Date de publication
Géographie
Langue de la ressource
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Open Access / OK to Reproduce
Évalué par des pairs
L’objectif
To reduce overdose risks, the experience and perspectives of people experiencing homelessness should be incorporated into housing, overdose prevention, and substance use treatment efforts.
Constatations/points à retenir
Three themes emerged from this targeted analysis: (1) Participants described inadequate housing resources and unwelcoming shelter environments. (2) Participants near a large public drug scene explained how unsheltered homelessness was chaotic, dangerous, and disruptive to recovery goals. (3) Participants provided recommendations for improving housing and addiction treatment systems and including their perspectives in the development of solutions to the intersecting housing and opioid overdose crises.
La conception ou méthodologie de recherche
Qualitative interviews (n=59) with opioid overdose survivors
