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ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2020

Integrating harm reduction and clinical care: Lessons from Covid-19 respite and recuperation facilities.

Simeon D Kimmel, Angela R Bazzi, Joshua A Barocas

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Article in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. COVID-19 isolation and recovery sites evaluation: Lessons learned for systems innovation.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025
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  9. Why Timing Matters in Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery.The American journal of psychiatry · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Simeon D KimmelSection of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, United States of America; Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, United States of America; Boston University School of Medicine, United States of America. Electronic address: simeon.kimmel@bmc.org.
Angela R BazziDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, United States of America.
Joshua A BarocasSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, United States of America; Boston University School of Medicine, United States of America.

Funding

MassHEAL - Reducing overdose deaths by 40% (2019-2023)UM1DA049412 · NIDA · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI SAMET, JEFFREY H. · 2019 to 2023
$82.9M
Development of a novel community-based high-performance surveillance network for drug useDP2DA051864 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI BAROCAS, JOSHUA ADAM · 2020 to 2020
$2.3M
Preventing HIV infection among people who inject drugs during COVID-19K01DA043412 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BAZZI, ANGELA ROBERTSON · 2017 to 2021
$934k
Strategies to reduce serious bacterial infections and overdose among people who inject drugsK01DA051684 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI BAROCAS, JOSHUA ADAM · 2020 to 2024
$809k
NIDA NIH HHS DP2 DA051864NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA043412NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA051684NIDA NIH HHS UM1 DA049412
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In response to the novel coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, many people experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders entered respite and recuperation facilities for care and to isolate and prevent subsequent SARS-CoV-2 transmission. However, because drug use was officially prohibited in these facilities, we observed people who use substances leaving isolation temporarily or prematurely. The initial Covid-19 surge magnified the need for harm reduction access for those who use substances to ensure their safety and well-being and that of their local communities. In this commentary, we argue that expanding harm reduction access is crucial for subsequent waves of SARS-CoV-2 infection and also for patients who use substances and are hospitalized for other reasons.

Indexed as

Ill-Housed PersonsCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Harm ReductionHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSocial IsolationSubstance Abuse Treatment CentersSubstance-Related DisordersCovid-19Harm reductionHomelessnessRespite and recuperation facilitiesSARS-CoV-2

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PMID32972644
PMCPMC7419278

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