Is the Prescription Opioid Epidemic a White Problem?
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AffiliationsHelena Hansen is with the departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry, New York University, New York, NY, and the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY. Julie Netherland is with the Office of Academic Engagement, Drug Policy Alliance, New York.
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The development of policy and programming for SUD that disproportionately services white populations has caused disparities in effective treatment protocols for nonwhite opioid users.
“The development of policy and programming for SUD that disproportionately services white populations (Hansen and Netherland, 2016) has caused disparities in effective treatment protocols for nonwhite opioid users”
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- Authors
- Hansen, H., & Netherland, J.
- Affiliations
- Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (US)
- ORCID
- Hansen, Helena
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2127-2129
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- PMC
- PMC5105018
- OpenAlex
- W2554711731
- Cited by
- 207
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7
- FWCI
- 12.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K01DA032674)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Keywords
- prescription opioid epidemic, racial disparities, white privilege, opioid misuse, health disparities
- MeSH terms
- Analgesics, Opioid, Black or African American, Forecasting, Health Policy, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Life Expectancy, Opioid-Related Disorders, United States, White People, Prescription Drugs
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