Reading Group Events
June 27, 2024: “Politics Versus Policy”: Qualitative Insights on Stigma and Overdose Prevention Center Policymaking in the United States
Join us to discuss the work of Rosen, Koehm, Yedinak-Gray, Tardif, Thompson, and Nyeong-Park! Overdose prevention centers (OPCs) are effective, but few US cities and states allow OPCs to operate. Researchers looked at how stigma affects rulemaking around OPCs by...
May 16, 2024: The State of the Research on Opioid Outcomes Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexuality- and Gender-Diverse Populations: A Scoping Review
Join us to discuss the work of Kelly, Biello, & Hughto! In public health research, a framework is like a plan or a set of guidelines that helps people understand the ideas they're working with. The ‘makeshift medicine’ framework talks about how people address...
April 18, 2024: Makeshift medicine is a response to US health system failures
Join us to discuss the work of Kelly, Biello, & Hughto! In public health research, a framework is like a plan or a set of guidelines that helps people understand the ideas they're working with. The ‘makeshift medicine’ framework talks about how people address...
March 21, 2024: State-level homelessness and drug overdose mortality: Evidence from US panel data
Join us to discuss the work of Cano and Oh! The connection between homelessness and overdose risk is well-understood, but researchers know less about this connection at a state level. Researchers compared homelessness and overdose data across the US and found that...
November 16, 2023: Predictors of Retention and Drug Use Among Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Transferred to a Specialty “Second Chance” Methadone Program
Join us to discuss the work of Tabitha Moses and colleagues!One barrier to treatment for people in recovery is that many treatment programs require sobriety. Researchers designed a “Second Change” methadone program for people who had been discharged from other...
February 22, 2024: Hospitalizations for Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders in Older Adults: Trends, Comorbidities, and Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Join us to discuss the work of Andrea Acevedo and colleagues! Increasing numbers of adults aged 65+ years are being diagnosed with alcohol and opioid use disorders. Researchers understand relatively little about older people who are hospitalized for these conditions....
October 2023: Mobile low-threshold buprenorphine integrated with infectious disease services
Join us to discuss the work of Amanda Rosecrans and colleagues!Mobile health units are an innovative approach to improving access to substance use treatment and recovery services, especially when these are integrated with other clinical programs. This study describes...
September 2023: Understanding stigma through the lived experiences of people with opioid use disorder
Join us to discuss the work of Yaugher, Meier, and colleagues! Stigma towards substance use impacts people’s successful treatment and recovery. By understanding stigma surrounding opioid use disorder (OUD), we can work to reduce stigma and enhance treatment and...
August 2023: A qualitative analysis of barriers to opioid agonist treatment for racial/ethnic minoritized populations
Join us to discuss the work of Jawad Husain and colleagues! Racial/ethnic minoritized populations with opioid use disorder (OUD) use opioid agonist therapy (OAT) at lower rates. This study interviewed patients with OUD not on OAT: commonly cited barriers to OAT among...
July 2023: Meeting people where they are: Implementing hospital-based substance use harm reduction
Join us to discuss the work of Rachel Perera and colleagues! Hospital-based substance use disorder care typically focuses on assessing and diagnosing substance use disorders, helping people with withdrawal symptoms, and starting patients on medications for addiction...