The intersection of gender and drug use-related stigma: A mixed methods systematic review and synthesis of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance use-related stigma is a significant barrier to care among persons who use drugs (PWUD). Less is known regarding how intersectional identities, like gender, shape experiences of substance use-related stigma. We sought to answer the following question: Do men or women PWUD experience more drug use stigma?

Methods

Data were drawn from a systematic review of the global, peer-reviewed scientific literature on substance use-related stigma conducted through 2017 and guided by the Stigma and Substance Use Process Model and PRISMA guidelines. Articles were included in the present analysis if they either qualitatively illustrated themes related to the gendered nature of drug use-related stigma, or quantitatively tested the moderating effect of gender on drug use-r

SUBMITTER: Meyers SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8168566 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature