ERIC Number: EJ1479793
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Interventions to Increase Naloxone Access for Undergraduate Students: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Christina E. Freibott1; Nicole C. McCann1; Breanne E. Biondi1; Sarah Ketchen Lipson1
Journal of American College Health, v73 n6 p2398-2406 2025
Objective: To identify and describe interventions that increase access to naloxone for undergraduate students. Methods: A systematic review across 4 databases identified interventions that expand access to naloxone at colleges in the United States from 2015-2023. Three reviewers extracted the following data to create a narrative synthesis and summary of program elements: setting, rationale for intervention, timeline, intervention components, study size, collaboration, sustainability, outcomes and results. Results: Seven articles met inclusion criteria. Institutions' implemented naloxone interventions due to concerns for student safety and/or student overdose fatalities. Three universities collaborated with their School of Pharmacy for program design and/or dissemination, while two partnered with state-based naloxone distribution programs. Most programs combined opioid-overdose/naloxone training; four distributed naloxone kits. Three studies included pre/post-outcomes, and all reported increases in participant knowledge, attitudes, and/or ability to respond to an overdose. Conclusions: Our results indicates an opportunity for wide-scale implementation of undergraduate naloxone programs within US colleges. However, more rigorous implementation research is needed to identify barriers and facilitators to program feasibility, acceptability, and participation.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Drug Therapy, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Intervention, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Context Effect, Program Effectiveness, Knowledge Level, Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DHHS/PHS); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: T32DA041898; K01MH121515
Author Affiliations: 1Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA