What It Takes: Implementation and Expansion of a Quick Response Team

Authors

  • Sarah Manchak University of Cincinnati
  • Sarah Light University of Cincinnati
  • Madeline Lancaster University of Cincinnati
  • Bradley O'Guinn University of Cincinnati
  • Meagan Guthrie Hamilton County Office of Addiction Response
  • Cory Haberman University of Cincinnati

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15223938

Keywords:

Deflection, Quick Response Teams, Outreach, Opioid, Substance Use, Addiction, Overdose Response, Community Safety, Criminal Justice, SDG 1, SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 10, SDG, SDG 16

Abstract

Quick Response Teams (QRTs) have proliferated across the United States in response to the opioid overdose crisis. One of the first county-wide QRTs in the nation, the Hamilton County, Ohio QRT (HC-QRT), has been heralded as a model QRT, and its members have helped to train and teach other jurisdictions wishing to implement similar programs. This is the first of several studies of this QRT’s operations. The present study describes and quantifies the HC-QRTs activities and outputs as it has expanded over a seven-year period.

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2025-04-22

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Manchak, S., Light, S., Lancaster, M., O’Guinn, B., Guthrie, M., & Haberman, C. (2025). What It Takes: Implementation and Expansion of a Quick Response Team . Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Human Rights and Science, 7(2-8). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15223938

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Vol. 7 No. 2-8 (2025): Special Issue on Deflection: A New Horizon for Police, Public Health, and Community

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