A Descriptive Comparison of Substance Use Services in Recovery and Isolation Sites for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Boston and Toronto

Miriam T H Harris; Samantha Young; Joshua Barocas; Ahmed M Bayoumi; Alexander Caudarella; Gab Laurence; Mary Tomanovich; Miriam Komaromy

doi:10.1177/00333549211032974

A Descriptive Comparison of Substance Use Services in Recovery and Isolation Sites for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Boston and Toronto

Public Health Rep. 2021 Sep-Oct;136(5):532-537. doi: 10.1177/00333549211032974. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

Authors

Miriam T H Harris^{1

2

3}, Samantha Young^{4

5}, Joshua Barocas^{1

3

6}, Ahmed M Bayoumi^{4

5

7

8}, Alexander Caudarella⁹, Gab Laurence¹⁰, Mary Tomanovich¹, Miriam Komaromy^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ 1836 Grayken Center for Addiction, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
² Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ 10071 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ 204352 Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; harm reduction; homelessness; substance use.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Boston / epidemiology
COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / mortality
Canada / epidemiology
Drug Overdose / epidemiology
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons / statistics & numerical data*
Pandemics
Patient Isolation / organization & administration*
SARS-CoV-2
Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
Substance-Related Disorders / therapy

Grants and funding

R25 DA037756/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States