Together Against Overdose: Community Developed Technology to Encourage Drug Checking, Distribution of Harm Reduction Supplies, and Linkage to Services
Funded by: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project dates: September 2024 - September 2026
Principal Investigator: Aronson, IanProject dates: September 2024 - September 2026
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project will develop technology-based interventions for substance using populations in community settings and create new materials in English and Spanish designed to:
- Increase behaviors that protect against overdose (including drug checking)
- Facilitate linkage to harm reduction services available nearby
- Increase overdose related health literacy
- Encourage initiation of medications for opioid use disorder