ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2021
Opioid Use Disorder Stigma, Discrimination, and Policy Attitudes in a National Sample of U.S. Young Adults.
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- A National Portrait of Public Attitudes toward Opioid Use in the US: A Latent Class Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Buprenorphine Dispensing Among Youth Aged ≤19 Years in the United States: 2015-2020.Pediatrics · 2023Article
- Faculty, staff, and student perceptions of substance use disorder stigma in health profession training programs: a quantitative study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
- Sociocultural factors associated with persistent prescription opioid use (PPOU) among Puerto Rican adults in Massachusetts.PloS one · 2023Article
- Availability of best practices for opioid use disorder in jails and related training and resource needs: findings from a national interview study of jails in heavily impacted counties in the U.S.Health & justice · 2022Article
- Patterns and contexts of polysubstance use among young and older adults who are involved in the criminal legal system and use opioids: A mixed methods study.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Article
- Podcasts as a Method to Deliver Education on Stigma Surrounding Opioid Use Disorder.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Individual, interpersonal, and neighborhood measures associated with opioid use stigma: Evidence from a nationally representative survey.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeA small fraction of people with opioid use disorder (OUD) receives appropriate care. Public opinion about addiction contributes to the availability and accessibility of effective treatment services. Little is known about such attitudes toward OUD among young adults, a population at heightened risk for OUD onset. The current study examined endorsement of social stigma, discrimination, and policy attitudes about OUD and hypothesized correlates of such attitudes (familiarity with OUD, criminal justice involvement, respondent demographic characteristics).
methodsA national sample of 190 young adults (weighted n = 408; 69% female, 42% White, non-Hispanic) aged 19-29 years completed web and telephone surveys covering opioid social stigma, discrimination, policy attitudes, personal experience with opioids, and criminal justice, and participant characteristics (age, sex, race, education, employment, income). Linear regressions were performed to examine associations between respondent characteristics and attitudes.
resultsYoung adults, on average, endorsed moderate levels of stigma and discrimination toward people with OUD and support for treatment-oriented policies. Stigma was positively associated with discrimination and negatively associated with support for policies favorable to people with OUD. Regression results revealed that more negative attitudes toward OUD were endorsed as a function of older age and less personal experience or familiarity with OUD.
conclusionsHeterogeneity in young adults' attitudes about OUD may be explained, in part, by personal characteristics and familiarity with OUD. Adolescence may be an opportune developmental period to prevent or reduce public stigma related to OUD and MOUD and increase public attitudes in support of expanded access to effective OUD treatments.
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