Table 3 Sub-set of codebook pertaining to naloxone/narcan
Code name | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
Receiving naloxone/Narcan | Refers to participant’s experience receiving naloxone/Narcan from C2H staff | “It really helped me, talking to [them]. [They] gave me Narcan.” |
Carrying naloxone/Narcan | Refers to participants’ storage of naloxone/Narcan including whether they opt to carry naloxone/Narcan on their person | “I haven't had to use it yet. It's in the cabinet at the house that I usually stay at. I can't use it because I'm allergic to it.” |
Utilizing naloxone/Narcan | Refers to participant’s experience utilizing naloxone/Narcan. If highlighting non-C2H naloxone/Narcan, cross-code with “before C2H” | “I would have lost those two a couple of times because they were[…] Just a squirt to get them to wake up, so that video that I watched up there probably saved their lives.” |
Naloxone/Narcan used on participant | Refers to participant’s experience having naloxone/Narcan used on them | “It wasn't that I was upset that I was being resuscitated. It was the feeling that the Narcan gave me. It made my whole body go ice cold, and I started shaking. Because Narcan reverses the effects of the heroin, which made you go in sudden, rapid withdrawal times 50.” |
Naloxone/Narcan perceptions/feelings | Refers to participant’s feelings, opinions, and perceptions of naloxone/Narcan | “Even if you don't need it, it's a good, people see it as a good thing to have.” |
Naloxone/Narcan knowledge, existence | Refers to participant’s prior knowledge or learning of what naloxone/Narcan is | “I didn’t know what it was” |
Naloxone/Narcan knowledge, effectiveness | Refers to participant’s prior knowledge or learning of naloxone/Narcan’s effectiveness in reversing overdose | “At first I was like… ain’t no way it saves somebody’s life. Yeah, it does. It works good” |
Naloxone/Narcan knowledge, amnesty | Refers to participant’s knowledge or learning of Good Samaritan or medical amnesty laws/policies | “you can be arrested, you can be charged, but they can’t prosecute you and make it stick if you’re having Narcan in your pocket.” |
Naloxone/Narcan, social obligation | Refers to participant’s self-imposed social role as a community helper, regarding naloxone/Narcan | “I can’t walk by somebody laying on the ground and not try to help… That’s somebody’s daddy or mother or daughter or son… I won’t walk by.” |
Naloxone/Narcan, “safer” | Refers to participant feeling “safer with naloxone/Narcan” than without it | “I feel a lot safer with Narcan” |
Naloxone/Narcan, unpredictable nature of overdose | Refers to participants perception of community overdose as unpredictable or chaotic, regarding naloxone/Narcan | “I know when I have [Narcan] on me, because you can't ever tell in wherever you're at, what kind of situations going on, anything can happen in the spur of a moment. And I know as long as I've got that on me, if something like that ever happens around me, it could save somebody's life.” |
Naloxone/Narcan, stigma | Refers to participants perceived stigma from law enforcement and/or community members regarding naloxone/Narcan | “if I’m carrying Narcan, then that’s going to make [police] judge me or question me more and wonder why I have that.” |
Naloxone/Narcan, recipient reaction | Refers to participant recounting or anticipating instances a person’s physiological or emotional reaction to receiving naloxone/Narcan | “He says that you feel rough after you get Narcan…for a day or two.” |
Naloxone/Narcan, loss of high | Refers specifically to a naloxone/Narcan recipient being frustrated that they can no longer feel effect of drugs | “They didn’t want their high to go away. They were so high that it could kill them, but they didn’t want to lose their high.” |
Naloxone/Narcan, economic loss | Refers specifically to naloxone/Narcan recipient being frustrated that they spent limited funds on drugs they can no longer feel the effect of | “You don’t want to lose that feeling that you paid for” |
Naloxone/Narcan, prior communication | Refers to participant recounting conversations they have had with network members regarding naloxone/Narcan, prior to overdose events | “’If you nod out, and if you don’t respond to me… I will Narcan you.’ Even before they [use drugs], I’m like, ‘I do have Narcan. I will Narcan you.’” |