Substance Use X COVID-19 Data Collaborative

Grant number: 23376207aae6258b8726

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $106,000
  • Funder

    FORE
  • Principal Investigator

    MD. Helena Hansen
  • Research Location

    United States of America
  • Lead Research Institution

    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures
  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts
  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A
  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical
  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A
  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending
  • Age Group

    Unspecified
  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified
  • Occupations of Interest

    Health Personnel

Abstract

This collaborative of social scientists, community researchers, and public health clinicians from around the world will pool data and collect field reports on grassroots innovations and social policies in their countries to assess their impact on access to treatment for opioid use disorder and other health outcomes during the pandemic. The group will recommend policy and practice changes that should be sustained after the pandemic subsides. In particular, the collaborative will be analyzing digitally mediated peer support and mobile medication delivery and social policies such as Housing First, reduced drug-related arrests, and safe drug supply measures.