Recent Incarceration, Substance Use, Overdose, and Service Use Among People Who Use Drugs in Rural Communities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Drug use and incarceration have a substantial impact on rural communities, but factors associated with the incarceration of rural people who use drugs (PWUD) have not been thoroughly investigated.

Objective

To characterize associations between recent incarceration, overdose, and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment access among rural PWUD.

Design, setting, and participants

For this cross-sectional study, the Rural Opioid Initiative research consortium conducted a survey in geographically diverse rural counties with high rates of overdose across 10 US states (Illinois, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Oregon, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont) between January 25, 2018, and March 17, 2020, asking PWUD about their substance u

SUBMITTER: Hoover DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10636631 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature