Integration of Naloxone Distribution in a Federally Qualified Health Center

• By: Maya Nussenzweig, MPH Marva Greer, MPA Ariel Lindsay Jacobs, MPH Andrea Cole, PhD, LCSW Thomas McCarry, LMHC Institute for Family Health
• January 1st, 2020
• community health centers, harm reduction, medication-assisted treatment, naloxone distribution, opioid epidemic, overdose prevention, public health programs, staff training
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As the opioid epidemic has become a growing public health crisis in New York and the greater United States, it is incumbent upon health care centers to expand our ability to treat those in need. As of one the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in New York State, providing integrated...