Abstract As healthcare turns its focus to preventative community-based interventions, there is increasing interest in using in-home technology support this goal. This study evaluates the design and use of socially assistive robots (SARs) sensors as therapeutic for older adults with depression. The seal-like SAR Paro, along onboard wearable sensors, was placed homes 10 diagnosed clinical depression one month. Design workshops were conducted before after implementation participating care staff...

Abstract Background Overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) to laypersons are key approaches reduce the incidence of opioid-involved overdoses. While some research has examined attitudes toward OEND, especially among pharmacists first responders, our understanding what believe about overdose is surprisingly limited. Further, scholars have expressed concerns prevalence non-evidence-based beliefs naloxone. We designed this study analyze prevalence, nature, context U.S. laypersons....

Characterizing pharmacies based on their practices, community need for such practices and pharmacy type could advance pharmacy-based intervention precision to reinforce or increase related reducing opioid overdose deaths. To measure a combination of 3 focused death reduction explore whether there are discernable groupings characteristics, characteristics. A telephone survey was conducted between August 1, 2023 October 8, with the pharmacist duty at 921 Arizona pharmacies. The measured...

Pediatric patients with chronic pain are at risk for long- term opioid addiction as adults, have limited pediatric treatment options, and commonly experience barriers to developmentally appropriate recreation, leisure, play opportunities. Interdisciplinary approaches creating evidence-based therapeutic programs this population called in the literature yet few exist. This qualitative study examines Kids B.E.A.R. Pain Protocol, an interdisciplinary approach created by professionals public...

This paper presents the results of a pilot study measuring and evaluating intervention effects voluntary in-home use socially assistive robot by older adults diagnosed with depression. The was performed 8 adult patients over course one month, during which participants were provided to as they desired in their own homes. During study, several types data collected, including robotic sensor from collar worn robot, daily activity levels via wristband (Jawbone) adults, weekly health outcome...

Evidence-based harm reduction intervention components which might benefit pharmacy patients have not been integrated and studied. To investigate the feasibility acceptability of a proposed pharmacy-based to reduce opioid overdose, HIV hepatitis C called PharmNet. Indiana managing pharmacists were surveyed in 2018 assess an for misuse screening, brief intervention, syringe naloxone dispensing, referrals provision. The Consolidated Framework Implementation Research informed survey development...

Community pharmacies are important for health access by rural populations and those who do not have optimum to the system, because they provide myriad services found in most communities. This includes sale of non-prescription syringes, a practice that is legal USA all but two states. However, people inject drugs (PWID) face significant barriers accessing sterile particularly states without laws allowing syringe programming. To our knowledge, no recent studies pharmacy-based purchase...

Background Schools increasingly prioritize social-emotional competence and bullying cyberbullying prevention, so the development of novel, low-cost, high-yield programs addressing these topics is important. Further, rigorous assessment interventions prior to widespread dissemination crucial. Objective This study assesses effectiveness implementation fidelity ACT Out! Social Issue Theater program, a 1-hour psychodramatic intervention by professional actors; it also measures students’...

Background: Community pharmacists are at the frontline of patient care, yet their role in opioid epidemic remains unclear. This qualitative study examines perception community about and challenges to fulfilling this role. Methods: A secondary analysis cross-sectional survey data from an Indiana census managing was conducted. Qualitative were coded using a priori emergent themes. categories included perceived practice barriers. Results: total 215 participated study. Pharmacists understood...

The U.S. overdose epidemic has continued to escalate with more than 100,000 deaths per year in the past several years, most of which involve opioids. Widespread availability naloxone is part a national solution crisis, and community pharmacies are well-poised facilitate such distribution provide additional harm reduction services. primary objectives this study were (a) examine usability each separate intervention components prepared for PharmNet, (b) observe fidelity through regularly...

Background The number of overdose deaths in the United States involving opioids continues to exceed 100,000 per year. This has precipitated ongoing declarations a public health emergency. Harm reduction approaches, such as promoting awareness of, ensuring access to, and fostering willingness use naloxone reverse opioid overdose, are key component larger national strategy address crisis. In addition, reversal with directly immediately saves lives. Because pharmacies’ ubiquity pharmacists’...

As healthcare shifts towards a patient centered model, robotic technology can play an important role in monitoring, informing, supporting, and connecting independently living individuals with various physical mental health conditions. part of study evaluating the use Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) Paro homes older adults depression, we performed two focus groups clinicians to discuss how they might sensor data collected by domestic SARs clinical practice. In first group, participants...

Prospective longitudinal data collection is an important way for researchers and evaluators to assess change. In school-based settings, low-risk and/or likely-beneficial interventions or surveys, quality ethical standards are both arguably stronger when using a waiver of parental consent-but doing so often requires the use anonymous methods. The standard solution this problem has been self-generated identification code. However, such codes incorporate personalized elements (e.g., birth...

Adolescent and young adults with a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the severe to moderate functioning range were recruited for this study Serbia United States (U.S.). A total of ten participants, five from each respective country, participated 15- week equine-assisted therapy (EAT) intervention that utilized ground-based learning through manualized program approach. The purpose was test effects 15-week EAT on social individuals ASD across two cultures using single subject...

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Background: Opioid misuse is a leading health care concern within the United States. In many cases, opioid and use disorder are associated with pain, secondary condition affecting individuals spinal cord injury (SCI). Further, substance known risk factor for SCI, resulting in potential substance-related trajectory running from pre- to post-SCI. However, little research has examined prior SCI since epidemic began, so relative of opioids patients unclear. Objective: To determine whether tested...

Sexual health takes on an entirely new meaning for women after sustaining a spinal cord injury (SCI). The majority of sexual information provided during the rehabilitation process is often geared toward men with limited to no resources available women. Furthermore, this typically not by recreational therapists in structured groups. This study employed semistructured interviews eight SCI living independently community examine sexuality and intimacy while how currently being addressed process,...

Equine-assisted therapy (EAT) is an increasingly popular intervention for people with various disabilities and diagnoses. However, a lack of evidence-based protocols has hampered efforts to provide standardization treatment. The Galloping Towards Success (GTS) protocol was designed specifically clients moderate severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD) described in this paper. 15-week manualized EAT previously tested across multiple sites Serbia the U.S. (Dawson et al., 2022) demonstrating...

The overdose epidemic in the United States has continued to worsen despite substantial efforts mitigate its harms. opioid antagonist naloxone been identified as a key means of reducing prevalence fatal overdoses. An important evidence-based approach optimizing naloxone's impact is seed it throughout community, because bystanders are often able reverse overdoses more quickly than first responders and sometimes only possible reversal. As part multipronged distributing nationwide, community...

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Pharmacies have the opportunity to implement multiple strategies prevent nonmedical prescription opioid use and associated harms, including implementing disposal programs (e.g., boxes, deactivation products, mail-back envelopes) offering over-the-counter naloxone. The quantity of prescriptions dispensed in United States (US) is so high that every other person could receive one prescription. Many these opioids go unused are kept homes rather than disposed after...