Vulnerable Populations

Study discussing injecting alone despite opiod epidemic due to a variety of factors including; gender, culture and trauma-based. Requirement of expanding overdose prevention sites and settings, as main ODs occur all over the province. Reference: Norton, A., Hayashi, K., Johnson, C., Choi, J., Milloy, M.-J., & Kerr, T. (2022). Injecting drugs alone during an overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada. Harm Reduction Journal, 19(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00701-w

Since harm reduction's origins as a grassroots, activist movement turned medical tx. Exploring a harm reduction program in an SRO on the DTES. Targets housing and the opioid crisis. Reference: Nowell, M., & Masuda, J. R. (2020). “You need to just provide health services:” navigating the politics of harm reduction in the twin housing and overdose crises in Vancouver, BC. International Journal of Drug Policy, 82, 102774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102774

Analysis of OAT program in BC. Discussing the rise of Opioid use disorders and deaths in BC. The challenges that arise with poor engagement/retention. Difficulties include reaching those in remote areas and a shortage of providers. The conclusion includes advocating for more outpt. resources. to improve retention. Reference: Piske, M., Zhou, H., Min, J. E., Hongdilokkul, N., Pearce, L. A., Homayra, F., Socias, M. E., McGowan, G., & Nosyk, B. (2020). The cascade of care for opioid use disorder: A retrospective study in British Columbia, Canada. Addiction, 115(8), 1482–1493. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14947

The Downtown Eastside vulnerable populaitons. Not just a Vancouver problem. It's a problem for all of Canada. Gabor Mate Video included Reference: Daily Hive (Director). (2022, September 29). Dr Gabor Maté on the housing crisis and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xCVxz-shRI