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Introduction
Drug‐related deaths involving an opioid are at all‐time highs across the United Kingdom. Current overdose antidotes (naloxone) require events to be witnessed and recognised for reversal. Wearable technologies have potential for remote overdose detection or response but their acceptability among people who use opioids (PWUO) is not well understood. This study explored facilitators and...
Issues
Opioid overdose kills over 100,000 people each year globally. Mobile health (mHealth) technologies and devices, including wearables, with the capacity to prevent, detect or respond to opioid overdose exist in early form, or could be re‐purposed or designed. These technologies may particularly help those who use alone. For technologies to be successful, they must be effective and acceptable...
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