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Huang, Lyen C.; Johnson, Jordan E.; Bleicher, Josh; Blumling, Allison N.; Savarise, Mark; Wetter, David W.; Cohan, Jessica N.; Harris, Alex A.S.; Kaphingst, Kimberly A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Background: Patients rarely dispose of left-over opioids after surgery. Disposal serves as a primary prevention against misuse, overdose, and diversion. However, current interventions promoting disposal have mixed efficacy. Increasing disposal in rural communities could prevent or reduce the harms caused by prescription opioids. Aims: Identify…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Drug Therapy, Surgery, Rural Areas
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Wakeland, Wayne; Nielsen, Alexandra; Schmidt, Teresa D.; McCarty, Dennis; Webster, Lynn R.; Fitzgerald, John; Haddox, J. David – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Three educational interventions were simulated in a system dynamics model of the medical use, trafficking, and nonmedical use of pharmaceutical opioids. The study relied on secondary data obtained in the literature for the period of 1995 to 2008 as well as expert panel recommendations regarding model parameters and structure. The behavior of the…
Descriptors: Simulation, Interviews, Drug Abuse, Drug Use