Secondary Data Analysis & Capacity Building for Exploration of on-site Narcan Administration with Seattle Public Library – South Park Branch

Project Aim: Synthesize relevant research, policy, legal and physiological information related to opioid reversal medication administration and develop a community education pamphlet on narcan administration.

Quarter Project Summary: Recent major news outlet attention has been drawn toward an important prevailing public health epidemic: opioid addiction. Over the course of 10 weeks, our project team partnered with the community of South Park, in Seattle, Washington. During this time-frame, implementation of the nursing process was combined with community and public health principles.  Through capacity building, our group assisted our community partner in learning the about opioid reversal administration programs and the development an informational pamphlet was created specifically for community member education about opioid overdose identification and prevention promotion.

Next Steps: We identified interest in other community members (e.g. business owners) who are interested in exploring a community narcan administration training. We recommend a community organization take the lead on offering this training to community members.

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