Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data

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Aronowitz SV¹ ; Carroll JJ² ; Hansen H³ ; Jauffretroustide M^{4, 5} ; Parker CM⁶ ; Suhailsindhu S⁷ ; Albizugarcia C⁸ ; Alegria M⁹ ; Arrendondo J¹⁰ ; Baldacchino A¹¹ ; Bluthenthal R¹² ; Bourgois P¹³ ; Burraway J¹⁴ ; Chen JS¹⁵ Show All Authors

Aronowitz SV¹
Carroll JJ²
Hansen H³
Jauffretroustide M^{4, 5}
Parker CM⁶
Suhailsindhu S⁷
Albizugarcia C⁸
Alegria M⁹
Arrendondo J¹⁰
Baldacchino A¹¹
Bluthenthal R¹²
Bourgois P¹³
Burraway J¹⁴
Chen JS¹⁵
Ekhtiari H¹⁶
Elkhoy H¹⁷
Farhoudian A¹⁸
Friedman J¹⁹
Jordan A²⁰
Kato L²¹
Knight K²²
Martinez C²³
Mcneil R²⁴
Murray H²⁵
Namirembe S²⁶
Radfar R²⁷
Roe L²⁸
Sarang A²⁹
Scherz C³⁰
Tay Wee Teck J³¹
Textor L¹⁹
Thi Hai Oanh K³²

Source: Global Public Health Published:2022

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented natural experiment in drug policy, treatment delivery, and harm reduction strategies by exposing wide variation in public health infrastructures and social safety nets around the world. Using qualitative data including ethnographic methods, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews with people who use drugs (PWUD) and Delphi-method with experts from field sites spanning 13 different countries, this paper compares national responses to substance use during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Field data was collected by the Substance Use x COVID-19 (SU x COVID) Data Collaborative, an international network of social scientists, public health scientists, and community health practitioners convened to identify and contextualise health service delivery models and social protections that influence the health and wellbeing of PWUD during COVID-19. Findings suggest that countries with stronger social welfare systems pre-COVID introduced durable interventions targeting structural drivers of health. Countries with fragmented social service infrastructures implemented temporary initiatives for PWUD led by non-governmental organisations. The paper summarises the most successful early pandemic responses seen across countries and ends by calling for greater systemic investments in social protections for PWUD, diversion away from criminal-legal systems toward health interventions, and integrated harm reduction, treatment and recovery supports for PWUD. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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MLA	Aronowitz SV, et al.. "Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data." Global Public Health, vol. 17, no. 12, 2022, pp. 3654-3669.
APA	Aronowitz SV, Carroll JJ, Hansen H, Jauffretroustide M, Parker CM, Suhailsindhu S, Albizugarcia C, Alegria M, Arrendondo J, Baldacchino A, Bluthenthal R, Bourgois P, Burraway J, Chen JS, Ekhtiari H, Elkhoy H, Farhoudian A, Friedman J, Jordan A, ... Thi Hai Oanh K (2022). Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data. Global Public Health, 17(12), 3654-3669.
Chicago	Aronowitz SV, Carroll JJ, Hansen H, Jauffretroustide M, Parker CM, Suhailsindhu S, Albizugarcia C, et al.. "Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data." Global Public Health 17, no. 12 (2022): 3654-3669.
Harvard	Aronowitz SV et al. (2022) 'Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data', Global Public Health, 17(12), pp. 3654-3669.
Vancouver	Aronowitz SV, Carroll JJ, Hansen H, Jauffretroustide M, Parker CM, Suhailsindhu S, et al.. Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data. Global Public Health. 2022;17(12):3654-3669.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Aronowitz SV and Carroll JJ and Hansen H and Jauffretroustide M and Parker CM and Suhailsindhu S and Albizugarcia C and Alegria M and Arrendondo J and Baldacchino A and Bluthenthal R and Bourgois P and Burraway J and Chen JS and Ekhtiari H and Elkhoy H and Farhoudian A and Friedman J and Jordan A and Kato L and Knight K and Martinez C and Mcneil R and Murray H and Namirembe S and Radfar R and Roe L and Sarang A and Scherz C and Tay Wee Teck J and Textor L and Thi Hai Oanh K}, title = {Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data}, journal = {Global Public Health}, volume = {17}, number = {12}, pages = {3654-3669}, year = {2022} }
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MLA

Aronowitz SV, et al.. "Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data." Global Public Health, vol. 17, no. 12, 2022, pp. 3654-3669.

APA

Aronowitz SV, Carroll JJ, Hansen H, Jauffretroustide M, Parker CM, Suhailsindhu S, Albizugarcia C, Alegria M, Arrendondo J, Baldacchino A, Bluthenthal R, Bourgois P, Burraway J, Chen JS, Ekhtiari H, Elkhoy H, Farhoudian A, Friedman J, Jordan A, ... Thi Hai Oanh K (2022). Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data. Global Public Health, 17(12), 3654-3669.

Chicago

Aronowitz SV, Carroll JJ, Hansen H, Jauffretroustide M, Parker CM, Suhailsindhu S, Albizugarcia C, et al.. "Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data." Global Public Health 17, no. 12 (2022): 3654-3669.

Harvard

Aronowitz SV et al. (2022) 'Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data', Global Public Health, 17(12), pp. 3654-3669.

Vancouver

Aronowitz SV, Carroll JJ, Hansen H, Jauffretroustide M, Parker CM, Suhailsindhu S, et al.. Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data. Global Public Health. 2022;17(12):3654-3669.

BibTex

@article{ author = {Aronowitz SV and Carroll JJ and Hansen H and Jauffretroustide M and Parker CM and Suhailsindhu S and Albizugarcia C and Alegria M and Arrendondo J and Baldacchino A and Bluthenthal R and Bourgois P and Burraway J and Chen JS and Ekhtiari H and Elkhoy H and Farhoudian A and Friedman J and Jordan A and Kato L and Knight K and Martinez C and Mcneil R and Murray H and Namirembe S and Radfar R and Roe L and Sarang A and Scherz C and Tay Wee Teck J and Textor L and Thi Hai Oanh K}, title = {Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data}, journal = {Global Public Health}, volume = {17}, number = {12}, pages = {3654-3669}, year = {2022} }

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TY - JOUR
AU - Aronowitz SV
AU - Carroll JJ
AU - Hansen H
AU - Jauffretroustide M
AU - Parker CM
AU - Suhailsindhu S
AU - Albizugarcia C
AU - Alegria M
AU - Arrendondo J
AU - Baldacchino A
AU - Bluthenthal R
AU - Bourgois P
AU - Burraway J
AU - Chen JS
AU - Ekhtiari H
AU - Elkhoy H
AU - Farhoudian A
AU - Friedman J
AU - Jordan A
AU - Kato L
AU - Knight K
AU - Martinez C
AU - Mcneil R
AU - Murray H
AU - Namirembe S
AU - Radfar R
AU - Roe L
AU - Sarang A
AU - Scherz C
AU - Tay Wee Teck J
AU - Textor L
AU - Thi Hai Oanh K
TI - Substance Use Policy and Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning From Early Pandemic Responses Through Internationally Comparative Field Data
JO - Global Public Health
VL - 17
IS - 12
SP - 3654
EP - 3669
PY - 2022
ER -

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