Saba Rouhani
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5419835 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Saba Rouhani |
| NOMBRES | Saba |
| APELLIDO | Rouhani |
| FIRMA | ROUHANI S |
| AFILIACIONES | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3801-1082 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Surveillance, Violence, and Assistance
Gentrification, policing, and potential pathways to health
Harm reduction vending machines
Police experiences with cannabis legalization and perceptions of broader drug policy reform
Proportion of fentanyl reports in illicit drug seizures and nonfatal overdose emergency department visits in the United States, 2021–2024
BACKGROUND: The increasing presence of fentanyl in the illicit drug supply has been associated with rising overdose mortality in the United States, but the extent to which it is associated with nonfatal overdose morbidity remains unknown. We examined the association between the proportion of fentanyl reports in illicit drug seizures and state-level rates of nonfatal overdose emergency department (ED) visits. METHODS: We conducted a longitudinal e…
Business and Service Provider Attitudes Towards Police Involvement in Overdose Response
Experiences of a drug decriminalization policy among police and people who use drugs in Baltimore City
Drug decriminalization aims to reduce the harms of punitive enforcement while improving police-community relations. Baltimore City implemented de facto decriminalization in 2020, declining to prosecute simple drug possession cases. We examined perspectives of 26 people who use drugs (PWUD) and 22 police officers on policy impacts using semi-structured interviews conducted in 2023–2024. Using post-structural policy analysis, we explored support fo…
Racial discrimination and perceptions of police among US adults
BACKGROUND: Mistrust of law enforcement across the United States has implications for public health and safety. While direct police encounters shape perceptions of law enforcement, the influence of broader experiences with racial discrimination remains understudied. This study examined associations between racial discrimination and perceptions of police among US adults. METHODS: Data were from a web-based cross-sectional survey across 13 northeas…
Structural Vulnerability and Police Interaction among Women Who Use Drugs amid De Facto Decriminalization in Baltimore, Maryland
Exposure to criminal-legal systems, including policing, arrest, and incarceration, has deleterious effects on access to health and social services among people who use drugs. Women who use drugs (WWUD) may be especially vulnerable to policing, due to the high prevalence of sex work among them, which is also a criminalized behavior. Recent epidemiologic events and policy reforms are thought to have reduced exposure to arrests for low-level, non-vi…
Ghost gun recovery and firearm deaths in California, 2014–2023
BACKGROUND: We investigated whether ghost gun recovery rates are significantly associated with firearm mortality rates in the following year across California's 58 counties from 2014 to 2023. METHODS: We obtained yearly county-level data on ghost guns recovered in California from The Trace's Gun Violence Data Hub. County-level firearm death counts (total, suicide and homicide) were pulled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Rest…
Navigating US illicit drug market volatility
The US illicit drug market is increasingly unreliable, with new and often harmful adulterants contributing to overdose risk among people who use drugs. In this context, it is crucial to examine whether people who inject drugs (PWID) are aware of these changes and if so, how they are adapting to inform harm reduction interventions and programs. In-depth interviews were conducted with 23 PWID between July 2022 and January 2023. Interviews explored …
“All You Can Do is What You Know to Do”
Community-based distribution of naloxone has continued to serve as an important strategy in combatting the U.S. opioid overdose crisis. People who use drugs are first responders in this crisis, administering and disseminating knowledge about naloxone among their social networks. However, it is unclear how knowledge of naloxone evolves over time and across individuals, especially amid a volatile, unregulated drug market. OBJECTIVES: We conducted 2…
Racial Discrimination and Substance Use
Background Racial/ethnic disparities in substance use outcomes continue to widen in the US. Despite increasing evidence of the myriad ways that racism impacts health, this has not been extensively studied with respect to substance use outcomes. The current study explores the association between self-reported exposure to racial discrimination across the life course and substance use disorders among US adults.Methods We analyzed data from a web-bas…
Examining the association between psychological resilience and chronic versus discrete stressors among individuals who use opioids in Baltimore, Maryland
Beliefs of US chiefs of police about substance use disorder, fentanyl exposure, overdose response, and use of discretion
Harms associated with injecting in public spaces
Specialized Mental Health Crisis Response Activities Within US Law Enforcement Agencies
Fewer than half of law enforcement agencies have responses for mental health crises. Further research is needed to identify barriers and facilitators to adopting specialized responses, particularly among rural and under-resourced agencies
Love after lockup
The effects of message framing on US police chiefs’ support for interventions for opioid use disorder
Public support for reinvesting resources from enforcing drug possession to health-promoting alternatives
What I should be doing is harm reduction, if I'm doing my job right”
Increased solitary drug use during Covid-19
PWUD Experiences of Criminal Justice Reform
In this paper we explore people who use drugs (PWUD) perceptions and experiences of drug-related law enforcement in a major U.S. city. Maryland recently implemented several harm reduction policies/interventions aiming to improve PWUD-police relationships, such as the Good Samaritan Law (GSL), intended to avoid criminalizing police encounters with PWUD in cases of overdose. PWUD, though most impacted by these efforts, are seldom included in the de…
Persistent Criminalization and Structural Racism in US Drug Policy
The US overdose crisis continues to worsen and is disproportionately harming Black and Hispanic/Latino people. Although the “War on Drugs” continues to shape drug policy—at the disproportionate expense of Black and Hispanic/Latino people—states have taken some steps to reduce War on Drugs–related harms and adopt a public health–centered approach. However, the rhetoric regarding these changes has, in many cases, outstripped reality. Using overdose…
Understanding the longitudinal relationship between substance use and violent victimization among street-based women who exchange sex in Baltimore, Maryland
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Construct Validity of the Internalized Sex Work Stigma Scale among a Cohort of Cisgender Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Internalized sex work stigma among cisgender female sex workers (FSW) is produced within contexts of social marginalization and associated with a range of ill-effects, including psychological distress, and lower rates of healthcare-seeking. This study seeks to uncover latent domains of the new Internalized Sex Work Stigma Scale (ISWSS) using data from 367 FSW in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The sample was 56% white with high substance use (82% smoke…
PWUD Experiences of Criminal Justice Reform
In this paper we explore people who use drugs (PWUD) perceptions and experiences of drug-related law enforcement in a major U.S. city. Maryland recently implemented several harm reduction policies/interventions aiming to improve PWUD-police relationships, such as the Good Samaritan Law (GSL), intended to avoid criminalizing police encounters with PWUD in cases of overdose. PWUD, though most impacted by these efforts, are seldom included in the de…
Persistent Criminalization and Structural Racism in US Drug Policy
The US overdose crisis continues to worsen and is disproportionately harming Black and Hispanic/Latino people. Although the “War on Drugs” continues to shape drug policy—at the disproportionate expense of Black and Hispanic/Latino people—states have taken some steps to reduce War on Drugs–related harms and adopt a public health–centered approach. However, the rhetoric regarding these changes has, in many cases, outstripped reality. Using overdose…
Willingness to Use Safe Consumption Spaces among Opioid Users at High Risk of Fentanyl Overdose in Baltimore, Providence, and Boston
Cost analysis of a school-based comprehensive malaria program in primary schools in Sikasso region, Mali
A comprehensive school-based control strategy may be a feasible and affordable way to address the burden of malaria among schoolchildren in the Sahel
Police attitudes towards pre-booking diversion in Baltimore, Maryland
Willingness to Use Safe Consumption Spaces among Opioid Users at High Risk of Fentanyl Overdose in Baltimore, Providence, and Boston
Trends in opioid initiation among people who use opioids in three US cities
Resilience among Cisgender and Transgender Women in Street-Based Sex Work in Baltimore, Maryland
Agency in the fentanyl era
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Construct Validity of the Internalized Sex Work Stigma Scale among a Cohort of Cisgender Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Internalized sex work stigma among cisgender female sex workers (FSW) is produced within contexts of social marginalization and associated with a range of ill-effects, including psychological distress, and lower rates of healthcare-seeking. This study seeks to uncover latent domains of the new Internalized Sex Work Stigma Scale (ISWSS) using data from 367 FSW in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The sample was 56% white with high substance use (82% smoke…
HIV Risk Among Urban and Suburban People Who Inject Drugs
Perceived vulnerability to overdose-related arrests among people who use drugs in Maryland
Understanding the longitudinal relationship between substance use and violent victimization among street-based women who exchange sex in Baltimore, Maryland
Nimbyism and Harm Reduction Programs
Acceptability of Overdose Prevention Sites in the Business Community in Baltimore, Maryland
Intervetions are urgently needed to reduce the trajectory of the US opioid overdose epidemic, yet implementation is often hampered by resistance or opposition from key community stakeholders. While businesses are economically and physically impacted by the opioid epidemic, they are rarely engaged in efforts to reduce its impact. The establishment of overdose prevention sites (OPS) is being discussed throughout many US jurisdictions with limited a…
Increased solitary drug use during Covid-19
PWUD Experiences of Criminal Justice Reform
In this paper we explore people who use drugs (PWUD) perceptions and experiences of drug-related law enforcement in a major U.S. city. Maryland recently implemented several harm reduction policies/interventions aiming to improve PWUD-police relationships, such as the Good Samaritan Law (GSL), intended to avoid criminalizing police encounters with PWUD in cases of overdose. PWUD, though most impacted by these efforts, are seldom included in the de…
Persistent Criminalization and Structural Racism in US Drug Policy
The US overdose crisis continues to worsen and is disproportionately harming Black and Hispanic/Latino people. Although the “War on Drugs” continues to shape drug policy—at the disproportionate expense of Black and Hispanic/Latino people—states have taken some steps to reduce War on Drugs–related harms and adopt a public health–centered approach. However, the rhetoric regarding these changes has, in many cases, outstripped reality. Using overdose…
Love after lockup
The effects of message framing on US police chiefs’ support for interventions for opioid use disorder
Public support for reinvesting resources from enforcing drug possession to health-promoting alternatives
What I should be doing is harm reduction, if I'm doing my job right”
Navigating US illicit drug market volatility
The US illicit drug market is increasingly unreliable, with new and often harmful adulterants contributing to overdose risk among people who use drugs. In this context, it is crucial to examine whether people who inject drugs (PWID) are aware of these changes and if so, how they are adapting to inform harm reduction interventions and programs. In-depth interviews were conducted with 23 PWID between July 2022 and January 2023. Interviews explored …
“All You Can Do is What You Know to Do”
Community-based distribution of naloxone has continued to serve as an important strategy in combatting the U.S. opioid overdose crisis. People who use drugs are first responders in this crisis, administering and disseminating knowledge about naloxone among their social networks. However, it is unclear how knowledge of naloxone evolves over time and across individuals, especially amid a volatile, unregulated drug market. OBJECTIVES: We conducted 2…
Racial Discrimination and Substance Use
Background Racial/ethnic disparities in substance use outcomes continue to widen in the US. Despite increasing evidence of the myriad ways that racism impacts health, this has not been extensively studied with respect to substance use outcomes. The current study explores the association between self-reported exposure to racial discrimination across the life course and substance use disorders among US adults.Methods We analyzed data from a web-bas…
Examining the association between psychological resilience and chronic versus discrete stressors among individuals who use opioids in Baltimore, Maryland
Beliefs of US chiefs of police about substance use disorder, fentanyl exposure, overdose response, and use of discretion
Harms associated with injecting in public spaces
Medicine (25 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (22 obras) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (18 obras) · Public health (18 obras) · Psychology (16 obras) · Psychiatry (15 obras) · Harm reduction (12 obras) · Poison control (12 obras) · Environmental health (11 obras) · Nursing (11 obras)