ArticleHealth behavior and policy review2020
COVID-19 and People Who Use Drugs - A Commentary.
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- Attitudes toward harm reduction and low-threshold healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative interviews with people who use drugs in rural southern Illinois.Harm reduction journal · 2022Trial
- Narrative Review of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Impact on American Indian/Alaska Native Communities.Nursing open · 2026Review
- Navigating the COVID-19 Risk Environment, Overdose Prevention, and Self Care Practices of People Who Use Illicit Opioids in New York City.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Psychiatric Medication Treatment, Concurrent Substance Use, and Subsistence Difficulty Among People Who Inject Drugs with Diagnosed Mental Health Disorders in Los Angeles and Denver.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Multiple material need insecurities and severity of psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among women who use drugs.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Strategies used to reduce harms associated with fentanyl exposure among rural people who use drugs: multi-site qualitative findings from the rural opioid initiative.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Risk factors for persistent fatal opioid-involved overdose clusters in Massachusetts 2011-2021: a spatial statistical analysis with socio-economic, accessibility, and prescription factors.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Persons Living with HIV in Western Washington: Examining Lived Experiences of Social Distancing Stress, Personal Buffers, and Mental Health.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Overdose responses among rural people who use drugs: A multi-regional qualitative study.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Drug use and COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and infection among underserved, minority communities in Miami, Florida.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Pandemic Procedures: Adapting Problem-Solving Court (PSC) Operations and Treatment Protocols During COVID-19.Journal of drug issues · 2023Article
- Opioid-related mortality: Dynamic temporal and spatial trends by drug type and demographic subpopulations, Massachusetts, 2005-2021.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- COVID-19-Related Changes to Drug-Selling Networks and Their Effects on People Who Use Illicit Opioids.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- How the rural risk environment underpins hepatitis C risk: Qualitative findings from rural southern Illinois, United States.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
- I Don't Believe a Person Has to Die When Trying to Get High: Overdose Prevention and Response Strategies in Rural Illinois.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A stakeholder-driven framework for measuring potential change in the health risks of people who inject drugs (PWID) during the COVID-19 pandemic.The International journal on drug policy · 2022Article
- Short Take: Collecting Data from a Vulnerable Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Field methods · 2022Article
- Illicit Substance Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: A Scoping Review and Characterization of Research Evidence in Unprecedented Times.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Toward a Theory of the Underpinnings and Vulnerabilities of Structural Racism: Looking Upstream from Disease Inequities among People Who Use Drugs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectivePeople who use drugs (PWUD) face increased risk of exposure to COVID-19, but also elevated risk associated from injection drug use. We describe factors underlying their increased risk and identify mechanisms for reducing or minimizing rates of COVID-19 transmission and other health outcomes.
methodsOur commentary draws upon empirical data, governmental and other reports, and field-based unpublished data from our own studies to inform our conclusion and recommendations.
resultsCo-morbid health conditions (eg, diabetes), structural challenges (eg, homelessness, criminal justice involvement), stigma (eg, social devaluation, discrediting), and syndemic clustering of of overdose, HCV, and HIV among PWUD are exacerbated by COVID-19.
conclusionsBeyond the many challenges all people face to remain safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic, PWUD face additional barriers to remaining safe not only from COVID-19 but from negative health outcomes associated with their living environments, socioeconomic positions, and injection drug use. Collaborative efforts among governmental agencies, health providers, SSPs, CBOs, and other agencies providing services to PWUD is essential to the development of programs and services to meet the many needs of PWUD, which have been particularly accentuated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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