Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response

AC Tsai, MV Kiang, ML Barnett, L Beletsky… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
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Policing practices and risk of HIV infection among people who inject drugs

P Baker, L Beletsky, L Avalos, C Venegas… - Epidemiologic …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Drug-law enforcement constitutes a structural determinant of health among people who
inject drugs (PWID). Street encounters between police and PWID (eg, syringe confiscation …

Implementing a decentralized opioid overdose prevention strategy in Mexico, a pending public policy issue

RB Romero, JA Sánchez-Lira, SS Pasaran… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The public health crisis due to opioid overdose is worsening in Mexico's northern region due
to the introduction of illicitly manufactured fentanyl into the local drug supply. Though there is …

[HTML][HTML] The opioid-overdose reduction continuum of care approach (ORCCA): evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study

T Winhusen, A Walley, LC Fanucchi, T Hunt… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The number of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the United States remains a
national crisis. The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) will test whether Communities That …

Jail and overdose: Assessing the community impact of incarceration on overdose

G Victor, C Zettner, P Huynh, B Ray, E Sightes - Addiction, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Incarceration produces a specific public health threat for drug
overdose, and correctional settings do not offer medication for opioid use disorder. This …

Types and sources of stigma on opioid use treatment and recovery communities on reddit

W Kepner, MC Meacham, AL Nobles - Substance use & misuse, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Digitally-mediated peer support may improve opioid use disorder (OUD)
recovery. Our objective was to examine the types and sources of stigma that people seek …

People, places, and stigma: a qualitative study exploring the overdose risk environment in rural Kentucky

M Fadanelli, DH Cloud, U Ibragimov, AM Ballard… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Though overdose rates have been increasing in US rural areas for two
decades, little is known about the rural risk environment for overdoses. This qualitative study …

Two‐year outcomes following naloxone administration by police officers or emergency medical services personnel

EM Lowder, SG Lawson, D O'Donnell… - … & public policy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Research Summary We conducted a retrospective, quasi‐experimental study of a police
naloxone program to examine individual outcomes following nonfatal overdose where either …

Typologies and Correlates of Police Violence Against Female Sex Workers Who Inject Drugs at the México–United States Border: Limits of De Jure Decriminalization …

BS West, BF Henry, N Agah, A Vera… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Decriminalization of sex work is increasingly promoted as a structural measure to improve
the health of vulnerable groups. In México, sex work is not illegal, but knowledge of policies' …

Training to reduce emergency responders' perceived overdose risk from contact with fentanyl: early evidence of success

RP Winograd, S Phillips, CA Wood, L Green… - Harm Reduction …, 2020 - Springer
Overdose deaths involving opioids in the USA have skyrocketed 41.5% since 2010 [1], with
a provisional count of over 47,105 deaths from August 2018 to August 2019 [2]. Synthetic …