Julie Gleason-Comstock, Cindy Bolden Calhoun, Barbara J Locke, Naga Vijaya Lakshmi Divya Boorle, Kevin Cobty, Tiffany McKenney, Kaji O Uddin, Samantha J Bauer, Jinping Xu
BACKGROUND: Since 1996, an urban community-based organization whose primary mission is to serve diverse94 and emerging community health needs has provided screening, testing, overdose prevention and training, referrals, and access to treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) and communicable diseases such as HIV through its Life Points harm reduction program. METHODS: As a partner in a State survey in 2021, the community organization recruited a convenience sample of people who use drugs to participate in a survey focused on their substance use, healthcare, and barriers to SUD services...
April 30, 2024: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy