Informing youth‐centred opioid agonist treatment: Findings from a retrospective chart review of youths' characteristics and patterns of opioid agonist treatment engagement in a novel integrated youth services program
Abstract:AimYouth ages 12–24 account for approximately 20% of overdoses and yet are poorly reached by opioid agonist treatment (OAT), the most widely recommended treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). This study contributes to understanding this critical gap by describing youths' patterns of OAT engagement at a novel integrated youth‐specific OAT program.MethodsA retrospective chart review was carried out on electronic medical records of n = 23 youth with OUD accessing a community‐based integrated youth services (IYS… Show more
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