Understanding women’s perspectives on take-home naloxone: New research broadsheet and overdose response resources

The DruGS team has just completed an innovative project exploring women’s perspectives on take-home naloxone, a drug that can temporarily reverse opioid overdose. While research suggests that gender can shape engagement with harm reduction initiatives such as take-home naloxone programs, these issues have only been fleetingly been acknowledged in available research. Responding to this, the…

Final report published: Analysing gender in research and policy on alcohol-related violence among young people

The DruGS team’s newly published report finds that more direct engagement with gender, and particularly masculinities, should be central to future efforts to address alcohol and violence. Importantly, the report offers several recommendations for how research and policy on alcohol and violence can more effectively attend to gender. You can find a copy of the…