ArticleDrugs (Abingdon, England)2020
Encouraging Disposal of Unused Opioid Analgesics in Appalachia.
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- Understanding Opioid Use from Retrospective Accounts of Young Adults in Recovery: Motives, Experiences, and Implications for Prevention.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Quantifying Antimicrobial Disposals at Six Community Pharmacies With Longitudinal Medication Disposal Programs: An Underappreciated Component of a One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Stewardship.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Opiophobia: Misinformation, Misconceptions, Misrepresentations, Perspectives, and Consequences.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025Review
- Perceptions of disposal options for unused opioid analgesics among people who have been prescribed an opioid analgesic in North Carolina.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2024Article
- Development and Evaluation of Messages to Facilitate Secure Storage and Disposal of Prescribed Opioid Medication.Substance use & addiction journal · 2024Article
- Pathways to opioid use and implications for prevention: voices of young adults in recovery.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- Drug disposal deserts: An assessment of receptacle availability in Kentucky community pharmacies.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2024Article
- Gain/loss framing moderates the VMPFC's response to persuasive messages when behaviors have personal outcomes.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2023Article
- Promoting Disposal of Left-Over Opioids After Surgery in Rural Communities: A Qualitative Description Study.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2023Article
- Patient Willingness to Dispose of Leftover Opioids After Surgery: A Mixed Methods Study.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2022Article
- Modifiable Risk Factors Associated With Disposal of Unused Prescription Drugs by Parents of Adolescents.The journal of primary prevention · 2020Article
- Developing a health communication campaign for disposal of unused opioid medications.Addictive behaviors reports · 2020Article
- Rates and correlates of medicine disposal program implementation at pharmacies in North Carolina: A longitudinal study, 2016-2021.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhAArticle
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Abstract
The Appalachian region has been disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic. This study, informed by the Health Belief Model (HBM), explored Appalachian community members' perspectives on prescription opioid misuse and community-based programs to dispose of unused opioid analgesics. In 2018, we conducted ten focus groups (n=94 participants) in 5 Appalachian counties. Thirteen themes across 5 of the HBM constructs emerged from our analysis. Participants perceived that their communities are susceptible to the harms associated with opioid misuse, these harms are serious, suggesting they could be motivated to change disposal behaviors. Many participants recognized the benefit to disposing of unused prescription opioids including protecting household members from misusing and protecting the home from robbery. Nevertheless, participants identified barriers to proper disposal, including keeping the medications "just in case" for future ailments and the location of drop boxes near law enforcement (due to deep-seated mistrust of law enforcement agencies). Self-efficacy was difficult to assess as many participants were completely unaware of the presence of dropboxes in the community and also expressed concerns about the inconvenience of proper disposal using dropboxes These findings have implications for developing community-based campaign messages promoting proper disposal of unused opioids.
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