Delesha Carpenter
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC·Public Health & Epidemiology
Drug overdose has become the leading cause of injury death in the United States. Death rates are rising fastest among American Indian/Alaska Native and Black people.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Pharmacology
Social Science
- Topics
naloxone
opioid overdose
overdose prevention
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jun 2027
What they work on
- Create a comprehensive ZIP-code measure of naloxone availability, the opioid overdose reversal drug, by combining secret-shopper pharmacy visits, surveys of distribution groups and insurance claims, guided by an advisory board.
- Examine whether particular areas and populations in North Carolina, including people at high risk of opioid overdose, have less naloxone available than others.
- Identify how social and community factors, such as neighborhood health literacy, explain the link between where people live and how much naloxone is available.
More about the research
Naloxone is a medicine that reverses opioid overdoses, and distributing it widely saves lives. People can buy naloxone at pharmacies or get it free from community groups such as syringe service programs. Yet access varies a great deal from place to place. Until now, no single measure has captured all the sources of naloxone in a community.
Why it matters
Naloxone-distributing pharmacies, community programs and public health agencies in North Carolina could use these maps to decide where to send more naloxone. This could help reduce geographic and racial disparities in opioid overdose deaths. Other states could adopt the same measurement framework.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Tommi Gaines
University of California-San Diego, CA·Public Health & Epidemiology
Build a community-based participatory research partnership with Southern California Tribal and community representatives to co-design a culturally appropriate study of naloxone vending machines on Tribal lands.
Amanda Hunter
Arizona State University Campus Immersion, AZ·Public Health & Epidemiology·Early-career
Identify the core elements of Native Spirit, a 13-session culturally grounded after-school program led by traditional knowledge holders for American Indian adolescents.
Susan Sherman
Johns Hopkins University, MD·Public Health & Epidemiology
Adapt Mobile SPARC outreach services for women who use drugs by identifying factors that help or hinder service use, through in-depth interviews with 40 women and 5 staff members.
The school
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 72 labs on PI Pages, $1.6B a year on research, 523 research doctorates a year.
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