ArticleBMC women's health2021
Women's multiple uses of an overdose prevention technology to mitigate risks and harms within a supportive housing environment: a qualitative study.
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- Feasibility and Acceptability of Restroom Motion Sensors for Detecting Overdoses.Substance use & addiction journal · 2026Article
- The role of stigma in impeding implementation of harm reduction services in San Francisco.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2025Article
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- Qualitative insights into drug use safety strategies and social support among sexual minority women who inject drugs in Baltimore, Maryland.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- "It's something we're connected to": Acceptability and adoption of overdose detection technologies implemented in San Francisco permanent supportive housing.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- 'It just doesn't stop': Perspectives of women who use drugs on increased overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- A community-academic partnership to develop an implementation support package for overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Digital health interventions to support women with opioid use disorder: A scoping review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Using alone at home: What's missing in housing-based responses to the overdose crisis?Harm reduction journal · 2024Review
- Managing high-risk behaviours and challenges to prevent housing loss in permanent supportive housing: a rapid review.Harm reduction journal · 2023Review
- The POP (Permanent Supportive Housing Overdose Prevention) Study: protocol for a hybrid type 3 stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.Implementation science : IS · 2023Article
- Safety in solitude? Competing risks and drivers of solitary drug use among women who inject drugs and implications for overdose detection.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- "It's just a perfect storm": Exploring the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on overdose risk in British Columbia from the perspectives of people who use substances.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The acceptability of overdose alert and response technologies: introducing the TPOM-ODART framework.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Overdose Alert and Response Technologies: State-of-the-art Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Review
- Overdose Detection Technologies to Reduce Solitary Overdose Deaths: A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Injecting drugs alone during an overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- Overdose Prevention and Housing: a Qualitative Study Examining Drug Use, Overdose Risk, and Access to Safer Supply in Permanent Supportive Housing in Vancouver, Canada.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
- Behavior change after fentanyl testing at a safe consumption space for women in Northern Mexico: A pilot study.The International journal on drug policy · 2022Article
- A scoping review of opioid harm reduction interventions for equity-deserving populations.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundNorth America is amidst an opioid overdose epidemic. In many settings, particularly Canada, the majority of overdose deaths occur indoors and impact structurally vulnerable people who use drugs alone, making targeted housing-based interventions a priority. Mobile applications have been developed that allow individuals to solicit help to prevent overdose death. We examine the experiences of women residents utilizing an overdose response button technology within a supportive housing environment.
methodsIn October 2019, we conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 14 residents of a women-only supportive housing building in an urban setting where the overdose response button technology was installed. Data was analyzed thematically and framed by theories of structural vulnerability.
resultsWhile participants described the utility and disadvantages of the technology for overdose response, most participants, unexpectedly described alternate adoptions of the technology. Participants used the technology for other emergency situations (e.g., gender-based violence), rather than its intended purpose of overdose response.
conclusionsOur findings highlight the limitations of current technologies while also demonstrating the clear need for housing-based emergency response interventions that address not just overdose risk but also gender-based violence. These need to be implemented alongside larger strategies to address structural vulnerabilities and provide greater agency to marginalized women who use drugs.
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