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ArticleHealth promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2020

Substance use and related harms in the context of COVID-19: a conceptual model.

Aganeta Enns, Adena Pinto, Jeyasakthi Venugopal, Vera Grywacheski, Mihaela Gheorghe, Tanya Kakkar, Noushon Farmanara, Bhumika Deb, Amy Noon, Heather Orpana

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Article in Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aganeta EnnsSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Adena PintoSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jeyasakthi VenugopalSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Vera GrywacheskiSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Mihaela GheorgheSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Tanya KakkarSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Noushon FarmanaraSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Bhumika DebSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Amy NoonSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Heather OrpanaSubstance Related Harms Division, Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Public Health Agency of Canada · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the effects of COVID-19 have been unfolding, growing attention has been paid to the intersection of COVID-19 and substance use and the related harms. However, there are few theories and little empirical evidence to guide investigations in this area. To advance this emerging area of inquiry, we present a conceptual model that synthesizes evidence, information and knowledge on substance use and related harms in the context of the pandemic. The conceptual model offers a visual representation of the connections between the pandemic and substance use and related harms, and can be used to identify areas for future research.

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Models, TheoreticalPandemicsAdaptation, PsychologicalCOVID-19Health Services AccessibilityHumansMental HealthMental Health ServicesRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Social StigmaSocial SupportSubstance-Related Disordersconceptual modelcoronavirusCOVID-19opioidssubstance-related harmssubstance use

Identifiers

PMID32936071
PMCPMC7745829
OpenAlexW3097614952

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