COVID-19 During the Opioid Epidemic - Exacerbation of Stigma and Vulnerabilities

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois.
² Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois.
³ Department of Public Health and Recreation, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois.
⁴ Department of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois.
⁵ The Community Action Place, Murphysboro, Illinois.
⁶ Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, New York.
⁷ Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁸ Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
¹⁰ Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago Medical Sciences, Chicago, Illinois.
¹¹ School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Wiley D Jenkins et al. J Rural Health. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;37(1):172-174.

doi: 10.1111/jrh.12442. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

¹ Department of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois.
² Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois.
³ Department of Public Health and Recreation, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois.
⁴ Department of Population Science and Policy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois.
⁵ The Community Action Place, Murphysboro, Illinois.
⁶ Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, New York.
⁷ Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
⁸ Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
¹⁰ Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago Medical Sciences, Chicago, Illinois.
¹¹ School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19. drug abuse; health disparities; policy; social determinants of health.

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