TY - JOUR
T1 - Policing pain
T2 - A qualitative study of non-criminal justice approaches to managing opioid overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Trappen, Sandra L.
AU - McLean, Katherine J.
N1 - Funding Information:
was provided by The Penn State University Social Science Research Institute and the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse. We are grateful to the people of McKeesport, Pa, the volunteer staff at the 9th Street Clinic, and Prevention Point Pittsburgh for their time and contributions. We also thank the Penn State Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse (CCSA) for providing resources for this study.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Opioid related drug overdose deaths are a leading cause of death and injury in the United States. While research demonstrates that where people live has a major impact on drug use and abuse, most work looks at social dynamics at the county level or under the rubric of the urban/rural divide. Only recently, scholarship has become attuned to the post-industrialized areas located on the fringes of urban cores. Data presented in here are from field research conducted in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a small river town located east of Pittsburgh. Once a thriving industrial city, it is now deteriorated and has documented high levels of overdose experience. Preliminary results suggest that McKeesport residents, even before the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), practice social and physical distancing as a way of life; data indicate how the pandemic potentially exacerbates the risk of accidental opioid overdose among a population defined by both geographic and social isolation.
AB - Opioid related drug overdose deaths are a leading cause of death and injury in the United States. While research demonstrates that where people live has a major impact on drug use and abuse, most work looks at social dynamics at the county level or under the rubric of the urban/rural divide. Only recently, scholarship has become attuned to the post-industrialized areas located on the fringes of urban cores. Data presented in here are from field research conducted in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a small river town located east of Pittsburgh. Once a thriving industrial city, it is now deteriorated and has documented high levels of overdose experience. Preliminary results suggest that McKeesport residents, even before the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), practice social and physical distancing as a way of life; data indicate how the pandemic potentially exacerbates the risk of accidental opioid overdose among a population defined by both geographic and social isolation.
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U2 - 10.1080/10852352.2021.1908206
DO - 10.1080/10852352.2021.1908206
M3 - Article
C2 - 33998397
AN - SCOPUS:85106314416
SN - 1085-2352
VL - 49
SP - 136
EP - 151
JO - Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community
JF - Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community
IS - 2
ER -