Grant: CIHR Fellowship
University of British Columbia
$135,000.00
The Role of Material Security in Improving Health for People Who Use Drugs
FY 2017-18
Summary
It is well known that access to sufficient and stable income promotes health. Material security (e.g.,housing, food, and service access) may operate distinctly from income security yet may also be critically important to health. Nevertheless, material security and its relationship with employment is not well understood, an important oversight in research on people who use illicit drugs (PWUD) given that acquisition of drugs may disrupt the translation of income into material well-being. This project seeks to examine the role of material security in improving health for PWUD in British Columbia using mixed methods. This is of critical importance given the current opioid epidemic and may help to uncover innovative ways of preventing drug-related harm and overdose.
This project will generate scientific knowledge about: 1) factors that enhance material security over time; 2) the impact of material security on health; 3) an understanding of what material security means to PWUD.
Department
Program
CIHR Fellowship
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
376054
Name
van Draanen Earwaker Jenna
Region
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
Health Research Training A - Post-PhD (HTA)
Projecttitle
The Role of Material Security in Improving Health for People Who Use Drugs
Programtype2
Fellowship Programs
Orgnameinp2
University of British Columbia
Cihramount2
$135,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
CIHR Fellowship
Keyworddelim
Illicit Drug Use; In-Depth Interviews; Income Security; Low-Barrier Employment; Material Security; Mediation; Mixed Methods; Secondary Data Analysis; Social Determinants Of Health; Substance Use
Abstract
It is well known that access to sufficient and stable income promotes health. Material security (e.g.,housing, food, and service access) may operate distinctly from income security yet may also be critically important to health. Nevertheless, material security and its relationship with employment is not well understood, an important oversight in research on people who use illicit drugs (PWUD) given that acquisition of drugs may disrupt the translation of income into material well-being. This project seeks to examine the role of material security in improving health for PWUD in British Columbia using mixed methods. This is of critical importance given the current opioid epidemic and may help to uncover innovative ways of preventing drug-related harm and overdose.
This project will generate scientific knowledge about: 1) factors that enhance material security over time; 2) the impact of material security on health; 3) an understanding of what material security means to PWUD.
Competitiondate
201711
Approvedterm2
3 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
van Draanen Earwaker, Jenna
Approvedterm
3 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $135,000~ $0~
