Barriers to care
How you get from one place to another
what is transportation?
Among drivers and front-seat passengers, these reduce the risk of death by 45%, the risk of serious injury by 50% and the risk of ejection by 30 times.
What are seat belts?
The state of being equal, especially in status, rights and opportunities
If administered in a timely manner, this can reduce the risk of death during an opioid overdose by up to 93%
What is Naloxone?
An oversimplified belief about a particular group or person that is often untrue or only partially true
What is a stereotype
Lacking a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence
What is homelessness?
Reduce the risk of dying in a fire by 50%
What are smoke detectors?
Economic stability, neighborhood/physical environment, education, food, community, access to healthcare
What are social determinants of health?
What is CPR?
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person or group compared with another, in a way that would be considered unfair
What is bias?
A contract that requires your health insurer to pay some or all of your health care costs in exchange for a premium
What is health insurance?
a brand of the medication naloxone that is used to displace opioids from their receptor and reverse an overdose
What is narcan?
Division of resources that includes an understanding of differing needs of individuals and/or groups of people
What is equity?
What happens when you give narcan to someone who is not experiencing an opioid overdose
What is NOTHING
A linguistic etiquette that places the focus on the individual and not their diagnosis or behavior
What is person-first language?
Disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person
What is stigma?
Increase the likelihood of entering drug treatment by 500%, reduce HIV transmission by 33%
What are syringe services programs?
The state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health
What is health equity?
A substance that stops the action or effect of another substance
What is an antagonist?
person-first alternative for words like "addict", "drunk" or "junkie"
What is a PERSON (with SUD or with hazardous substance use)?
Available appointment with a provider in a timely manner
What is access?
Shown in a 2019 study (2014-2015 data) to reduce pediatric firearm mortality and pediatric firearm suicide rates by 34% and 44% respectively.
J Am Coll Surg 2019 Aug;229:150-157
What are CAP (child access prevention) laws?
Long term equity that strives to create equity in systems as well as individuals
What is (social) justice?
Provides some protection when calling 911 for an overdose, even if drugs are at the scene
What is Washington's Good Samaritan Law?
Thinking there are 2 sides and you can only pick one.
What is binary (or dichotomous) thinking?