COVID-19 and Mental Health (CMH) Initiative: Research
A Scoping Review of Ethical Considerations When Responding to the Needs of People Who Use Drugs During Public Health Emergencies
Key Messages
There is little published guidance (normative or descriptive) in the academic and grey literature to support ethical analysis and decision-making about the needs of people who use drugs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or similar previous pandemic public health emergencies. Future research needs to be conducted which centre the experiences of diverse communities of people who use drugs.
Keywords
- Ethics
- Research ethics
- Clinical ethics
- Public health ethics
- People who use drugs
- Scoping review
Author(s)
- Nominated Principal Applicant: Adrian Guta, School of Social Work, University of Windsor
- Carol Strike (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto)
- Marilou Gagnon (School of Nursing, University of Victoria)
- Katherine Rudzinski (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto)
- Melissa Perri (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto)
For more information, please contact: Adrian Guta, aguta@uwindsor.ca
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Population
People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) and Substance Use
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