Opioid

A Realist Review Of Best Practices And Contextual Factors Enhancing Treatment Of Opioid Dependence In Indigenous Contexts

Harm Reduction Journal 2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00740-x

Authors: Rita Henderson, Ashley McInnes, Ava Danyluk, Iskotoah’ka Wadsworth, Bonnie Healy, Lindsay Crowshoe 

Compassion and self-determination are key program mechanisms that can support outcomes beyond reduced incidence of substance use. That being, the inclusion of mitigating systemic health inequities and addressing social determinants of health in Indigenous communities will ultimately lead to healing the whole human being.

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Disruptions During The Early COVID-19 Pandemic And Other Emergent Disasters: A Scoping Review Addressing Dual Public Health Emergencies

BMC Public Health 2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11495-0

Authors: Rita Henderson, Ashley McInnes, Leslee Mackey, Myles Bruised Head, Lindsay Crowshoe, Jessica Hann, Jake Hayward, Brian R. Holroyd, Eddy Lang, Bonnie Larson, Ashley Jane Leonard, Steven Persaud, Khalil Raghavji, Chris Sarin, Hakique Virani, Iskotoahka William Wadsworth, Stacey Whitman, Patrick McLane 

Informed approaches to addressing social determinants of health and patient needs are required for greater accountability to people with opioid use disorder (PWOUD) early during emergent disasters like COVID-19. As a component of disaster preparedness, healthcare systems need to engage in planning for key patient populations such as PWOUD to ensure their care can be continued simoultaneously with the response to the disaster; adequate resources to allow attention for both social and health systems issues can prepare a system to serve PWOUD during disasters.