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How an emergency department is organized to provide opioid-specific harm reduction and facilitators and barriers to harm reduction implementation: a systems perspective

Academic article

The intersection of dual public health emergencies—the COVID-19 pandemic and the drug toxicity crisis—has led to an urgent need for acute care based …

Source : Harm Reduction Journal
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites, Other approaches

Conversations of Substance with Guest Dr. Kim Corace, Ph.D.

Podcast

The Conversations of Substance podcast series asks difficult questions and suggests multiple answers to complex issues around people’s health with re…

Source : CAPSA
Format: Audio
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Treatment and harm reduction

Challenging Structural Substance Use Stigma Package | Online Delivery

Workshop materials

Communities and professionals across Canada identify stigma within the healthcare system, specifically structural stigma, as a key barrier to impleme…

Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), CAPSA
Format: PDF
Published: 2024
Topics: Challenging structural stigma

Alcool au féminin | Rapport sur les enjeux liés à la consommation d'alcool chez les Québécoises

Report

Bien que les femmes aient aujourd’hui une consommation d’alcool qui se rapproche à celle des hommes, les effets et les risques sont différents pour c…

Source : Association pour la santé publique du Québec (ASPQ)
Format: PDF
Published: 2024
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Population-specific resources

Données Probantes: Recommandations canadiennes pour l’usage du cannabis à moindre risque dans le cas de psychoses (RUCMR-PSYCH)

Guide

Cette ressource résume les fondements scientifiques des 11 recommandations visant à réduire les risques de psychose liés à l'usage de cannabis.

Source : Laboratoire Didier Jutras-Aswad
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Best practices and guidelines, Substance-specific resources

Changes in harm reduction service providers professional quality of life during dual public health emergencies in Canada

Academic article

Harm reduction (HR) is a critical response to the pronounced toxicity deaths being experienced inCanada. HR providers report many benefits of their j…

Source : Harm Reduction Journal
Format: PDF
Published: 2024
Topics: Harm reduction

Talking to Healthcare Providers: A Guide For Young People in Canada

Guide, Fact sheet/infographic

In 2023, CPHA and CSSDP partnered to create this tool for young people who use drugs (YPWUD) to use when interacting with healthcare providers. This …

Source : Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Population-specific resources, Challenging structural stigma

Cannabis et psychose: Boîte à outils clinique

Toolkit

En plus des lignes directrices, une série de ressources ont été développées pour soutenir la sensibilisation, l’éducation et la mise en œuvre des RUC…

Source : Laboratoire Didier Jutras-Aswad
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Best practices and guidelines, Substance-specific resources

OPPC: Effective and Safe Opioid Use for Chronic Pain in Children

Online learning module

The Online Paediatric Pain Curriculum (OPPC) is a free, mobile friendly, broad education platform created by over 40 authors based on the Internation…

Source : Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP)
Format: Link
Published: 2024
Topics: Population-specific resources, Best practices and guidelines, Pain management

Pearls for prescribers: Effective & Safe Use of Opioids for Post-surgical Pain

Background document

This educational resource for prescribers provides a general overview of considerations for prescribing opioids for pain following surgery. It provid…

Source : Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP)
Format: PDF
Published: 2024
Topics: Pain management, Population-specific resources