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Recent Incarceration, Substance Use, Overdose, and Service Use Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Communities

JAMA Network Open, 2023
This cross-sectional study analyzes data from the Rural Opioid Initiative research consortium survey to assess associations between recent incarceration, overdose, and substance use disorder treatment access among rural people who use drugs.
Daniel Hoover, P. Korthuis, E. N. Waddell, C. Foot, Caitlin Conway, Heidi M Crane, P. D. Friedmann, Vivian F Go, R. Nance, Mai T. Pho, Milan F. Satcher, Adams L. Sibley, Ryan P. Westergaard, April M. Young, R. Cook   +14 more
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Emergency department experiences of people who use drugs who left or were discharged from hospital against medical advice

PLoS ONE, 2023
Background People who use drugs (PWUD) frequent emergency departments at a higher rate than the general population, and experience a greater frequency of soft tissue infections, pneumonia, and chronic conditions such as, HIV/AIDs and hepatitis C.
Samara Mayer, Verena Langheimer, Seonaid Nolan, Jade Boyd, W. Small, R. McNeil   +5 more
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Drug Use Behaviors, Fentanyl Exposure, and Harm Reduction Service Support among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Settings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the opioid overdose crisis in the US. Rural communities have been disproportionately affected by opioid use and people who use drugs in these settings may be acutely vulnerable to pandemic-related ...
R. Bolinski, S. Walters, Elizabeth M. Salisbury-Afshar, L. Ouellet, W. Jenkins, E. Almirol, B. Van Ham, Scott Fletcher, Christian Johnson, J. Schneider, Danielle Ompad, Mai T. Pho   +11 more
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A single site study to investigate the current prevalence of anti‐hepatitis C virus antibody among substance use disorder patients in Hiroshima—Insufficient testing and diagnosis

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2023
Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among drug users presents an important public health problem; however, little recognition and few approaches to address this issue in Japan.
Ariyuki Kagaya, Yuko Nagaoki, Satomi Shimura, Katsuyoshi Kawana, Kazuaki Chayama   +4 more
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Patterns of e-cigarette use among a sample of people who regularly use ecstasy and related drugs in Sydney NSW, 2014-2022

, 2023
The Ecstasy and Related Drug Reporting System (EDRS) has been monitoring patterns of e-cigarette use and behaviour since 2014. Thus, this bulletin aims to examine the past six-month use of any e-cigarettes (prescribed and non-prescribed) among a sample ...
Chandrasena, Udesha, Sutherland, Rachel ; https://orcid.org/   +1 more
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Factors associated with suicide in people who use drugs: a scoping review

BMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Suicide is a significant contributor to global mortality. People who use drugs (PWUD) are at increased risk of death by suicide relative to the general population, but there is a lack of information on associated candidate factors for suicide ...
Joan Devin, S. Lyons, Lisa Murphy, Michael O’Sullivan, E. Lynn   +4 more
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The medical profession and stigma against people who use drugs [PDF]

British Journal of Psychiatry, 2017
Corrigan et al [1][1] argue that stigma against people who use drugs is ‘in some ways socially, politically, and/or legally sanctioned’ and discuss this with reference to the criminal justice system, the workplace and health promotion strategies. How the medical profession, medical diagnosis,
Stephen K, Ginn, Edward, Clark
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Experiences of stigma while visiting healthcare services among people who use drugs in Australia, 2022 [PDF]

, 2023
This bulletin investigates the experience of stigma while visiting healthcare services among people who regularly inject drugs and people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other ...
Chandrasena, Udesha, Broady, T, Salom, Caroline ; https://orcid.org/, King, Cate ; https://orcid.org/, Sutherland, Rachel ; https://orcid.org/, Treloar, C, Karlsson, Antonia ; https://orcid.org/, Peacock, Amy   +7 more
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Hepatitis C virus risk among young people who inject drugs

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundInjection drug use (IDU) is the leading risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in the U.S. While the general risk factors for HCV transmission are known, there is limited work on how these factors interact and impact young people ...
Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Nasim S. Sabounchi, Honoria Guarino, Courtney Ciervo, Kellie Joseph, Benjamin J. Eckhardt, Chunki Fong, Shashi N. Kapadia, Terry T. K. Huang   +8 more
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"Notice of major cleaning": A qualitative study of the negative impact of encampment sweeps on the ontological security of unhoused people who use drugs.

Social Science & Medicine (1967), 2023
BACKGROUND Unhoused people who use drugs in the United States are at risk for a variety of negative health outcomes. As the crisis of houselessness continues to impact major urban areas, a wave of punitive policies has been enacted to remove visible ...
J. L. Goldshear, N. Kitonga, N. Angelo, A. Cowan, B.F. Henwood, R. Bluthenthal   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source