Jessica Storbjörk
Biographic Data
| ID | 6094480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Storbjörk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Storbjörk |
| SIGNATURE | STORBJÖRK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1757-9974 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Stakeholders’ opportunities and attempts to influence drug policy in Sweden
Background Drug policy is a polarized and value-laden policy area with divergent interests of stakeholders. Through a Swedish case study, this article examines stakeholders’ strategies to influence drug policy, and perceptions of their own and others’ opportunities to influence drug policy—a topic that has not been systematically analyzed previously.Methods The analysis of 38 semi-structured key informant interviews with stakeholders within the n…
Morality boundary work in the making of the needle and syringe exchange program in Stockholm
Background Drug policy is prone to build on rationales based on different moralities rather than evidence. Less is known about how moralities influence drug policy implementation in practice. The aim was to analyze expressions of moralities among local policy-makers, professionals, and drug users in the context of the Stockholm needle and syringe exchange program (NSP).Methods Using political documentation from Stockholm (2003–2016), focus group …
Locked Out, Opened Up and Locked In by Needle and Syringe Exchange Programs: Harm Reduction in the Swedish Prohibitionist Context
Intrigued by the overwhelmingly positive response to the needle and syringe exchange program (NSP) by people who inject drugs in Stockholm, this article sought to untangle harm reduction in a prohibitionist drug policy context. The article drew on assemblage thinking and used semistructured individual interviews with 32 people who inject drugs, and three focus groups with staff at the Stockholm NSP. The aim was to dissect harm reduction in the fo…
Injecting drugs as a matter of care: Analyzing care work and action programs in risk management
In this article, we analyze the care work employed by people who inject drugs to counter risks in their life situations and make their drug use safer. Injecting drugs is associated with numerous health and social risks, such as overdose, the use of used and shared equipment, and getting caught by the police. We approach descriptions of injection events as narratives of care. Participants (N=32) were recruited for semi-structured interviews primar…
Willingness and contextual considerations for supervised consumption sites: A mixed-methods study among people who inject drugs in Stockholm
Our results suggest high SCS acceptability among a marginalised cohort of people who inject drugs in Stockholm. Results confirm and extend prior research by illuminating their perceptions, including important preferences to consider when designing a future SCS in Sweden
Take-Home Naloxone and risk management from the perspective of people who survived an opioid overdose in Stockholm — An analysis informed by drug, set and setting
The THN program has influenced "drug, set and setting" for participants, providing increased safety at drug-intake and transferring overdose management and the burden of care to the community. The lived experience of participants also exposes the limitations of THN indicating that there are additional unmet needs beyond THN programs, particularly in terms of "setting
Debating the Drug Policy in Sweden: Stakeholders’ Moral Justifications in Media 2015–2021
Drug-related harms continue to increase globally and governments struggle in search of effective and legitimate countermeasures. The choice between policy options is intertwined with the arguments that dominate drug policy discussions, which in turn are closely related to who has access to the policy debate. In this study, we examine stakeholders’ visibility and moral justifications of argumentation in the Swedish drug policy debate in the media …
The new privatized market: A question of ideology or pragmatism within the Swedish addiction treatment system
Given its traditions of universal welfarism and social democracy, Sweden had already scored unexpectedly high on New Public Management by the 1980s. Health and welfare services remain primarily tax‐funded, but the production of care is increasingly transferred to a competitive quasi‐market. To what extent can this development be understood in terms of right‐wing governments, and to what extent in terms of other, socioeconomic and pragmatic factor…
A prospective study of mortality up to eight years after starting treatment for alcohol and drug problems in Stockholm County: 2000–2008
Background and aim: Research indicates an association between substance use and premature death and that misuse of illicit drugs is more closely linked to mortality than alcohol misuse. Given that these studies often are based on homogeneous treatment populations, we sought to analyse long-term mortality among both alcohol and drug misusers in a representative treatment system sample by examining: (1) excess death ratios (SMR, standardised mortal…
On the significance of social control: Treatment‐entry pressures, self‐choice and alcohol and drug dependence criteria one year after treatment
Storbjörk J. On the significance of social control: treatment‐entry pressures, self‐choice and alcohol and drug dependence criteria one year after treatment This article explores how self‐choice and treatment‐entry pressures are associated with one‐year treatment outcome (dependence symptoms, 0–6, 12 months) among alcohol and drug misusers, respectively. Informal pressures (from family and friends), formal pressures (related to work, healthcare, …
Events as Precipitators to Treatment: Important for Both Well-Integrated and Marginalized Alcohol and Drug Users of a Swedish Treatment System
“Women and Men in Swedish Alcohol and Drug Treatment” studies how people with alcohol and drug problems come to treatment. The focus is on different alcohol- and drug-related life events in the year prior to treatment and whether or not these events contributed to treatment entry. The importance of these events is also studied in relation to level of marginalization. The representative cross-sectional sample includes 1865 clients (71% men) interv…
The two worlds of alcohol problems: Who is in treatment and who is not
In the study “Women and Men in Swedish Alcohol and Drug Treatment,” it is possible to compare alcohol consumption and problems among respondents in the general population with those in clients entering alcohol treatment. The differences between these groups have led researchers to talk about the “two worlds” of alcohol problems–in general and in clinical populations. The aim of this article is to study the relative strength of factors in predicti…
The Interplay between Perceived Self-Choice and Reported Informal, Formal and Legal Pressures in Treatment Entry
This article focuses on the interplay between reported informal, formal and legal pressure and self-choice in treatment entry. The representative sample of those entering treatment for alcohol or drugs problems in Stockholm County, Sweden includes 1865 clients (71% men). Most respondents reported that it was their own idea to come to treatment (81%). It was also common to report reasons for entering treatment indicating different forms of perceiv…
The Interplay between Perceived Self-Choice and Reported Informal, Formal and Legal Pressures in Treatment Entry
This article focuses on the interplay between reported informal, formal and legal pressure and self-choice in treatment entry. The representative sample of those entering treatment for alcohol or drugs problems in Stockholm County, Sweden includes 1865 clients (71% men). Most respondents reported that it was their own idea to come to treatment (81%). It was also common to report reasons for entering treatment indicating different forms of perceiv…
Debating the Drug Policy in Sweden: Stakeholders’ Moral Justifications in Media 2015–2021
Drug-related harms continue to increase globally and governments struggle in search of effective and legitimate countermeasures. The choice between policy options is intertwined with the arguments that dominate drug policy discussions, which in turn are closely related to who has access to the policy debate. In this study, we examine stakeholders’ visibility and moral justifications of argumentation in the Swedish drug policy debate in the media …
The new privatized market: A question of ideology or pragmatism within the Swedish addiction treatment system
Given its traditions of universal welfarism and social democracy, Sweden had already scored unexpectedly high on New Public Management by the 1980s. Health and welfare services remain primarily tax‐funded, but the production of care is increasingly transferred to a competitive quasi‐market. To what extent can this development be understood in terms of right‐wing governments, and to what extent in terms of other, socioeconomic and pragmatic factor…
Events as Precipitators to Treatment: Important for Both Well-Integrated and Marginalized Alcohol and Drug Users of a Swedish Treatment System
“Women and Men in Swedish Alcohol and Drug Treatment” studies how people with alcohol and drug problems come to treatment. The focus is on different alcohol- and drug-related life events in the year prior to treatment and whether or not these events contributed to treatment entry. The importance of these events is also studied in relation to level of marginalization. The representative cross-sectional sample includes 1865 clients (71% men) interv…
The Interplay between Perceived Self-Choice and Reported Informal, Formal and Legal Pressures in Treatment Entry
This article focuses on the interplay between reported informal, formal and legal pressure and self-choice in treatment entry. The representative sample of those entering treatment for alcohol or drugs problems in Stockholm County, Sweden includes 1865 clients (71% men). Most respondents reported that it was their own idea to come to treatment (81%). It was also common to report reasons for entering treatment indicating different forms of perceiv…
The two worlds of alcohol problems: Who is in treatment and who is not
In the study “Women and Men in Swedish Alcohol and Drug Treatment,” it is possible to compare alcohol consumption and problems among respondents in the general population with those in clients entering alcohol treatment. The differences between these groups have led researchers to talk about the “two worlds” of alcohol problems–in general and in clinical populations. The aim of this article is to study the relative strength of factors in predicti…
Events as Precipitators to Treatment: Important for Both Well-Integrated and Marginalized Alcohol and Drug Users of a Swedish Treatment System
“Women and Men in Swedish Alcohol and Drug Treatment” studies how people with alcohol and drug problems come to treatment. The focus is on different alcohol- and drug-related life events in the year prior to treatment and whether or not these events contributed to treatment entry. The importance of these events is also studied in relation to level of marginalization. The representative cross-sectional sample includes 1865 clients (71% men) interv…
On the significance of social control: Treatment‐entry pressures, self‐choice and alcohol and drug dependence criteria one year after treatment
Storbjörk J. On the significance of social control: treatment‐entry pressures, self‐choice and alcohol and drug dependence criteria one year after treatment This article explores how self‐choice and treatment‐entry pressures are associated with one‐year treatment outcome (dependence symptoms, 0–6, 12 months) among alcohol and drug misusers, respectively. Informal pressures (from family and friends), formal pressures (related to work, healthcare, …
A prospective study of mortality up to eight years after starting treatment for alcohol and drug problems in Stockholm County: 2000–2008
Background and aim: Research indicates an association between substance use and premature death and that misuse of illicit drugs is more closely linked to mortality than alcohol misuse. Given that these studies often are based on homogeneous treatment populations, we sought to analyse long-term mortality among both alcohol and drug misusers in a representative treatment system sample by examining: (1) excess death ratios (SMR, standardised mortal…
The new privatized market: A question of ideology or pragmatism within the Swedish addiction treatment system
Given its traditions of universal welfarism and social democracy, Sweden had already scored unexpectedly high on New Public Management by the 1980s. Health and welfare services remain primarily tax‐funded, but the production of care is increasingly transferred to a competitive quasi‐market. To what extent can this development be understood in terms of right‐wing governments, and to what extent in terms of other, socioeconomic and pragmatic factor…
Take-Home Naloxone and risk management from the perspective of people who survived an opioid overdose in Stockholm — An analysis informed by drug, set and setting
The THN program has influenced "drug, set and setting" for participants, providing increased safety at drug-intake and transferring overdose management and the burden of care to the community. The lived experience of participants also exposes the limitations of THN indicating that there are additional unmet needs beyond THN programs, particularly in terms of "setting
Debating the Drug Policy in Sweden: Stakeholders’ Moral Justifications in Media 2015–2021
Drug-related harms continue to increase globally and governments struggle in search of effective and legitimate countermeasures. The choice between policy options is intertwined with the arguments that dominate drug policy discussions, which in turn are closely related to who has access to the policy debate. In this study, we examine stakeholders’ visibility and moral justifications of argumentation in the Swedish drug policy debate in the media …
Morality boundary work in the making of the needle and syringe exchange program in Stockholm
Background Drug policy is prone to build on rationales based on different moralities rather than evidence. Less is known about how moralities influence drug policy implementation in practice. The aim was to analyze expressions of moralities among local policy-makers, professionals, and drug users in the context of the Stockholm needle and syringe exchange program (NSP).Methods Using political documentation from Stockholm (2003–2016), focus group …
Locked Out, Opened Up and Locked In by Needle and Syringe Exchange Programs: Harm Reduction in the Swedish Prohibitionist Context
Intrigued by the overwhelmingly positive response to the needle and syringe exchange program (NSP) by people who inject drugs in Stockholm, this article sought to untangle harm reduction in a prohibitionist drug policy context. The article drew on assemblage thinking and used semistructured individual interviews with 32 people who inject drugs, and three focus groups with staff at the Stockholm NSP. The aim was to dissect harm reduction in the fo…
Injecting drugs as a matter of care: Analyzing care work and action programs in risk management
In this article, we analyze the care work employed by people who inject drugs to counter risks in their life situations and make their drug use safer. Injecting drugs is associated with numerous health and social risks, such as overdose, the use of used and shared equipment, and getting caught by the police. We approach descriptions of injection events as narratives of care. Participants (N=32) were recruited for semi-structured interviews primar…
Willingness and contextual considerations for supervised consumption sites: A mixed-methods study among people who inject drugs in Stockholm
Our results suggest high SCS acceptability among a marginalised cohort of people who inject drugs in Stockholm. Results confirm and extend prior research by illuminating their perceptions, including important preferences to consider when designing a future SCS in Sweden
Stakeholders’ opportunities and attempts to influence drug policy in Sweden
Background Drug policy is a polarized and value-laden policy area with divergent interests of stakeholders. Through a Swedish case study, this article examines stakeholders’ strategies to influence drug policy, and perceptions of their own and others’ opportunities to influence drug policy—a topic that has not been systematically analyzed previously.Methods The analysis of 38 semi-structured key informant interviews with stakeholders within the n…
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (7 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (5 works) · Drug (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Addiction (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)