COVID-19 and overdose prevention: Challenges and opportunities for clinical practice in housing settings
The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will exacerbate the negative health outcomes associated with the concurrent opioid overdose crisis in North America. COVID-19 brings unique challenges for practitioners who provide opioid use disorder (OUD) care. The majority of overdose deaths in the Canadian province of British Columbia occur in housing environments. Some supportive housing environments in Vancouver, British Columbia, have on-site primary care and substance use disorder treatment clinics.
Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - Category: Addiction Authors: Laura MacKinnon, M. Eugenia Soc ías, Geoff Bardwell Source Type: research
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