2023
Responding to health policy recommendations on managing opioid use disorder during Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Divergent responses from the frontline to the west
Ivasiy R, de Leon S, Meteliuk A, Fomenko T, Pykalo I, Bromberg D, Madden L, Farnum S, Islam Z, Altice F. Responding to health policy recommendations on managing opioid use disorder during Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Divergent responses from the frontline to the west. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 10: 1044677. PMID: 36711398, PMCID: PMC9880308, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1044677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRussia’s invasionMartial lawRegions of UkrainePolicy recommendationsDepth interviewsHealth policy recommendationsEmergency policiesInternal displacementPolicyDistribution policyUkraineHealthcare servicesOpioid agonist treatment programExperienceWarSeries of adaptationsConflictInterviewsLegislationFrontlineCountriesDivergent responsesProvisionDirectorsPractice
2020
Rapid transitional response to the COVID-19 pandemic by opioid agonist treatment programs in Ukraine
Meteliuk A, Galvez de Leon SJ, Madden LM, Pykalo I, Fomenko T, Filippovych M, Farnum SO, Dvoryak S, Islam ZM, Altice FL. Rapid transitional response to the COVID-19 pandemic by opioid agonist treatment programs in Ukraine. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2020, 121: 108164. PMID: 33191004, PMCID: PMC7769928, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyTake-home dosingInterim guidanceShort-term overall mortalityOpioid agonist treatment programPerson clinical encountersOAT deliveryAgonist therapyOverall mortalityCOVID-19 transmissionPatient dropoutOAT patientsNaloxone distributionOverdose educationClinical practiceClinic interactionsTreatment programClinical encountersPatientsCliniciansCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicOverdosesDosingPrevious year