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Record W3135170985 · doi:10.1097/cxa.0000000000000103

An Inside Perspective of the Opioid Overdose Crisis in Vancouver: A Secondary Qualitative Study

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Michaela Kelly, Scott Hodgson, Ellen Wiebe

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Canadian Journal of Addiction · 2021
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicOpioid Use Disorder Treatment
Canadian institutionsUniversity of British Columbia
Fundersnot available
KeywordsHarm reductionThematic analysisQualitative researchMedicinePopulationNursingPsychiatryPsychologyPublic healthEnvironmental healthSociology

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Objectives: To explore the perceptions of the opioid crisis among individuals living in poverty and using illicit substances in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver. Design: A qualitative design using secondary analysis of semi-structured interviews. Setting: This study was set in Vancouver's DTES in 2017. This neighbourhood is often considered “the poorest postal code in Canada”, and has a history of substance use and marginalization. There were a record number of opioid overdoses in the DTES during this time. Participants were recruited from peer harm-reduction agencies and were currently using opioids or had previous experience using opioids. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed. Secondary thematic analysis was performed in an iterative manner to identify major themes. Findings: Transcripts of 33 interviews were analyzed. Four major themes were identified: (1) the overwhelming trauma of living within the opioid crisis with respect to both the suddenness and number of deaths, (2) a community response including activism, harm reduction, and a responsibility to save others from overdose, (3) the marginalization and stigma that the population of individuals using substances continues to face, and (4) the importance of recognizing human rights as drug user rights. Conclusions: DTES residents have been heavily impacted by the overwhelming trauma of the opioid crisis, but participants also spoke of community responsiveness and responsibility. Based on these findings, peer harm reduction training programs should account for the potential emotional impact in the training of new peers, and trauma-informed care should acknowledge that many members of this community are grieving. Objectifs: Explorer les perceptions de la crise des opioïdes chez les personnes vivant dans la pauvreté et utilisant des substances illicites dans le Downtown Eastside (DTES) de Vancouver. Conception: Une conception qualitative utilisant une analyse secondaire d’entretiens semi-structurés. Contexte: Cette étude a été réalisée dans le DTES de Vancouver en 2017. Ce quartier est souvent considéré comme «le code postal le plus pauvre du Canada» et a des antécédents de consommation de substances et de marginalisation. Il y a eu un nombre record de surdoses d’opioïdes dans le DTES pendant cette période. Les participants ont été recrutés dans des organismes homologues de réduction des méfaits et utilisaient actuellement des opioïdes ou avaient déjà utilisé des opioïdes. Méthodes: Les entretiens semi-structurés ont été enregistrés et transcrits. Une analyse thématique secondaire a été réalisée de manière itérative pour identifier les grands thèmes. Résultats: Les transcriptions de 33 entrevues ont été analysées. Quatre thèmes majeurs ont été identifiés: (1) le traumatisme accablant de vivre dans la crise des opioïdes en ce qui concerne à la fois la soudaineté et le nombre de décès, (2) une réponse communautaire comprenant l’activisme, la réduction méfaits et la responsabilité de sauver les autres d’une surdose, (3) la marginalisation et la stigmatisation auxquelles la population des consommateurs de drogues continue de faire face, et (4) l’importance de reconnaître les droits de l’homme en tant que droits des consommateurs de drogues. Conclusions: les résidents du DTES ont été fortement touchés par le traumatisme écrasant de la crise des opioïdes, mais les participants ont également parlé de la réactivité et de la responsabilité de la communauté. Sur la base de ces résultats, les programmes de formation sur la réduction des méfaits par les pairs devraient tenir compte de l’impact émotionnel potentiel de la formation des nouveaux camarades, et les soins tenant compte des traumatismes devraient reconnaître que de nombreux membres de cette communauté sont en deuil.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Qualitative · Consensus signal: Qualitative
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.618
Threshold uncertainty score0.932

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.014
GPT teacher head0.305
Teacher spread0.291 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designQualitative
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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