Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada
Findings demonstrate restricted access to safer supply prescribing outside of large urban centres and provide future targets for enhancing implementation. Attention is needed to promote equity and counter systemic barriers in the implementation of responses to the ongoing toxic drug emergency.
Authors
- Brittany Barker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4333-3345)
- Phoenix Beck McGreevy
- Bernie Pauly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4845-1383)
- Amanda Slaunwhite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-0031)
- Charlene Burmeister
- Karen Urbanoski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7017-3546)
- Marion Selfridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9829-2870)
- Thea van Roode (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-5454)
- Bohdan Nosyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2513-3718)
- James Fraser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1120-0932)
- Kurt Lock
- Katherine Hogan
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Victoria (CA)
- St. Paul's Hospital (CA)
- BC Centre for Disease Control (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-024-00625-7
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Michael Smith Health Research BC
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research