Internalized stigma measurement in substance use treatment settings: a narrative review

VW Joseph, MR Pearson… - Addiction Research & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Stigma relating to substance use disorders is one of the many barriers to enrolling in
substance use treatment. Stigma is also related to poorer substance use treatment …

The impact of COVID-19 on people who inject drugs in New York City: increased risk and decreased access to services

Y Aponte-Melendez, P Mateu-Gelabert, C Fong… - Harm reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background While people who inject drugs (PWID) are vulnerable to the adverse outcomes
of events like COVID-19, little is known regarding the impact of the current pandemic on …

Police discretion in encounters with people who use drugs: operationalizing the theory of planned behavior

B Del Pozo, E Sightes, J Goulka, B Ray, CA Wood… - Harm reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background Policing shapes the health risks of people who use drugs (PWUD), but little is
understood about interventions that can align officer practices with PWUD health. This study …

Accessible hepatitis C care for people who inject drugs: a randomized clinical trial

B Eckhardt, P Mateu-Gelabert… - JAMA Internal …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance To achieve hepatitis C elimination, treatment programs need to engage, treat,
and cure people who inject drugs. Objective To compare a low-threshold, nonstigmatizing …

“Treated like a Human Being”: perspectives of people who inject drugs attending low-threshold HCV treatment at a syringe service program in New York City

SN Kapadia, Y Aponte-Melendez, A Rodriguez… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment can effectively cure HCV among
people who inject drugs (PWID). Perspectives of PWID treated in innovative models can …

An experimental study of the effects of patient race, sexual orientation, and injection drug use on providers' PrEP-related clinical judgments

SK Calabrese, DA Kalwicz, D Modrakovic… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Social biases may influence providers' judgments related to pre-exposure prophylaxis
(PrEP) and patients' consequent PrEP access. US primary and HIV care providers (n= 370) …

Barriers to management of opioid withdrawal in hospitals in England: a document analysis of hospital policies on the management of substance dependence

M Harris, A Holland, D Lewer, M Brown, N Eastwood… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background People who use illicit opioids are more likely to be admitted to hospital than
people of the same age in the general population. Many admissions end in discharge …

Trends and distinct profiles of persons who inject drugs in the United States, 2015–2019

D Park, S Oh, M Cano, CP Salas-Wright, MG Vaughn - Preventive Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Drug injection represents a major health problem in the US, with severe health
consequences including the transmission of blood-borne infections. An examination of the …

What's in a name? Terminology preferences among patients receiving methadone treatment

MG Gazzola, E Maclean, M Beitel… - Journal of General …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite recognition of the importance of substance use disorder (SUD)
terminology, few studies examine terminology preferences among patients with SUDs …

How post overdose response efforts can address social determinants of health among people who use drugs: perspectives from the New York State Department of …

D Lloyd, N George, D Grove, R Goldberg… - Harm Reduction Journal, 2024 - Springer
Individuals who have survived an overdose often have myriad needs that extend far beyond
their drug use. The social determinants of health (SDOH) framework has been underutilized …