Qunying Li, Zhaohui Zhong, Jianping Pan, Yin Zhong, Yun Zhong, Haoling Sun
[The situation of neglect state among elementary and high school students aged 6-17 years in rural areas of two western provinces of China]
Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine]
since covid19 pandemic increase fentanylcombined drugs led surge opioid overdose deaths united states higher opioid overdose mortality rates problematic rural communities prevention treatment recovery resources individuals experiencing opioid use disorder exploratory project aimed investigate handson naloxone training rural clinicians staff rural clinicians staff two behavioral health centers recruited participate 30min lecture 30min handson intranasal naloxone training using lowfidelity mannequin prepost opioid knowledge questionnaire rubric based substance abuse mental health services administration toolkit investigatorgenerated survey used evaluate opioid knowledge response demonstration intranasal naloxone administration participants perceptions training enrollment characteristics summarized using descriptive statistics paired ttests used assess mean differences nine participants project seven 875 female six 750 black four participants assumed therapist role attained ms degree 5 years experience working healthcare total mean rubric score participants 960 sd 88 significant prepost mean differences among opioid knowledge overdose risk overdose response categories found p 005 however postintervention mean scores slightly higher categories except overdose risk participants 778 responded felt comfortable handling opioid situation teaching training community members openended responses indicated participants liked demonstrations examples used handson nature training presentation materials handson naloxone training beneficial training rural clinicians staff respond opioid overdose training may promising solution reduce response time recognition opioid symptoms administration lifesaving medication naloxone future studies examine efficacy training larger samples inclusion rural interdisciplinary teams trusted community leaders family friends impacted opioid use disorder innovative handson naloxone training designed rural clinicians residents likely witness individuals experiencing opioid toxicity primary goal reduce response time recognition signs symptoms administration lifesaving medication naloxone