Project Grant R34DA062280

Award Date 9/30/24
Completion Date 9/29/27
Dollars Obligated $1.1M
Federal Grant Program
93.279
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
2323 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, ON K1H 1A1, Canada

The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded a 3-year, $1,144,736 Project Grant (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) to the University of British Columbia to adapt and pilot test a "Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit" for use in pediatric healthcare settings. The toolkit will provide clinicians with practical, evidence-based guidance on delivering naloxone, drug testing strips, harm reduction education, and medications for opioid use disorder to youth aged 12-24.

The project will be conducted in Boston, MA and Vancouver, BC, with community advisory boards of youth and caregivers guiding the toolkit's adaptation, production, and pilot testing phases. Qualitative interviews and a single-arm pilot study with 40 youth will be used to further refine the toolkit before a future larger-scale clinical trial. This work aims to improve the implementation of overdose prevention interventions tailored to the unique developmental needs of young people, a priority population disproportionately affected by the ongoing overdose crisis.

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