title: Public Health Detailing-A Successful Strategy to Promote Judicious Opioid Analgesic Prescribing.
abstract: To evaluate knowledge and prescribing changes following a 2-month public health detailing campaign (one-to-one educational visits) about judicious opioid analgesic prescribing conducted among health care providers in Staten Island, New York City, in 2013.
  
  
  
  Three detailing campaign recommendations were (1) a 3-day supply of opioids is usually sufficient for acute pain, (2) avoid prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain, and (3) avoid high-dose opioid prescriptions. Evaluation consisted of a knowledge survey, and assessing prescribing rates and median day supply per prescription. Prescribing data from the 3-month period before the campaign were compared with 2 sequential 3-month periods after the campaign.
  
  
  
  Among 866 health care providers visited, knowledge increased for all 3 recommendations (P < .01). After the campaign, the overall prescribing rate decreased similarly in Staten Island and other New York City counties (boroughs), but the high-dose prescribing rate decreased more in Staten Island than in other boroughs (P < .01). Median day supply remained stable in Staten Island and increased in other boroughs.
  
  
  
  The public health detailing campaign improved knowledge and likely prescribing practices and could be considered by other jurisdictions to promote judicious opioid prescribing.
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jessica A. Kattan, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone, and Ellenie Tuazon were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY. Deborah Dowell, Christopher M. Jones, and Linda Vo were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA. Joanna L. Starrels was with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Jessica A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kattan
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jessica A. Kattan, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone, and Ellenie Tuazon were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY. Deborah Dowell, Christopher M. Jones, and Linda Vo were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA. Joanna L. Starrels was with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Ellenie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tuazon
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jessica A. Kattan, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone, and Ellenie Tuazon were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY. Deborah Dowell, Christopher M. Jones, and Linda Vo were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA. Joanna L. Starrels was with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paone
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jessica A. Kattan, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone, and Ellenie Tuazon were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY. Deborah Dowell, Christopher M. Jones, and Linda Vo were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA. Joanna L. Starrels was with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dowell
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jessica A. Kattan, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone, and Ellenie Tuazon were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY. Deborah Dowell, Christopher M. Jones, and Linda Vo were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA. Joanna L. Starrels was with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vo
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jessica A. Kattan, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone, and Ellenie Tuazon were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY. Deborah Dowell, Christopher M. Jones, and Linda Vo were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA. Joanna L. Starrels was with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Joanna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Starrels
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jessica A. Kattan, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone, and Ellenie Tuazon were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY. Deborah Dowell, Christopher M. Jones, and Linda Vo were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA. Joanna L. Starrels was with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jessica A. Kattan, Hillary V. Kunins, Denise Paone, and Ellenie Tuazon were with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY. Deborah Dowell, Christopher M. Jones, and Linda Vo were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, GA. Joanna L. Starrels was with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: Hillary V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Kunins
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015980:Public Health Practice
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid