Using formative evaluation of a community-based opioid overdose prevention program to inform strategic communication for adoption, implementation, and sustainability

Abstract Background Opioid addiction and overdose is a public health problem in the United States and is expected to remain with substance use increasing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Communities that approach this issue through multi-sector partnerships experience more positive health outcomes.Understanding motivation for stakeholder engagement in

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Clasp knife in the gut: a case report

Abstract Background A wide range of foreign bodies has been retrieved from essie win me over the gut and reported.The presentation may be in the form of complications like intestinal obstruction, perforation and formation of abscesses etc but there is no case report of a half open clasp knife being retrieved from the ileum, the patient having thriv

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