Community Healthy Workers Fill in the Gaps for Participants Who Became Lost to Follow-up in a Healthy Start Program.

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to solicit information from Community Health Workers (CHWs) in order to further understand reasons for Healthy Start participants becoming lost to follow-up after delivery. Four CHWs from a local Healthy Start Program completed questionnaires for participants in their caseloads who had become lost to follow-up from the program (n = 146) between Sep 2018 and Jan 2020. The questionnaire included open ended items about ease of contact before and after delivery, changes in contact information, compliance with prenatal care visits, other life challenges (such as housing, legal, transportation, and family support), family size, living arrangements, working/student status, and substance use.

Naloxone Use Among Emergency Department Patients with Opioid Overdose.

Background: Emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional opioid overdoses have increased dramatically. Naloxone hydrochloride (Narcan®) is an opioid antagonist commonly used to treat these overdoses.

Objective: This study was undertaken to identify experiences regarding naloxone use among ED patients with opioid overdose.

Effects of opioid medications on cognitive skills among Emergency Department patients.

Introduction: Treatment for pain and related conditions has been identified as the most common reason for Emergency Department (ED) visits. Concerns exist regarding the effects of opioid pain medications on cognition and patient ability to consent for procedures, hospital admission, or to refuse recommended medical interventions. This study was undertaken to identify cognitive skills before and after opioid pain medication in the ED setting.