Resident and staff experiences of structural barriers to a housing-based overdose prevention site in Vancouver, Canada: “There is a double standard if you smoke”
Can J Public Health,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 18, 2025
Abstract
Objectives
Most
overdoses
in
British
Columbia
(BC),
Canada,
occur
within
housing
settings.
In
response,
the
provincial
government
is
increasingly
implementing
housing-based
overdose
prevention
sites
(HOPS).
Within
context
of
a
contaminated
drug
supply,
and
changing
consumption
practices,
there
little
research
examining
effectiveness
HOPS.
The
aim
this
study
was
to
explore
qualitatively
how
residents
staff
experience
HOPS,
focusing
on
intervention
fits
into
day-to-day
operations
low-barrier
facility.
Methods
This
undertaken
at
non-profit
emergency
shelter
facility,
with
HOPS
Vancouver,
BC.
We
employed
rapid-ethnographic
methods
including
six
weeks
non-participant
observation
(>
200
h),
three
focus
groups,
20
informal
interviews
residents,
10
semi-structured
staff.
Data
were
analyzed
through
an
inductive
thematic
approach.
Results
Our
results
suggest
that
facility’s
underutilized
due
variety
structural
factors,
most
prominent
these
being
lack
inhalation
services.
service
provision
exacerbates
vulnerability
stigma.
Continued
near
building
non-monitored
areas
inside
creates
challenges
for
identifying
potential
exposes
who
do
not
consume
drugs
use
building.
Conclusion
Housing
which
provides
safer
environment
include
those
smoke
urgently
needed
support
both
individuals
looking
transition
from
injecting
smoking.
Language: Английский
(Dealing with) Illegal Drugs and “Unwanted Land-Use”: A Socially Inclusive Future Planning Imagination for Drug Consumption Rooms
Journal of Planning Education and Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 17, 2025
This
article
discusses
shifts
in
planning
education.
In
particular,
it
highlights
the
future
role
of
planners
location
Drug
Consumption
Rooms
(DCRs).
The
United
Kingdom’s
experiment
with
DCRs
raises
an
important
question
for
education
and
professional
practice:
are
adequately
equipped
to
deal
“frontier
politics,”
stakeholder
reactions,
community
views
toward
DCRs?
reveals
this
is
not
case
suggests
practical,
structural
changes
U.K.
create
a
more
socially
inclusive
imagination
that
engages
effectively
illegal
drugs
harm
reduction
interventions,
how
“illegal”
should
be
planned
for.
Language: Английский
Exploring the need for overdose prevention centers in England: A qualitative community-based participatory study on the perspectives of people who use drugs in public and semi-public environments
International Journal of Drug Policy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
140, P. 104816 - 104816
Published: May 2, 2025
Language: Английский