Table 2 Answers to the Question "What are the top 3 clinical interventions most helpful/feasible for you to deliver in your practice to reduce injection drug use-related harm in your patients?"
What are the top 3 clinical interventions most helpful/feasible for you to deliver in your practice to reduce injection drug use-related harm in your patients? | Number of Responses |
|---|---|
Motivational interviewing and counseling | 29 |
Referral to treatment center or 12 step program | 24 |
Housing assistance | 7 |
Referral to Needle and syringe exchange program | 11 |
Opiate agonist therapy (buprenorphine, suboxone, methadone) | 15 |
Opiate antagonist therapy (naltrexone) | 8 |
Discussing safe injection practices and providing safe injection kits (sterile water, cottons, cookers, alcohol swabs etc.) | 5 |
Discussing overdose prevention | 12 |
Prescribing Naloxone * *One person selected Other and typed Naloxone so this was added to total | 11 |