Emergency department screening and interventions for substance use disorders

K Hawk, G D'Onofrio - Addiction science & clinical practice, 2018 - Springer
The emergency department (ED) has long been recognized as providing critical access to
the health care system for many, yet only in the past few decades has the ED visit been …

Frequency of health‐care utilization by adults who use illicit drugs: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

D Lewer, J Freer, E King, S Larney, L Degenhardt… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To summarize evidence on the frequency and predictors of health‐care utilization
among people who use illicit drugs. Design Systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and …

National prevalence of alcohol and other substance use disorders among emergency department visits and hospitalizations: NHAMCS 2014–2018

LW Suen, AN Makam, HR Snyder, D Repplinger… - Journal of General …, 2022 - Springer
Background Acute healthcare utilization attributed to alcohol use disorders (AUD) and other
substance use disorders (SUD) is rising. Objective To describe the prevalence and …

Identification, management, and transition of care for patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department

HC Duber, IA Barata, E Cioè-Peña, SY Liang… - Annals of emergency …, 2018 - Elsevier
Because of a soaring number of opioid-related deaths during the past decade, opioid use
disorder has become a prominent issue in both the scientific literature and lay press …

A longitudinal, qualitative exploration of perceived HIV risk, healthcare experiences, and social support as facilitators and barriers to PrEP adoption among Black …

LA Nydegger, J Dickson-Gomez, T Ko Ko - AIDS and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
Black women contract HIV at much higher rates than White or Hispanic women. Pre-
exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an underutilized prevention tool among this population. We …

Structural and syndemic barriers to PrEP adoption among Black women at high risk for HIV: a qualitative exploration

LA Nydegger, J Dickson-Gomez… - Culture, Health & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In the USA, Black women are at disproportionately higher risk for HIV compared to women of
other races/ethnicities, which can be explained by the Substance Abuse, Violence and AIDS …

Exploring patterns of substance use among highly vulnerable Black women at-risk for HIV through a syndemics framework: A qualitative study

LA Nydegger, KR Claborn - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Black women who use alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs are disproportionately affected
by health disparities. Black women's HIV diagnosis rates are 15 times higher than White …

The role of marijuana use disorder in predicting emergency department and inpatient encounters: a retrospective cohort study

CI Campbell, AL Bahorik, AH Kline-Simon… - Drug and alcohol …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Marijuana use disorder (MUD) is the most common illegal drug use disorder
and its prevalence is increasing. It is associated with psychiatric and medical problems, but …

Sociodemographic and drug use severity differences between medical marijuana users and non‐medical users visiting the emergency department

SI Woodruff, AM Shillington - The American journal on …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives The purpose of this study is to extend what is known about
medical marijuana and non‐medical marijuana users who visit the emergency department …

Factors influencing the frequency of emergency department utilization by individuals with substance use disorders

C Huynh, F Ferland, N Blanchette-Martin… - Psychiatric …, 2016 - Springer
This study assessed the characteristics of individuals with substance use disorders (ISUDs)
according to their frequency of emergency department (ED) utilization, and examined which …