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Acceptability of prison-based take-home naloxone programmes among a cohort of incarcerated men with a history of regular injecting drug use.

Michael CurtisPaul DietzeCampbell AitkenAmy KirwanStuart A KinnerTony ButlerMark Stoové
Published in: Harm reduction journal (2018)
Our findings suggest that male prisoners in Victoria with a history of regular IDU are overwhelmingly willing to participate in THN training prior to release. Factors associated with willingness to participate in prison THN programmes offer insights to help support the implementation and uptake of THN programmes to reduce opioid-overdose deaths in the post-release period.
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