在家中单独使用:对过量危机的住房反应缺少什么?
Taylor Fleming1,2, Jade Boyd1,3, Koharu Loulou Chayama1,2
1British Columbia Centre On Substance Use, 400-1045 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2A9, Canada.
Harm reduction journal
|January 28, 2024
概括
大多数过量死亡发生在边缘住房中,仅仅是由于药物使用. 基于住房的干预措施至关重要,但需要解决环境风险,以有效预防过量使用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 过量的死亡集中在边缘住房环境中,包括单间住房和庇护所.
- 这些环境往往是城市贫困和吸毒社区的主要住房选择.
- 在这些环境中,单独使用药物的个人对过量死亡事件有很大贡献.
研究的目的:
- 突出目前基于住房的过量预防干预措施.
- 在边缘住房的环境背景下分析这些干预措施.
- 强调需要理解边际住房作为过量易受伤害和公共卫生干预的地点.
主要方法:
- 对现有文献和干预措施的评论和分析.
- 将基于住房的干预措施置于更广泛的环境背景中.
- 确定影响过量使用风险和减少危害的关键上下文因素.
主要成果:
- 基于住房的干预措施,如监督消费室和同行目击注射正在出现,但规模不大.
- 在调整干预措施以适应住房环境的具体动态方面,仍然存在挑战.
- 诸如毒品犯罪化,住房质量和性别等更广泛的因素显著影响了减少危害的参与.
结论:
- 扩大基于住房的干预措施至关重要,但它们必须解决背景风险驱动因素.
- 需要全面了解住房中的上下文因素.
- 政策和方案干预必须响应在这些环境中使用毒品的人的需求.
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