TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage/adverse effects
KW - Drug Overdose/drug therapy
KW - Female
KW - Health Education/organization & administration
KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Naloxone/administration & dosage
KW - Narcotic Antagonists/administration & dosage
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/complications/drug therapy
KW - Program Development
KW - Program Evaluation
KW - Students
KW - Students, Pharmacy
KW - Universities
KW - Washington
KW - Young Adult
AU - Shannon G. Panther
AU - Brenda S. Bray
AU - John R. White
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: Responding to the nationwide opioid overdose epidemic, Washington State University initiated a naloxone safety net project intending to increase awareness of opioid overdose, increase the availability of naloxone, and examine university students' perceptions regarding the usefulness of a novel, large-group audience-training model. SETTING: A Washington State University campus. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: In September 2014, university students were recruited to attended a large-group audience training event which included opioid overdose prevention, recognition, and first response. All trained participants received an intranasal naloxone reversal kit. PRACTICE INNOVATION: Student pharmacists, who previously received naloxone rescue training and overdose education from the pharmacist lead researcher, acted as trainers. The training consisted of a large-group audience delivery with small-group practice sessions facilitated by the student pharmacists. EVALUATION: Participants who attended the recruitment event completed a pre-training survey to assess knowledge and perceptions about opioid use disorder and overdose. The following week, participants attended the training event. Participants were asked to complete a post-training survey to evaluate the usefulness of the program. RESULTS: Forty-three percent of the participants (65/150) who attended the recruitment event reported knowing someone who used prescription opioids to get "high." Seventy-four participants attended the training, and 92% of them (68/74) completed the post-training survey. The majority of respondents agreed that the training program met their expectations and the skills they learned could be used to intervene in an overdose situation. CONCLUSIONS: Before training, survey responses from recruited participates indicated the need to discuss opioid use disorder among university students is important. Use of a training model involving large-group audiences followed by small-group practice sessions offers an acceptable educational solution regarding opioid overdose and prevention. Our experience suggests using this training model to educate university students to recognize and provide first response is a feasible and acceptable approach.
BT - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
C5 - Education & Workforce; Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 2S
CY - United States
DO - 10.1016/j.japh.2016.11.002
IS - 2S
JF - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Responding to the nationwide opioid overdose epidemic, Washington State University initiated a naloxone safety net project intending to increase awareness of opioid overdose, increase the availability of naloxone, and examine university students' perceptions regarding the usefulness of a novel, large-group audience-training model. SETTING: A Washington State University campus. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: In September 2014, university students were recruited to attended a large-group audience training event which included opioid overdose prevention, recognition, and first response. All trained participants received an intranasal naloxone reversal kit. PRACTICE INNOVATION: Student pharmacists, who previously received naloxone rescue training and overdose education from the pharmacist lead researcher, acted as trainers. The training consisted of a large-group audience delivery with small-group practice sessions facilitated by the student pharmacists. EVALUATION: Participants who attended the recruitment event completed a pre-training survey to assess knowledge and perceptions about opioid use disorder and overdose. The following week, participants attended the training event. Participants were asked to complete a post-training survey to evaluate the usefulness of the program. RESULTS: Forty-three percent of the participants (65/150) who attended the recruitment event reported knowing someone who used prescription opioids to get "high." Seventy-four participants attended the training, and 92% of them (68/74) completed the post-training survey. The majority of respondents agreed that the training program met their expectations and the skills they learned could be used to intervene in an overdose situation. CONCLUSIONS: Before training, survey responses from recruited participates indicated the need to discuss opioid use disorder among university students is important. Use of a training model involving large-group audiences followed by small-group practice sessions offers an acceptable educational solution regarding opioid overdose and prevention. Our experience suggests using this training model to educate university students to recognize and provide first response is a feasible and acceptable approach.
PP - United States
PY - 2017
SN - 1544-3450; 1086-5802
SP - S107
EP - S112.e2
EP - 
T1 - The implementation of a naloxone rescue program in university students
T2 - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
TI - The implementation of a naloxone rescue program in university students
U1 - Education & Workforce; Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 28063773
U3 - 10.1016/j.japh.2016.11.002
VL - 57
VO - 1544-3450; 1086-5802
Y1 - 2017
Y2 - Mar - Apr
ER -