Table 2 Summary of emergent themes and exemplar quotes
From: A qualitative examination of naloxone access in three states: Connecticut, Kentucky, and Wisconsin
Theme | Quote | Key Informant Category | Geographic area |
|---|---|---|---|
Progress being made, overall | It’s more frequent now, believe or not… And the way that I found out was I was out on a call and the guy’s like, ‘Yeah, I gave him some Narcan, but he’s not responding’, like that type of situation. I’m like wow, people are really well aware of this, just like we are | Police officer | Urban |
Equity concerns for marginalized communities | It seems like if they had [naloxone] their self or the family members had it, then they would give it before we got to the scene. It seems like we’re seeing more people not have it | EMS provider | Rural |
Central role of harm reduction programs in naloxone access expansion | I think our community does a really good job of making [naloxone] available, as far as the needle exchange programs. I think, it’s out there for the ones that do need it | Police officer | Rural |
Challenges expanding naloxone access through pharmacies | I have actually, myself, never dispensed it. I have never been working when someone has come in and wanted it | Pharmacist | Suburban |
Grappling with stigmatizing attitudes toward people who use drugs and harm reduction approaches | I go back and forth on the whole having Narcan be available for people, because I don’t know if we’re enabling them; like now I know that if I get high, I have this fallback… But then if you don’t have that fallback, are we gonna have more people dying? | Firefighter | Suburban |