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We are the researched, the researchers, and the discounted: The experiences of drug user activists as researchers.
Simon, Caty; Brothers, Sarah; Strichartz, Knina; Coulter, Abby; Voyles, Nick; Herdlein, Anna; Vincent, Louise.
  • Simon C; Methadone Advocacy Working Group, Urban Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States; Whose Corner is it Anyway, Holyoke, MA 01040, United States. Electronic address: caty@urbansurvivorsunion.org.
  • Brothers S; Methadone Advocacy Working Group, Urban Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States; Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, United States.
  • Strichartz K; Methadone Advocacy Working Group, Urban Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States; North Carolina Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States.
  • Coulter A; Methadone Advocacy Working Group, Urban Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States; Medication Assisted Treatment Support & Awareness, 68 Harrison Street, Morgantown, WV 26501, United States.
  • Voyles N; Methadone Advocacy Working Group, Urban Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States.
  • Herdlein A; Methadone Advocacy Working Group, Urban Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States.
  • Vincent L; Methadone Advocacy Working Group, Urban Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States; North Carolina Survivors Union, 1116 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, United States.
Int J Drug Policy ; 98: 103364, 2021 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1322070
ABSTRACT
In this commentary, activists from Urban Survivors Union, the United States national drug users union, discuss our experiences conducting research on methadone clinic adoption of relaxed SAMHSA guidelines during the COVID-19 epidemic. In particular, we focus on our interactions with academic researchers as a grassroots organization of criminalized people designing our own research. We describe the challenges we navigated to retain decision making powers over the research question, data analysis and interpretation, and dissemination. We find that our collaborations with academic researchers are often complicated by power imbalances and structural issues. In our experience as directly impacted people, even community based participatory research (CBPR) often sidelines us. Our eventual research approach demonstrates how our process transcends CBPR by becoming community driven research (CDR). We suggest several changes to the research process in order to propagate this model.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Drug Users / COVID-19 Type of study: Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: Int J Drug Policy Journal subject: Public Health / Substance-Related Disorders Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Drug Users / COVID-19 Type of study: Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Journal: Int J Drug Policy Journal subject: Public Health / Substance-Related Disorders Year: 2021 Document Type: Article