Harm Reduction and Treatment Among People at High Risk of Overdose.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Rates of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids remain high, increasingly involve stimulants combined with opioids, and are increasing rapidly in racially and ethnically minoritized communities, yet little is known about access to harm reduction and treatment services in these groups.

Objective

To characterize access and barriers to harm reduction and treatment in a racially and ethnically diverse population of people who use drugs.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional telephone survey of people recruited from 39 treatment, harm reduction, and social service organizations in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; Flint and Detroit, Michigan; and statewide in New Jersey was conducted from January 30 to July 28, 2023. Adults who used cocaine, metham

SUBMITTER: Bandara S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11320172 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature