Siddhi S Ganesh
Biographic Data
| ID | 6653456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siddhi S Ganesh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siddhi S |
| FAMILY NAME | Ganesh |
| SIGNATURE | GANESH S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4330-180X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“I’m Treated Way Differently”
Introduction This research aimed to understand the perspectives and experiences of pregnant individuals using cannabis as they navigate healthcare settings and their pregnancies. We applied the lens of the intersectional risk environment, a harm reduction framework which explores the ways that social locations and environmental factors combine to impact health and well-being.Methods Using qualitative, constructivist grounded theory methods, we co…
Healthcare disparities and stress-driven substance use
Housing and displacement as risk factors for negative health outcomes among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO, USA
The United States is currently experiencing a housing and homelessness crisis. In response, many cities have adopted policies of displacement that move unhoused people from place to place. Recent research indicates that these policies may have negative health impacts on unhoused people who use drugs. We sought to examine health risks associated with forced displacement among unhoused people who inject drugs (PWID). We interviewed a community-recr…
“It’s Not Just One Decision, It’s a Whole Lifestyle Change”
Background: Understanding socio-cultural factors associated with motivation to seek treatment is critical to addressing persistent mortality related to injection and opioid drug use. Objective: Using mixed methods, we examined factors associated with readiness to change substance use among structurally vulnerable people who inject drugs (PWID), recruited from Los Angeles and Denver (n = 472) between 2021 and 2022. Results: Readiness was categoriz…
Psychiatric Medication Treatment, Concurrent Substance Use, and Subsistence Difficulty Among People Who Inject Drugs with Diagnosed Mental Health Disorders in Los Angeles and Denver
BACKGROUND: Limited literature exists on how concurrent substance use and difficulty meeting basic needs impact recent psychiatric treatment among people who inject drugs (PWID) with diagnosed mental health disorders in the U.S. This study assessed the prevalence of taking current psychiatric medication treatment, and its association with concurrent substance use and subsistence difficulty. METHOD: Baseline data from a prospective cohort study in…
Material hardship, forced displacement, and negative health outcomes among unhoused people who use drugs in Los Angeles, California and Denver, Colorado
This LCA indicates that among PWUD experiencing homelessness there exist distinct differences in resource access and material hardship, and that these differences are linked with political, social, substance use, and other health outcomes. We add to the literature on the relationship between poverty and health among PWUD. Policies which increase difficulty accessing necessary material resources may negatively impact health in this population
Heroin injection to fentanyl smoking
Sleep Health among Community-Recruited Opioid-Using People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO
Chronic insufficient and poor-quality sleep are linked to hypertension, diabetes, depression, heart attack, and stroke. While studies on substance use and sleep typically focus on people in or entering treatment, there is a lack of research on sleep health among community-recruited people who inject drugs (PWID). To address this literature gap, we examined factors associated with insufficient and poor-quality sleep among community-recruited PWID.…
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Sleep Health among Community-Recruited Opioid-Using People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO
Chronic insufficient and poor-quality sleep are linked to hypertension, diabetes, depression, heart attack, and stroke. While studies on substance use and sleep typically focus on people in or entering treatment, there is a lack of research on sleep health among community-recruited people who inject drugs (PWID). To address this literature gap, we examined factors associated with insufficient and poor-quality sleep among community-recruited PWID.…
“It’s Not Just One Decision, It’s a Whole Lifestyle Change”
Background: Understanding socio-cultural factors associated with motivation to seek treatment is critical to addressing persistent mortality related to injection and opioid drug use. Objective: Using mixed methods, we examined factors associated with readiness to change substance use among structurally vulnerable people who inject drugs (PWID), recruited from Los Angeles and Denver (n = 472) between 2021 and 2022. Results: Readiness was categoriz…
Psychiatric Medication Treatment, Concurrent Substance Use, and Subsistence Difficulty Among People Who Inject Drugs with Diagnosed Mental Health Disorders in Los Angeles and Denver
BACKGROUND: Limited literature exists on how concurrent substance use and difficulty meeting basic needs impact recent psychiatric treatment among people who inject drugs (PWID) with diagnosed mental health disorders in the U.S. This study assessed the prevalence of taking current psychiatric medication treatment, and its association with concurrent substance use and subsistence difficulty. METHOD: Baseline data from a prospective cohort study in…
Material hardship, forced displacement, and negative health outcomes among unhoused people who use drugs in Los Angeles, California and Denver, Colorado
This LCA indicates that among PWUD experiencing homelessness there exist distinct differences in resource access and material hardship, and that these differences are linked with political, social, substance use, and other health outcomes. We add to the literature on the relationship between poverty and health among PWUD. Policies which increase difficulty accessing necessary material resources may negatively impact health in this population
Heroin injection to fentanyl smoking
“I’m Treated Way Differently”
Introduction This research aimed to understand the perspectives and experiences of pregnant individuals using cannabis as they navigate healthcare settings and their pregnancies. We applied the lens of the intersectional risk environment, a harm reduction framework which explores the ways that social locations and environmental factors combine to impact health and well-being.Methods Using qualitative, constructivist grounded theory methods, we co…
Healthcare disparities and stress-driven substance use
Housing and displacement as risk factors for negative health outcomes among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO, USA
The United States is currently experiencing a housing and homelessness crisis. In response, many cities have adopted policies of displacement that move unhoused people from place to place. Recent research indicates that these policies may have negative health impacts on unhoused people who use drugs. We sought to examine health risks associated with forced displacement among unhoused people who inject drugs (PWID). We interviewed a community-recr…
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Substance use (3 works) · Biostatistics (2 works)