Structural Racism and the Opioid Overdose Epidemic: The Need for Antiracist Public Health Practice

Hillary V. Kunins

2020Journal of Public Health Management and Practice90 citationsDOI

Abstract

Division of Mental Hygiene, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, New York. Correspondence: Hillary V. Kunins, MD, MPH, MS, Division of Mental Hygiene, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 42-09 28th St, 19th Floor, Queens, NY 11101 ([email protected]). The author thanks Jasmine Graves, Bennett Allen, and Dr Denise Paone for their thoughtful critiques of earlier drafts of this article. The author declares no conflict of interest.

Topics & Concepts

Mental hygieneMental healthHygieneCriminologyRacismOpioid overdosePublic healthPsychologyPsychiatryMedicineSociologyNursingOpioidGender studies(+)-NaloxoneReceptorInternal medicinePathologyOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPrenatal Substance Exposure EffectsSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes