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Table 2 General themes that emerged from focus groups and interviews with BCTHN naloxone administrators

From: Qualitative assessment of take-home naloxone program participant and law enforcement interactions in British Columbia

Theme

Example

Saving lives in the community

“Well we were in an environment where there [were] a lot of lives to be saved so we found it quite beneficial.”

- Focus group 1 participant #5

Simple to understand educational content

“Everything was right to the point, what we needed to know and how to use the Narcan kit and how to use, how to open this little bottle without getting cut by your, on your fingers when you open it. So everything was useful in the training.”

- Focus group 2 participant #1

Accessibility to people with limited reading skills/illiteracy

“I have problems reading, I am dyslexic. People I know that but, the session itself was really informative and she read it to us and she pointed to it as she was reading it and like explained how to do it, take care of it, physically how, because that’s how I learn things too is by visual.”

- Focus group 2 participant #5

Integration into the community

“Round here, most people know who has it usually or they just yell out right, if someone needs it, they just yell out who’s got a kit, right?”

- Focus group 1 participant #5

Positive interaction with emergency responders

“I called 911 twice and this was at work, at [agency name]. I naloxoned the one girl and the ambulance came and [said] I did good. And then the second time the police and ambulance came and I did good again, had them all up and ready and they’re like did you do healthcare and I’m like no, I just learned, I’m a self-learner.”

- Client interviewee 2

Correcting misperceptions about naloxone

“But people generally are, they accept it with open, with an open mind because – but you know what has misled a lot of people is that movie Pulp Fiction…. Where Buddy gets the adrenalin shot in the heart eh, and people are under the misunderstanding that that was Naloxone or Narcan. So I’ve straightened quite a few people out that have seen that movie.”

- Client interviewee 1