Providers’ perspectives on what heroin-assisted treatment ought to be: a qualitative study
Marja Leonhardt, Rune Ellefsen, Vegard Kokabzadeh Haukland, Linda Elise Couëssurel Wüsthoff · 2026
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Marja Leonhardt and colleagues ask clinicians what heroin-assisted treatment should look like in Norway in a 2026 study. The programme, launched in 2022, offers prescribed heroin to people with opioid use disorder who have not been helped enough by methadone or similar drugs. Past work links it to less crime and better health and work outcomes.
Twenty-one semi-structured interviews with programme clinicians were analysed for themes. Four broad themes emerged, the first three closely linked, centred on individualised, patient-centred care as the ideal philosophy. Clinicians also flagged practical hurdles to putting that ideal into practice. The study gives policymakers a clinician-grounded view of how to shape the programme so it serves its most marginalised patients.
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| CREATOR | Marja Leonhardt, Rune Ellefsen, Vegard Kokabzadeh Haukland, Linda Elise Couëssurel Wüsthoff |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |