Blue Light Phones as Potential Locations for Deploying Public Access Naloxone Kits on a College Campus

Autor/inn/en	Dworkis, Daniel A.; Tang, Willis; Ritcheson, Nicolas C. M.; Raviv, Orian; Fowler, Andrew; Ellig, Katelin; Goley, Stephanie; Arora, Sanjay
Titel	Blue Light Phones as Potential Locations for Deploying Public Access Naloxone Kits on a College Campus
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 70 (2022) 1, S.18-21 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dworkis, Daniel A.) ORCID (Arora, Sanjay)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2020.1726931
Schlagwörter	Prevention; Telecommunications; Access to Health Care; Drug Therapy; College Environment; Drug Abuse; Emergency Programs; Geographic Information Systems; Public Health; California (Los Angeles) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Telekommunikationstechnik; Hochschulumwelt; Hilfsprogramm; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	Objective: Opioid use and the risk of opioid overdose are growing public health concerns for college-aged adults. Naloxone can temporarily reverse opioid overdoses, but only if easily accessible. On most college campuses, "blue light" phones (BLPs)--call boxes topped with a blue light--offer visible access to emergency services. We hypothesized that BLPs would provide potential naloxone access points. Participants: A major university campus in Los Angeles, CA. Methods: BLP locations were obtained using Google Maps, and the area of campus within a set distance to each BLP calculated. To model effects of loss or diversion, we simulated the random loss of various BLPs. Results: Placing naloxone kits at the 59 BLP locations could provide access within 100 m to 91.5% of the campus. With loss of half of the BLPs, campus access remained above 70%. Conclusions: Naloxone at BLP locations could be accessed from almost all campus areas. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01