Policing pain: A qualitative study of non-criminal justice approaches to managing opioid overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Prev Interv Community
; 49(2): 136-151, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1230993
ABSTRACT
Opioid related drug overdose deaths are a leading cause of death and injury in the United States. While research demonstrates that where people live has a major impact on drug use and abuse, most work looks at social dynamics at the county level or under the rubric of the urban/rural divide. Only recently, scholarship has become attuned to the post-industrialized areas located on the fringes of urban cores. Data presented in here are from field research conducted in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a small river town located east of Pittsburgh. Once a thriving industrial city, it is now deteriorated and has documented high levels of overdose experience. Preliminary results suggest that McKeesport residents, even before the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), practice social and physical distancing as a way of life; data indicate how the pandemic potentially exacerbates the risk of accidental opioid overdose among a population defined by both geographic and social isolation.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Law Enforcement
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Pandemics
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Drug Overdose
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Prev Interv Community
Journal subject:
Public Health
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Health Services
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
10852352.2021.1908206
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