The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Post Overdose Support Team Initiative: A Public Health–Centered Co-Response Model for Post–Overdose Outreach

This paper describes the Post Overdose Support Team (POST), a person-centered initiative led by Massachusetts harm reductionists in health and human services agencies in collaboration with municipal first responders. POST teams conduct home-based outreach with individuals who experienced an opioid-related overdose, providing a menu of services including naloxone rescue kits, overdose response and risk reduction planning, referral to treatment for substance use disorders including medication for opioid use disorder, and referral to recovery and family supports.

Resource Type
Peer-reviewed Articles and Reports
Continuum of Care
Treatment
Recovery
Harm Reduction
Response Approach
Outreach
Post-overdose response
Peer-reviewed Article
Citation

Formica SW, Reilly B, Duska MK, Ruiz SC, Lagasse P, Wheeler M, Delaney A, Walley AY (2022).The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Post Overdose Support Team Initiative: A Public Health–Centered Co-Response Model for Post–Overdose Outreach. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 28 (Supplement 6): S311-S319. 

State / region
Northeast
Massachusetts