Table 3 Staff views on the appropriateness, feasibility, acceptability, and priority of implementing overdose prevention practices in permanent supportive housing (n = 178 unless otherwise noted)
From: Staff views on overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing
Completely Disagree n (%) | Disagree n (%) | Neither Agree nor Disagree n (%) | Agree n (%) | Completely Agree n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention Appropriateness (“X seem like a good match for this building”) | |||||
Overdose response practices1 | 2 (1.1) | 3 (1.7) | 9 (5.1) | 58 (32.6) | 106 (59.6) |
Practices related to harm reduction for substance use | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.1) | 11 (6.2) | 65 (36.5) | 98 (55.1) |
Practices to support tenants in receiving substance use treatment (n = 177) | 3 (1.7) | 0 | 5 (2.8) | 64 (36.2) | 105 (59.3) |
Intervention Feasibility (“X seem easy to implement in this building”) | |||||
Overdose response practices | 1 (0.6) | 15 (8.4) | 51 (28.7) | 80 (44.9) | 31 (17.4) |
Practices related to harm reduction for substance use | 1 (0.6) | 11 (6.2) | 54 (30.3) | 78 (43.8) | 34 (19.1) |
Practices to support tenants in receiving substance use treatment (n = 177) | 1 (0.6) | 15 (8.5) | 45 (25.4) | 75 (42.4) | 41 (23.2) |
Intervention Acceptability (“I welcome X in this building”) | |||||
Overdose response practices | 2 (1.1) | 0 | 3 (1.7) | 57 (32.0) | 116 (65.2) |
Practices related to harm reduction for substance use | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.6) | 7 (4.0) | 56 (31.6) | 111 (62.7) |
Practices to support tenants in receiving substance use treatment (n = 176) | 2 (1.1) | 0 | 4 (2.3) | 55 (31.3) | 115 (65.3) |
Organizational Priority (n = 177 unless noted otherwise) | Not True n (%) | Slightly True n (%) | Somewhat True n (%) | Mostly True n (%) | Definitely True n (%) |
Overdose prevention is a top priority in this building. (n = 176) | 5 (2.8) | 10 (5.7) | 25 (14.2) | 50 (28.4) | 86 (48.9) |
In this building, overdose prevention takes a back seat to other priorities. | 104 (58.8) | 21 (11.9) | 27 (15.3) | 18 (10.2) | 7 (4.0) |
Staff at this building put a lot of effort into trying to prevent tenant overdose. | 5 (2.8) | 16 (9.0) | 32 (18.1) | 37 (20.9) | 87 (49.2) |
Staff in this building think that implementation of strategies to prevent tenant overdose is important. | 1 (0.6) | 5 (2.8) | 12 (6.8) | 39 (22.0) | 120 (67.8) |
One of this building’s goals is to integrate best practices for OD prevention. | 1 (0.6) | 8 (4.5) | 24 (13.6) | 48 (27.1) | 96 (54.2) |
Staff here don’t care about tenant overdose prevention. | 164 (92.7) | 4 (2.3) | 3 (1.7) | 4 (2.3) | 2 (1.1) |
At this building, there is a big push to take steps to prevent tenant overdose. | 7 (4.0) | 14 (7.9) | 32 (18.1) | 39 (22.0) | 85 (48.0) |