Exploring the value and acceptability of a patient navigator program for people who inject drugs and are hospitalized for bacterial infections: patients’, community organization and healthcare workers’ perspectives

Exploring the value and acceptability of a patient navigator program for people who inject drugs and are hospitalized for bacterial infections: patients’, community organization and healthcare workers’ perspectives

Abstract Background Hospitalizations for bacterial infections are often difficult for people who inject drugs (PWID) and healthcare workers, in part due to biases and stigma associated with substance use, patients’ competing needs, such as pain and withdrawal management, and strict antibiotic treatm...

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Main Authors: Karine Bédard, Isabelle Boisvert, Marianne Rochette, Eric Racine, Valérie Martel-Laferrière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
People who inject drugs
Peer navigator
Focus groups
Bacterial infection
Hospitalization
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10617-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10617-y

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