Opioid substitution treatment planning in a disaster context: Perspectives from emergency management and health professionals in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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Opioid substitution treatment planning in a disaster context: Perspectives from emergency management and health professionals in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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© 2016 by the authors. Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) is a harm reduction strategy enabling opiate consumers to avoid withdrawal symptoms and maintain health and wellbeing. Some research shows that within a disaster context service disruptions and infrastructure damage affect OST services, including problems with accessibility, dosing, and scripts. Currently little is known about planning for OST in the reduction and response phases of a disaster. This study aimed to identify the views o...

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11 Mar, 2021

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Denise Blake / Antonia Lyons

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Opioid_substitution_treatment_planning_in_a_di...

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opioid substitution treatment / OST / vulnerability / disaster / preparedness / planning / Health services & systems / Health Services Research / Mental Health / Generic Health Relevance / 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Attitude of Health Personnel / Disaster Planning / Emergency Responders / Health Personnel / Humans / New Zealand / Opiate Substitution Treatment / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Environmental Sciences / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Environmental Sciences & Ecology / MENTAL-HEALTH / PREPAREDNESS / BUPRENORPHINE / METHADONE / TRAUMA / Toxicology / Public Health and Health Services / Uncategorized

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