Medical Xpress January 13, 2025
A new study led by a Georgia State University researcher finds that the opioid epidemic and rural homelessness are exacerbating each other with devastating consequences.
School of Public Health Assistant Professor April Ballard and her colleagues examined data from the Rural Opioid Initiative on more than 3,000 people who use drugs in eight rural areas across 10 states.
They found that 54% of study participants reported experiencing homelessness in the past six months, a figure that suggests Point in Time Counts used to allocate state and federal funding significantly underestimate homeless populations in rural areas. The findings are published in the January edition of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
“Rural houselessness is very much an issue in the United...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor