A systematic literature review of strengths-based approaches to drug use management and treatment

JM Ezell, M Pho, J Jaiswal, BP Ajayi, N Gosnell… - Clinical Social Work …, 2023 - Springer
Strengths-based theory, a pillar of clinical social work practice, emphasizes the importance
of recognizing the inherent and learned skills and abilities that people possess and can …

Availability of telehealth-based services at syringe services programs under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

TS Bartholomew, HE Tookes, TA Chueng… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction The expanded capacity of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the USA to
integrate telehealth services was largely related to flexibility of buprenorphine prescription in …

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among people who use drugs: a qualitative scoping review of implementation determinants and change methods

JL Merle, JP Zapata, A Quieroz, A Zamantakis… - Addiction Science & …, 2024 - Springer
Implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV transmission is
suboptimal in the United States, particularly among people who use drugs (PWUD). PrEP …

“You might be nice, but where you take me, they're not gonna be”: Preferences for field‐based post‐overdose interventions

J van Draanen, A Adwell, C Wettemann… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Emergency medical services (EMS) systems are piloting interventions to
respond to overdoses with additional services such as leave‐behind naloxone and …

Mobile treatment for opioid use disorder: Implementation of community-based, same-day medication access interventions

A Chatterjee, T Baker, M Rudorf, G Walt, C Stotz… - Journal of substance …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) are lifesaving, but< 20%
of individuals in the US who could benefit receive them. As part of the NIH-supported …

Framing harm reduction as part of an integrated approach to reduce drug overdose: a randomized message testing experiment in a nationally representative sample …

EE McGinty, SA White, SG Sherman, R Lee… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Low public support impedes widespread adoption of harm reduction services in
the US There are growing efforts to implement integrated programs offering harm reduction …

A social history of opioids' crimedical cycle

JM Ezell, A Rains, BP Ajayi, K Miller… - Addiction Research & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Historically, public and political discourse around people who nonmedically use opioids has
largely been rendered via a deficits-oriented lens, presenting this population as weak …

“I knew it was different there”: a qualitative study of the motivations and risks of drug policy migrants going to Denmark from Sweden

J Holeksa - Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background This study explores why Swedish people who use drugs (PWUD) relocate to
Denmark, in the context of differing drug policy approaches in the two countries. Specifically …

A data-driven approach to implementing the HPTN 094 complex intervention INTEGRA in local communities

LR Smith, A Perez-Brumer, M Nicholls, J Harris… - Implementation …, 2024 - Springer
Background HIV burden in the US among people who inject drugs (PWID) is driven by
overlapping syndemic factors such as co-occurring health needs and environmental factors …

COVID-19 vaccine implementation at a syringe services program: experiences of frontline staff

M Plesons, SE Soto Sugar, R Chimbaru… - BMC health services …, 2024 - Springer
Background While people with substance use disorders, including people who inject drugs
(PWID), experience increased risk for COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes, COVID-19 …