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Equitable substance use treatment for migrants and ethnic minorities : the entwinement of micro and meso barriers and facilitators Universiteit Gent
In Europe, the prerequisites of equitable substance use treatment (SUT) for migrants and ethnic minorities (MEM) remain understudied. This qualitative study maps barriers and facilitators identified by 14 professionals in Flanders, Belgium. The analysis identified micro and meso level barriers and how they intersect. Whereas barriers to treatment are often attributed to the client (vulnerabilities, language, trust, knowledge) our results ...
Optimizing digital tools for the field of substance use and substance use disorders : backcasting exercise Universiteit Gent
Background: Substance use trends are complex; they often rapidly evolve and necessitate an intersectional approach in research, service, and policy making. Current and emerging digital tools related to substance use are promising but also create a range of challenges and opportunities. Objective: This paper reports on a backcasting exercise aimed at the development of a roadmap that identifies values, challenges, facilitators, and milestones to ...
A scoping review on the role of race and ethnicity in criminal justice diversion to treatment Universiteit Gent
Existing research on these criminal justice diversion options is primarily concerned with the effectiveness of criminal justice diversion to treatment in reducing recidivism and in lived experiences. It pays little attention to disparities in the application of criminal justice diversions to treatment, let alone to the role of extralegal variables like race and ethnic background in that regard. To gain insight into what current research shows ...
Equitable substance use treatment for migrants and ethnic minorities : the case of Flanders, Belgium Universiteit Gent
This PhD thesis addresses the complex question of whether equitable substance use treatment (SUT) exists for migrants and ethnic minorities (MEM) and how it can be achieved in Flanders, Belgium. The thesis departs from a health equity perspective, ecosocial theory and intersectional theory, and brings together 8 articles. It is divided in a first theoretical part on contextualising culture and ethnicity in SUT and research and a second (more ...
Recovery capital among migrants and ethnic minorities : a qualitative systematic review of first-person perspectives Universiteit Gent
Equitable substance use treatment for migrants and ethnic minorities in Flanders, Belgium : service coordinator and expert perspectives Universiteit Gent
Despite mounting evidence of disparities in health service provision for migrants and ethnic minorities (MEM) across EU countries, there has been limited research into how services (meso) and policy (macro) can contribute to reducing these disparities. In Flemish (Belgian) substance use treatment (SUT) policy making, no systematic attention is given to MEM. Nevertheless, preliminary studies have identified some disparities, especially among ...
Responding to drug-related problems among migrants, refugees and ethnic minorities in Europe Universiteit Gent
Migration has had an increasing impact on European policy making over the past decade, in the wake of what has been called the ‘refugee migration peak’. In addition to an influx of refugees, European countries have experienced relatively new intra-European migration flows, while health and social disparities persist among populations with longer-established migration patterns. This paper presents the available prevalence studies of illicit ...
How to evaluate complex drug policies? A case study of the Belgian drug policy Universiteit Gent
Evaluation is widely considered an essential part of drug policy. Nevertheless, evaluators are often confronted with methodological and theoretical challenges, especially when dealing with complex policy initiatives like a national drug policy. After all, drug policies are characterized by high degrees of uncertainty and emergence, but also by gradual adaptation and dynamical patterns, bringing high levels of unpredictability. To match the ...