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Dual public health crises: the overlap of drug overdose and firearm injury in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2018–2020

Injury Epidemiology, 2022
Background Drug overdose and firearm injury are two of the United States (US) most unrelenting public health crises, both of which have been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lauren A. Magee, Bradley Ray, Philip Huynh, Daniel O’Donnell, Megan L. Ranney   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association of criminal justice supervision setting with overdose mortality: a longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]

, 2020
Background and aimsDespite the high prevalence of substance use among people in the US criminal justice system, little is known about the incidence of overdose mortality by use patterns, drug convictions and supervision setting.
Anderson R. N., Aos S., Bronson J., Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Kaeble D., Kaeble D., Michigan Judicial Institute, National Center for Health Statistics, Zeng Z.   +8 more
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The evolution of the overdose epidemic and CDC’s research response: a commentary

Drugs in Context, 2021
The United States drug overdose epidemic has reached an all-time high, with 2020 provisional mortality data indicating that over 90,000 lives were lost to drug overdose in the 12-months ending in December 2020. The overdose epidemic has evolved over time
Kristin M Holland, Lara DePadilla, Derrick W Gervin, Erin M Parker, Marcienne Wright   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Educational Attainment and US Drug Overdose Deaths.

JAMA Health Forum, 2023
Powell D.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Association between daily ambient temperature and drug overdose in Tokyo: a time-series study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2022
Background: Previous studies have reported that high ambient temperature is associated with increased risk of suicide; however, the association has not been extensively investigated with drug overdose which is the most common method of unsuccessful ...
Ananya Roy, Md Ashraful Alam, Yoonhee Kim, Masahiro Hashizume   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personal experience and awareness of opioid overdose occurrence among peers and willingness to administer naloxone in South Africa: findings from a three-city pilot survey of homeless people who use drugs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Drug overdoses occur when the amount of drug or combination of drugs consumed is toxic and negatively affects physiological functioning. Opioid overdoses are responsible for the majority of overdose deaths worldwide.
Michael Wilson, Amanda Brumwell, M. J. Stowe, Shaun Shelly, Andrew Scheibe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug overdose among women in intimate relationships: The role of partner violence, adversity and relationship dependencies.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThis study examines the relationship between experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), exposure to prior childhood adversity, lifetime adverse experiences, drug-related relationship dependencies with intimate partners and overdose ...
Nabila El-Bassel, Phillip L Marotta, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Mingway Chang, Tim Hunt, Ewin Wu, Louisa Gilbert   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life After Losing an Adult Child to a Drug Overdose: A Kawa Perspective [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Limited research is available to occupational therapy practitioners focusing on parents’ abilities to cope with the loss of an adult child to a drug overdose.
De Brun, Jessica Nicole, Javaherian-Dysinger, Heather, Kugel, Julie D, Weis, Aaron   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Characteristics of inmates witnessing overdose events in prison: implications for prevention in the correctional setting

Harm Reduction Journal, 2009
Background Although prevention of opiate overdose has been gaining attention as a harm reduction measure with community drug users, there is scarce information about drug overdose in prison.
Feal Jacqueline, Hernández-Viver Adriana, Albizu-García Carmen E, Rodríguez-Orengo José F   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Provincial Overdose Cohort: Population Data Linkage During an Overdose Crisis

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Introduction In 2016, the Provincial Overdose Cohort (ODC) was created following the declaration of the public health emergency in British Columbia (BC), Canada.
Chloé Xavier, Bin Zhao, Wen Qi Gan, Amanda Slaunwhite   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source