"We know the streets:" race, place, and the politics of harm reduction.
Harm reduction
Naloxone
Opioids
Overdose
Peers
Journal
Health & place
ISSN: 1873-2054
Titre abrégé: Health Place
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9510067
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
received:
05
02
2020
revised:
08
06
2020
accepted:
11
06
2020
entrez:
26
8
2020
pubmed:
26
8
2020
medline:
26
10
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This paper explores how a peer-and street-based naloxone distribution program (Bmore POWER) reshapes narratives and practices around drug use and harm reduction in an urban context with an enduring opioid epidemic. Data collection included observations of Bmore POWER outreach events and interviews with peers. Bmore POWER members create a sense of community responsibility around overdose prevention and reconfigure overdose hotspots from places of ambivalence to places of grassroots action. It expands a harm reduction approach to Black communities that have not traditionally embraced it and that have been underserved by drug treatment programs. Policy makers should consider ways to use peers grounded in specific communities to expand other aspects of harm reduction, such as syringe and support services.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32838893
pii: S1353-8292(20)30145-3
doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102376
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Analgesics, Opioid
0
Naloxone
36B82AMQ7N
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Pagination
102376Informations de copyright
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