African Americans now outpace whites in opioid‐involved overdose deaths: a comparison of temporal trends from 1999 to 2018

D Furr‐Holden, AJ Milam, L Wang, R Sadler - Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate racial differences in rates of opioid‐involved overdose deaths (OOD)
between whites and African Americans in the United States from 1999 to 2018 to (1) identify …

Geographic information science and the United States opioid overdose crisis: A scoping review of methods, scales, and application areas

J Sauer, K Stewart - Social Science & Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Opioid Overdose Crisis (OOC) continues to generate morbidity
and mortality in the United States, outpacing other prominent accident-related reasons …

Xylazine-involved fatal overdoses and localized geographic clustering: Cook County, IL, 2019–2022

C Delcher, N Anthony, M Mir - Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Xylazine, a veterinary analgesic sedative, is circulating in the illicit drug markets
of at least 23 states including Illinois. We conducted a geographic analysis to better identify …

Drug overdoses, geographic trajectories, and the influence of built environment and neighborhood characteristics

EL Piza, KT Wolff, DN Hatten, BE Barthuly - Health & Place, 2023 - Elsevier
Much research has analyzed the spatial patterns of drug overdose events and identified
features of the environment associated with heightened overdose levels. Generally absent …

Examining opioid overdose deaths across communities defined by racial composition: a multiscale geographically weighted regression approach

AM Forati, R Ghose, JR Mantsch - Journal of Urban Health, 2021 - Springer
To provide data that can guide community-targeted practices, policies, and interventions in
urban metropolitan areas, we used geospatial analysis to examine the community-level …

Prevalence and correlates of incarceration following emergency medical services response to overdose

B Ray, BJ Hedden, JJ Carroll, B Del Pozo… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background To describe the prevalence of incarceration among survivors of non-fatal
overdose addressed through an emergency medical services (EMS) response, and …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal variation in the brain μ-opioid receptor availability

L Sun, J Tang, H Liljenbäck, A Honkaniemi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Seasonal rhythms influence mood and sociability. The brain μ-opioid receptor (MOR) system
modulates a multitude of seasonally varying socioemotional functions, but its seasonal …

Identifying Spatio-Temporal Clustering of the COVID-19 Patterns Using Spatial Statistics: Case Studies of Four Waves in Vietnam

A Hoang, T Nguyen - International Journal of Applied Geospatial …, 2022 - igi-global.com
An outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS CoV 2 has profoundly affected
the world. This study aimed to identify the spatio-temporal clustering of COVID-19 patterns …

Developing a cascade of care for opioid use disorder among individuals in jail

B Ray, G Victor, R Cason, N Hamameh… - Journal of Substance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction The overdose epidemic persists as a public health crisis in the United States.
Jails are a critical overdose prevention touchpoint. The risk of overdose postincarceration …

Differences and similarities between emergency department syndromic surveillance and hospital discharge data for nonfatal drug overdose

AM Vivolo-Kantor, H Smith IV, L Scholl - Annals of epidemiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Emergency department syndromic surveillance and hospital discharge data have
been used to detect and monitor nonfatal drug overdose, yet few studies have assessed the …