Project
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Collaboration with University of Edinburgh.
The social response to Covid-19 is highly relevant to People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) who are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting the virus through their social drug purchasing and using behaviours which are likely to have changed during the pandemic. Changes to needle exchange, treatment and care services mean PWUD may be at increased risk of harm, transmission, and relapse from recovery. We want to interview PWUD to find out how their behaviours have changed, how this has affected their risk of acquiring or transmitting Covid-19, relapsing back into drug use, and/or having an overdose.
Total award value ?28,533.00
Professor in Substance Use, NMAHP
Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Research Assistant (Peer Research), Faculty of Social Sciences
Article
Schofield J, Dumbrell J, Matheson C, Parkes T & Bancroft A (2022) The impact of COVID-19 on access to harm reduction, substance use treatment and recovery services in Scotland: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 22 (1), Art. No.: 500. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12873-y
Website Content
The impacts of COVID-19 on people who use drugs
Schofield J, Matheson C, Browne T, Dumbrell J, Parkes T, Bancroft A & Galip I (2020) The impacts of COVID-19 on people who use drugs. The impacts of COVID-19 on people who use drugs (1.0) [Website] 20.11.2020. https://covid-drugs.stir.ac.uk/