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PEER WORKER INVOLVEMENT IN LOW-THRESHOLD SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION FACILITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC IN VANCOUVER, CANADA

Overdose prevention sites (OPS) are a form of supervised consumption facility that have been implemented in Vancouver, Canada as an innovative response to an ongoing overdose epidemic. OPS are primarily staffed by peers – people who use(d) drugs (PWUD) – trained in overdose response. We sought to ch...

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Published in:Soc Sci Med
Main Authors: Kennedy, Mary Clare, Boyd, Jade, Mayer, Samara, Collins, Alexandra, Kerr, Thomas, McNeil, Ryan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415769/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30798157
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.014
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