Gender and addiction intervention in the context of a pandemic with people in socially precarious situations

Google translate: This knowledge synthesis aims to guide the improvement of addiction practices in the context of a pandemic, taking into account an analysis based on sex and gender relating to the various social and health needs of people in socially precarious situations. Individuals in socially precarious situations facing problematic substance use face increased risks with respect to COVID-19 compared to the general population. Often struggling with chronic health conditions, these people are particularly at risk of facing serious consequences if they become infected, while health instructions tend to be more difficult to apply to their living environment. The experience of a pandemic can contribute to triggering or aggravating a psychosocial crisis in these people who already face co-occurring mental disorders. The WHO points out that the social consequences of COVID-19 hit women even harder (economic precariousness, single parenthood, violence, barriers to access to services, etc.). A scoping review will examine best practice guides and evaluative studies to identify gender-responsive addiction interventions that can be recommended for people in social precariousness in the context of COVID-19. Also, approximately 30 individual interviews of 45 to 60 minutes will be conducted with key players in Quebec who have professional expertise or experiential knowledge on the subject of study (decision makers, practitioners and drug users). The knowledge synthesis will make it possible to integrate the results of these two components in order to guide the co-production of recommendations with the team of this project, which integrates researchers and users of knowledge from the fields of addiction and public health.]