A qualitative examination of substance use service needs among people who use drugs (PWUD) with treatment and service experience in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who use drugs (PWUD) often have complex health and social support needs related to substance use, yet face numerous barriers to service access, resulting in unmet treatment needs and a corresponding gap in treatment. While initiatives to scale up substance use services for PWUD in Canada - and Ontario - have been undertaken, these have excluded PWUD' perspectives, and their needs have largely been defined by other actors. As end-users of services, PWUD' perspectives are vital to understanding what services are required, and whether existent services are adequate, appropriate and effective. Thus, the present study aimed to elicit in-depth knowledge from PWUD with lived experience of accessing services to better understand their unmet treatment and service needs, to

SUBMITTER: Russell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571863 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature