Social justice with harm reduction approaches for mothers who use opioids: an international comparative ethnographic study with community engaged methods
Differing governance structures create persistent challenges across national boundaries. While health practitioners generally support harm reduction strategies, it does not go beyond OAT for mothers. Our findings indicate the need for radical harm reduction approaches with social justice for mothers who use drugs, including safer parental drug use strategies.
Authors
- Marisa Bruce
- Miriam W. Boeri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7118-0040)
- Aukje K. Lamonica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3379-900X)
- Anne Whittaker
Institutions
- University of Stirling (GB)
- Southern Connecticut State University (US)
- North Jersey Community Research Initiative (US)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01309-6
- Primary Topic
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Economic and Social Research Council