[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid overdose deaths: a spatiotemporal analysis

R Ghose, AM Forati, JR Mantsch - Journal of Urban Health, 2022 - Springer
The effects of the opioid crisis have varied across diverse and socioeconomically defined
urban communities, due in part to widening health disparities. The onset of the COVID-19 …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2022

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-fifth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Increasing overdose deaths among Black Americans: a review of the literature

JB Gibbons, SJ Harris, KT Solomon… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
In 2020, opioid overdose fatalities among Black Americans surpassed those among White
Americans for the first time in US history. This Review analyses the academic literature on …

[HTML][HTML] Notes from the field: xylazine-related deaths—Cook County, Illinois, 2017–2021

N Chhabra - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2022 - cdc.gov
Xylazine, an alpha-2 receptor agonist, is used in veterinary medicine as a sedative and
muscle relaxant; it is not approved for use in humans. However, reports of adulteration of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Opioid treatment deserts: concept development and application in a US Midwestern urban county

A Hyder, J Lee, A Dundon, LT Southerland, D All… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Objectives An Opioid Treatment Desert is an area with limited accessibility to medication-
assisted treatment and recovery facilities for Opioid Use Disorder. We explored the concept …

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 …

Examining Increasing Racial Inequities in Opioid Overdose Deaths: a Spatiotemporal Analysis of Black and White Decedents in St. Louis, Missouri, 2011–2021

DE Banks, S Scroggins, ME Paschke, E Shacham… - Journal of Urban …, 2023 - Springer
The third wave of the opioid overdose crisis—defined by the proliferation of illicit fentanyl
and its analogs—has not only led to record numbers of overdose deaths but also to …