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Subst Use Addctn J
January 2025
Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals have the highest rates of opioid overdose mortality and chronic pain (CP) compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. These individuals also report higher rates of pain anxiety and pain catastrophizing, which are both associated with poorer outcomes and risk for opioid misuse (OM) and opioid use disorder (OUD) among individuals with CP. Yet, no prior studies have examined rates of comorbid pain and OUD among AI/AN adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Environ Res Public Health
November 2020
Center on Alcoholism, Department of Psychology, Substance Abuse, & Addiction, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Evidence suggests that countries with neoliberal political and economic philosophical underpinnings have greater health inequalities compared to less neoliberal countries. But few studies examine how neoliberalism specifically impacts health inequalities involving highly vulnerable populations, such as Indigenous groups. Even fewer take this perspective from an oral health viewpoint.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAddiction
April 2021
Department of Psychology and Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
J Subst Abuse Treat
February 2021
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th St., Seattle, WA 98105, USA. Electronic address:
This commentary focuses on how some Indigenous communities in the United States (U.S.) and Canada are addressing the opioid epidemic within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of the co-authors as researchers, clinicians, and pharmacists working within or among Indigenous communities in three eastern Canadian provinces and two western U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Crit Care
December 2020
Divisao de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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