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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kattakuzhy, Sarah
• Rosenthal, Elana

Titel

Expanding the Evidence on Integrated Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease Care

Ist Teil von

• Journal of addiction medicine, 2021-11, Vol.15 (6), p.452-453

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Low-barrier to access programs has emerged as a way to overcome the significant hurdles associated with buprenorphine initiation. However, there has been limited research evaluating services set in low-barrier programs outside of buprenorphine. In this issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine, Harvey and colleagues evaluate a sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection screening protocol implemented in a low-barrier access program in Boston, Massachusetts. The data supports that infection protocols can be efficiently implemented in the low-barrier setting, yielding high rates of diagnosis, and the potential for decentralized models of treatment.