[HTML][HTML] Individual, interpersonal, and neighborhood measures associated with opioid use stigma: Evidence from a nationally representative survey

Q Lin, M Kolak, B Watts, L Anselin, H Pollack… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite growing awareness of opioid use disorder (OUD), fatal overdoses and downstream
health conditions (eg, hepatitis C and HIV) continue to rise in some populations. Various …

Barriers to opioid use disorder treatment among people who use drugs in the rural United States: A qualitative, multi-site study

TJ Stopka, AT Estadt, G Leichtling, JC Schleicher… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In 2020, 2.8 million people required substance use disorder (SUD)
treatment in nonmetropolitan or 'rural'areas in the US Among this population, only 10 …

Telehealth for opioid use disorder: retention as a function of demographics and rurality

AR Williams, SV Aronowitz, C Rowe… - The American Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Despite lifesaving medications such as buprenorphine and methadone, the
majority of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) face access barriers to evidence …

Accessibility of opioid treatment programs based on conventional vs perceived travel time measures

J Kim, J Lee, TA Thornhill, J Dennett, H Lu… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Transportation barriers have long been associated with poorer health outcomes;
this burden is especially acute for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), a chronic …

Methadone prescribing by addiction specialists likely to leave communities without available methadone treatment

PJ Joudrey, D Halpern, Q Lin, S Paykin… - Health affairs …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Methadone treatment for opioid use disorder is not available in most suburban and rural US
communities. We examined 2 options to expand methadone availability:(1) addiction …

County-level sociodemographic differences in availability of two medications for opioid use disorder: United States, 2019

B Corry, N Underwood, LJ Cremer… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Differences in availability of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)
buprenorphine and methadone exist. Factors that may influence such differences in …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking urban-rural designations in public health surveillance of the overdose crisis and crafting an agenda for future monitoring

L Textor, J Friedman, P Bourgois, S Aronowitz… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rurality has served as a key concept in popular and scientific understandings of the US
overdose crisis, with White, rural, and low-income areas thought to be most heavily affected …

The association between community social vulnerability and prescription opioid availability with individual opioid overdose

S El Ibrahimi, MA Hendricks, K Little, GA Ritter… - Drug and alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background This study aims to assess the association of community social vulnerability and
community prescription opioid availability with individual non-fatal or fatal opioid overdose …

An evaluation of the user experience and privacy concerns of individuals Misusing opioids using a location tracking mobile application

M Hassani, SD Young - Substance Use & Misuse, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Opioid use disorder is a growing public health concern in the United States, causing
economic burden and hindered by stigma. New forms of data, including location data, may …

Race, rurality and geographic accessibility to medication for opioid use disorder in the US

P Mitchell, KM Curtin, NR Magliocca - Journal of Maps, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Disparities in geographic access to medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) are well
documented. Further, historical implications of systemic racism and of the longstanding War …