Description and evaluation of a national humanitarian opioid poisoning education and naloxone distribution program
The Canadian Red Cross Opioid Harm Reduction program advanced harm reduction, increased awareness of opioid poisonings, and situated the response to the opioid poisoning crisis as a community health effort.
Authors
- Keely McBride
- Aaron Orkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1111-8720)
- Joanna Muise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2126-7711)
- Don Marentette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2353-208X)
- Ben Evans-Durán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3085-7764)
- Bruna dos Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8477-5692)
- Meghan Riley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4878-5489)
- Samiya Bhuiya
- Alexandra Kubica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4555-6087)
- Nick Rondinelli
- Kevin Paes
- Joe Salter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9241-781X)
- Anna Maria Subic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6265-9867)
- Jeannene Crosby
- M.O. Hanna
Institutions
- ActionAid (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Canadian Heart Research Centre (CA)
- Canadian Red Cross Society (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-025-01027-3
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64
Funders
- Health Canada