The United States is experiencing a crisis of opioid misuse and overdose. To understand the
underlying factors, researchers have begun looking upstream to identify social and structural …

Background The ongoing opioid epidemic and increases in alcohol-related mortality are key
public health concerns in the USA, with well-documented inequalities in the degree to which …

Background The present study examined racial/ethnic differences in US drug overdose
mortality among US-born and foreign-born men and women. Methods In this cross-sectional …

This study examined differences across Latine heritage groups (ie, Mexican, Puerto Rican,
Cuban, Dominican, Central American, South American) in rates of US drug overdose …

Background Fatal opioid-related overdoses (OOD) present significant public health
challenges. Intuitive and replicable analytical approaches are needed to inform targeted …

Objective People with disability (PWD) often experience chronic pain, and opioid is widely
used prescription medication. However, population-based evidence of opioid use behaviors …

Latinx sexual and gender minority (SGM) immigrants face significant hardship in the United
States that may impact drug use severity. Yet, data on drug use among this community is …

Understanding the factors associated with where people who use opioids live, where their
fatal overdoses occur, and where deaths are recorded can improve our knowledge of local …

Background Increasing numbers of opioid-overdose deaths have been witnessed among
Hispanics and other underserved populations in Massachusetts. Puerto Rican adults (PRs) …

The purpose of this review was to identify knowledge gaps within the literature regarding the
impact of opioid use disorder, specific to immigrants in the United States, by addressing the …