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Table 6 Education received through formal schooling and the workplace

From: Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm reduction practice

Variable

n (%)

Education received through school

 

 Caring for people who use unregulated substances (n = 96)

 

  Yes

29 (30.2)

  No

53 (55.2)

  Don’t know / remember

14 (14.6)

 Prescribe or administer opioid agonist treatment (n = 29)

 

  Yes

21 (72.4)

  No

7 (24.1)

  Don’t know / remember

1 (3.4)

 Use a naloxone kit (n = 29)

 

  Yes

18 (62.1)

  No

10 (34.5)

  Don’t know / remember

1 (3.4)

 Engage in overdose prevention conversations (n = 29)

 

  Yes

18 (62.1)

  No

7 (24.1)

  Don’t know / remember

4 (13.8)

 Use harm reduction supplies (n = 29)

 

  Yes

16 (55.2)

  No

11 (37.9)

  Don’t know / remember

2 (6.9)

Education received through the workplace

 

 Caring for people who use unregulated substances (n = 96)

 

  Yes

68 (70.8)

  No

24 (25.0)

  Don’t know / remember

4 (4.2)

 Prescribe or administer opioid agonist treatment (n = 68)

 

  Yes

60 (88.2)

  No

6 (8.8)

  Don’t know / remember

2 (2.9)

 Use a naloxone kit (n = 68)

 

  Yes

54 (79.4)

  No

11 (16.2)

  Don’t know / remember

3 (4.4)

 Engage in overdose prevention conversations (n = 68)

 

  Yes

34 (50.0)

  No

26 (38.2)

  Don’t know / remember

8 (11.8)

 Use harm reduction supplies (n = 68)

 

  Yes

35 (51.5)

  No

26 (38.2)

  Don’t know / remember

7 (10.3)