Approaches to enabling rapid evaluation of innovations in health and social care: a scoping review of evidence from high-income countries
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic increased the demand for rapid evaluation of innovation
in health and social care. Assessment of rapid methodologies is lacking although …
in health and social care. Assessment of rapid methodologies is lacking although …
[HTML][HTML] Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention of Substance Use Disorders through Socioecological Strategies
AD Latimore, E Salisbury-Afshar, N Duff… - NAM …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rapidly rising drug overdose rates in the United States during the past three decades
underscore the critical need to prevent overdose deaths and reduce the development of …
underscore the critical need to prevent overdose deaths and reduce the development of …
Multi-level influences on increased overdose risk behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Rhode Island: a qualitative investigation
Background The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected structurally
vulnerable populations including people who use drugs (PWUD). Increased overdose risk …
vulnerable populations including people who use drugs (PWUD). Increased overdose risk …
Barriers to engaging people who use drugs in harm reduction services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study of syringe services program …
EJ Austin, MA Corcorran, ES Briggs, MC Frost… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) provide critical evidence-based
public health services that decrease harms from drug use for people who use drugs …
public health services that decrease harms from drug use for people who use drugs …
Using peer-ethnography to explore the health and well-being of college students affected by COVID-19
M Teti, TW Myroniuk, G Kirksey, M Pratt… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose COVID-19 continues to infect and affect college-aged youth. We lack information
about how students experienced the pandemic day-to-day and what they need for recovery …
about how students experienced the pandemic day-to-day and what they need for recovery …
“It gets you high as a kite but not unsick”: Characterizations of and responses to a changing local drug supply by people who use drugs in Rhode Island
AB Collins, EC Macon, S Levin, C Wunsch… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The North American overdose crisis has continued at unprecedented
rates with more than 100,000 overdose deaths occurring in the United States (US) in 2022 …
rates with more than 100,000 overdose deaths occurring in the United States (US) in 2022 …
A qualitative exploration of the functional, social, and emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs
Since 2020, people who use drugs (PWUD) experienced heightened risks related to drug
supply disruptions, contamination, overdose, social isolation, and increased stress. This …
supply disruptions, contamination, overdose, social isolation, and increased stress. This …
Pandemic lockdown as policy window for street-level innovation of health and substitution treatment services for people who use drugs
M Nygaard-Christensen, E Houborg - Drugs, Habits and Social Policy, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to examine policy innovation among street-level bureaucrats at
low-threshold services to people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic in …
low-threshold services to people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic in …
Self-reported impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs: a rapid assessment study in Montreal, Canada
Background People who use drugs (PWUD) are at high risk of experiencing indirect harms
of measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19, given high reliance on services …
of measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19, given high reliance on services …
“More Concerned About Mr. and Mrs. Denmark”: Coping with Pandemic Crisis at the Intersection of Homelessness and Drug Use
M Nygaard-Christensen - Medical Anthropology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article builds on fieldwork conducted during lockdown in Denmark among users of
services at the intersection of homelessness and drug use. The paper bridges two distinct …
services at the intersection of homelessness and drug use. The paper bridges two distinct …