Empowering Communities with a Smartphone-Based Response Network for Opioid Overdoses

Gabriela Marcu, David G. Schwartz, Janna Ataiants, Alexis Roth, Inbal Yahav, Benjamin Cocchiaro, Michael Khalemsky, Stephen Lankenau

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Abstract

In a Philadelphia neighborhood where opioid overdoses are frequent, neighbors used a smartphone app to request and give help for victims of suspected overdose. A one-year study demonstrated the feasibility of this approach, which empowered the local community to save lives and even respond to overdoses faster than emergency medical services.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9261899
Pages (from-to)42-47
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Pervasive Computing
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2020

Bibliographical note

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© 2002-2012 IEEE.

Funding

The authors would like to thank our development partner team at Verint/Nowforce for helping to customize and support the UnityPhilly app. We thank our community partners, including Prevention Point Philadelphia, Esperanza, and Angels in Motion, as well as collaborators in the city of Philadelphia, including the Police Department and Fire/Emergency Medical Services. This project was supported by NIH through the National Institute on Drug Abuse under Grant 5R34DA044758.

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse5R34DA044758

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