The intersection of the “opioid crisis” with changes in US immigration policy

Contextual barriers to substance abuse research with Latinx communities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15414101
AutoresMicki Washburn (0000-0003-1486-2501, The University of Texas at Arlington, autor correspondente), Luis R Torres (0000-0001-5998-7688, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), Nicole Moore (0000-0003-1262-5991, University of Houston), Nicole Echeveria Moore (University of Houston), Alberto Mancillas (University of Houston)
Ano2020
Volume20
Fascículo4
Páginas335-340
Data de publicação2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1533-256X • E-ISSN: 1533-2578
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1533256x.2020.1838857
PMID33402878
OpenAlexW3094047352
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas6

One of the 12 Grand Challenges facing contemporary social work is to close the health gap experienced by those in historically marginalized communities (Uehara et al., 2013). As social workers, we seek to understand the individual, interpersonal, social, and environmental factors along with the structural inequities leading to initiation and continuation of substance misuse. We are constantly contextualizing the circumstances under which substance misuse occurs, as well as contextualizing our approaches to addressing this issue from both a public health and social justice perspective. In order to adequately meet this challenge, considerably more research-based knowledge on the substance use treatment needs and preferences of America's largest ethnic/cultural group, Latinx, is needed. This brief report outlines current challenges associated with substance use research focusing on active Latinx heroin users living in a border state in a time of rapidly evolving social policy related to immigration, substance regulation, and public health

Cartography · Criminology · Geography · Immigration · Intersection (aeronautics · Opioid · Opioid abuse · Opioid epidemic · Political science · Psychiatry · Substance abuse · Substance use · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Psychology · Social Psychology