1_suppl
JF - Health promotion practice
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - The opioid epidemic was declared a national public health emergency in 2017. In Georgia, standing orders for the opioid antagonist, naloxone, have been implemented to reduce mortality from opioid overdoses. Service industry workers in the Atlanta, Georgia, inner-city community of Little Five Points (L5P) have access to naloxone, potentially expanding overdose rescue efforts in the community setting. To explore the issues facing L5P, our research brings together qualitative descriptive inquiry, ethnography, community-based research, a community advisory board, and a local artist to maximize community dissemination of research findings through a graphic novel that describes encountering an opioid overdose. This format was chosen due to the ethical responsibility to disseminate in participants' language and for its potential to empower and educate readers. This article describes the process of working on this study with the community and a local artist to create sample pages that will be tested for clarity of the message in a later phase. Working with an artist has revealed that while dissemination and implementation for collaboration begin before findings are ready, cross-collaboration with the artist requires early engagement, substantial funding, artist education in appropriate content, and member checking to establish community acceptability altering illustrations that reinforce negative stereotypes. By sharing the experiences of actions taken during an opioid overdose in L5P through a graphic novel, we can validate service industry workers' experiences, acknowledge their efforts to contribute to harm reduction, and provide much-needed closure to those who encounter opioid overdoses in the community.
PP - United States
PY - 2021
SN - 1524-8399; 1524-8399
SP - 35S
EP - 43S
EP - 
T1 - Designing a Graphic Novel: Engaging Community, Arts, and Culture Into Public Health Initiatives
T2 - Health promotion practice
TI - Designing a Graphic Novel: Engaging Community, Arts, and Culture Into Public Health Initiatives
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 33942650
U3 - 10.1177/1524839921996405
VL - 22
VO - 1524-8399; 1524-8399
Y1 - 2021
Y2 - May
ER -