[HTML][HTML] PrEP care continuum engagement among persons who inject drugs: rural and urban differences in stigma and social infrastructure

SM Walters, D Frank, B Van Ham, J Jaiswal… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medication that prevents HIV acquisition, yet PrEP
uptake has been low among people who inject drugs. Stigma has been identified as a …

Intersectional stigma as a fundamental cause of health disparities: A case study of how drug use stigma intersecting with racism and xenophobia creates health …

SM Walters, J Kerr, M Cano, V Earnshaw… - Stigma and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent evidence points to racial and ethnic disparities in drug-related deaths and health
conditions. Informed by stigma, intersectionality, intersectional stigma, and fundamental …

[HTML][HTML] How the rural risk environment underpins hepatitis C risk: Qualitative findings from rural southern Illinois, United States

SM Walters, D Frank, M Felsher, J Jaiswal… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has increased among persons who
inject drugs (PWID) in the United States with disproportionate burden in rural areas. We use …

Community-level determinants of stakeholder perceptions of community stigma toward people with opioid use disorders, harm reduction services and treatment in the …

A Davis, KL Stringer, ML Drainoni, CB Oser… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Community stigma toward people with opioid use disorder (OUD) can impede
access to harm reduction services and treatment with medications for opioid use disorder …

Dealing with the epidemic of endocarditis in people who inject drugs

D Vervoort, KR An, M Elbatarny, DY Tam… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
North America is facing an opioid epidemic and growing illicit drug supply, contributing to
growing numbers of injection drug use–related infective endocarditis (IDU-IE). Patients with …

Optimising community health services in Australia for populations affected by stigmatised infections: What do service users want?

R Horwitz, L Brener, AD Marshall… - Health & social care …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stigma in health services undermines diagnosis, treatment and successful health outcomes
for all communities, but especially for those affected by blood‐borne viruses and sexually …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptability of a HIV self-testing program among people who use illicit drugs

NC Peiper, S Shamblen, A Gilbertson, G Guest… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background People who use illicit drugs (PWUD) remain at significantly elevated risk for HIV
infection and continue to have very low testing rates. HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been …

[HTML][HTML] Access to tablet injectable opioid agonist therapy in rural and smaller urban settings in British Columbia, Canada: a qualitative study

G Bardwell, JM Bowles, M Mansoor, D Werb… - … , prevention, and policy, 2023 - Springer
Background Rural and smaller urban settings in Canada are disproportionately impacted by
the overdose crisis, highlighting the need for novel public health interventions within these …

[HTML][HTML] Health care provider stigma toward patients with substance use disorders: protocol for a nationally representative survey

CL Parish, DJ Feaster, HA Pollack… - JMIR research …, 2023 - researchprotocols.org
Background The US overdose epidemic is an escalating public health emergency,
accounting for over 100,000 deaths annually. Despite the availability of medications for …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between felt stigma and non-fatal overdose among rural people who use drugs

AL Sibley, E Klein, HLF Cooper, MD Livingston III… - Harm reduction …, 2024 - Springer
Background Drug overdose deaths in the United States exceeded 100,000 in 2021 and
2022. Substance use stigma is a major barrier to treatment and harm reduction utilization …