AntiOD
Addressing the opioid crisis through design
Skills
Design research
Interviews
Prototyping
Systems design
The Challenge
In Cincinnati alone, 50 to 80 people die a week from an opioid-related overdose. Narcan is a powerful antidote but access is difficult. Currently, the public relies on Quick Response Teams, which are overly saturated with requests.
The Goal
Design a community-based project that provides semipublic access to Narcan, tools, training, and awareness to empower bystanders to save lives.
The Team
Dr. Claudia B. Rebola, Norberto Sanchez, Swati Chopra, Ryan Norton, Chris Jackson
Interviews
The project started with interviews of different establishments in over-the-rhine, a neighborhood in Cincinnati, to understand if people knew about the opioid crisis and its severity, their willingness to take action, and the possibilities of these semipublic spaces to be the access spots for Naloxone.
Ideation
The ideation phase was focused on the possibilities that a semipublic space, such as a café, can offer to give access to Narcan to bystanders. The proposals aimed to be easy to manufacture, inexpensive, and utilizing materials donated to the project.
Prototype
Final proposal
Final prototype
