Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research
The risk environment framework (REF) is a widely-accepted tool in policy research related to drug use. Its prevalence warrants a critical exploration of its strengths and weaknesses. This critical appraisal is a comprehensive analysis of the REF by definition and through relevant examples of its use...
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| author | Tyson Singh Kelsall MSW Jenn McDermid MA Echo Vieira BA AJ Withers PhD Vince Tao BA Jackie Dives Tara Myketiak MSW Nanky Rai MD Jake Seaby Palmour MSW Mathew Fleury MPH |
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| description | The risk environment framework (REF) is a widely-accepted tool in policy research related to drug use. Its prevalence warrants a critical exploration of its strengths and weaknesses. This critical appraisal is a comprehensive analysis of the REF by definition and through relevant examples of its use within the context of public health evaluations, social science research, and epidemiological strategies in substance use-related policy. We examine the tensions inherent to a risk environment analysis, centering on its deficit-based lens of behavior, risk, and harm. This narrative review argues for shifts in frameworks within drug policy research away from individual- and community-level blame. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa1ad409bcbe41779e87ffa29d87365d2025-08-20T02:34:48ZengSAGE PublishingInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing0046-95801945-72432024-12-016110.1177/00469580241308442Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use ResearchTyson Singh Kelsall MSW0Jenn McDermid MA1Echo Vieira BA2AJ Withers PhD3Vince Tao BA4Jackie Dives5Tara Myketiak MSW6Nanky Rai MD7Jake Seaby Palmour MSW8Mathew Fleury MPH9Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CanadaInterdisciplinary Studies Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaCentre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, BC, CanadaRuth Wynn Woodward Junior Chair, Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BCVancouver Area Network of Drug Users, Vancouver, BC, CanadaIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC, CAIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC, CADepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, USAIndependent Researcher, Vancouver, BC, CAFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CanadaThe risk environment framework (REF) is a widely-accepted tool in policy research related to drug use. Its prevalence warrants a critical exploration of its strengths and weaknesses. This critical appraisal is a comprehensive analysis of the REF by definition and through relevant examples of its use within the context of public health evaluations, social science research, and epidemiological strategies in substance use-related policy. We examine the tensions inherent to a risk environment analysis, centering on its deficit-based lens of behavior, risk, and harm. This narrative review argues for shifts in frameworks within drug policy research away from individual- and community-level blame.https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580241308442 |
| spellingShingle | Tyson Singh Kelsall MSW Jenn McDermid MA Echo Vieira BA AJ Withers PhD Vince Tao BA Jackie Dives Tara Myketiak MSW Nanky Rai MD Jake Seaby Palmour MSW Mathew Fleury MPH Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
| title | Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research |
| title_full | Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research |
| title_fullStr | Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research |
| title_short | Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research |
| title_sort | depoliticization of violence critical limits of risk environment frameworks in drug use research |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580241308442 |
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