Primary Care Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Safer Use Strategies for Opioids and/or Stimulants: A Mixed-Method Study
Offering SUS to primary care patients is acceptable to patients and clinicians. Clinicians supported some SUS use, though more SUS and harm reduction training and resources were desired. Providing SUS to patients who use stimulants and/or opioids could enhance patient-centered primary care, especially in clinics offering MOUD. More research is needed to optimize SUS support in primary care settings.
Authors
- Sarah Leyde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-0972)
- Elizabeth J. Austin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4221-1362)
- Florence Williams
- Morgan Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-6176)
- Susan E. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-2627)
- Julien Rouvere
- Nichole Sams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-7891)
- Vinita Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5944-6264)
- Brittany E. Blanchard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1750-8463)
- Erin Chase (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2305-7304)
- John C. Fortney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9409-8894)
- Judith I. Tsui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0877-5399)
- Madeline C. Frost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5878-7692)
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09418-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences