This academic paper conducted a review of existing literature describing new services and service modifications implemented by treatment and harm reduction programs serving people who use opioids, and also discusses implications for policy and practice. The authors set their literature review in the specific time frame of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to analyze how the pandemic impacted these programs.
Resource Type
Peer-reviewed Articles and Reports
Continuum of Care
Treatment
Harm Reduction
Response Approach
COVID / Coronavirus related
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Overdose prevention
Citation
Krawczyk, N., Fawole, A., Yang, J., & Tofighi, B. (2021). Early innovations in opioid use disorder treatment and harm reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 16(1), 68.