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Plan d’action : Prévenir les méfaits liés à la consommation de substances chez les jeunes par une approche globale de la santé en milieu scolaire
Framework
Le Plan d’action donne aux communautés scolaires des conseils qui les aideront à réfléchir différemment quant à la consommation de substances chez…
Source : Agence de la santé publique du CanadaFormat: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Best practices and implementation, Upstream interventions, Harm reduction, Other approaches, Equity centered approaches
Québec Guide to Improving Practices in the Management of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Guide
The Québec Guide to Improving Practices in the Management of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a publication of the Institut universitaire sur les dépenda…
Source : Équipe de soutien clinique et organisationnel en dépendance et itinérance (ESCODI), Institut universitaire sur les dépendances (IUD)Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Best practices and guidelines, Best practices and implementation, Treatment and harm reduction
Special Issue: Negotiating tensions in research and activism as people who use drugs
Academic article
This special issue celebrates people who use drugs. The papers recognize negotiations between the personal and professional (from activists and acade…
Source : International Journal of Drug PolicyFormat: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Advocacy, Why people use substances
Understanding Substance Use: Educator's Guide
Guide
Designed for education professionals (teachers, guidance counsellors, coaches, social workers and so on) working with youth from grades 6–12 to gain …
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Population-specific resources, Health promotion, Promotion and communication
Theory in Action: Public Health and Community Power Building for Health Equity
Academic article
Within the field of public health, there is growing awareness of how complex social conditions shape health outcomes and the role that power plays in…
Source : Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Planning for equity
Beyond Prohibition
Report
BC is experiencing a public health crisis stemming from an influx in toxic drug supply. The number of overdose deaths has skyrocketed in recent years…
Source : BC Health Coalition, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Substance use policy
Let’s Talk: Advocacy and health equity
Document
This document in our 'Let's Talk' Series highlights the importance of advocacy as a strategy and practice within public health, and describes the dif…
Source : National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)Format: PDF
Published: 2015
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Advocacy
Approches fondées sur des données probantes pour traiter la dépendance à la méthamphétamine
Document
Utilisez ces ressources au sein du personnel pour réfléchir à ce qui se fait déjà et aux changements qui peuvent être apportés pour mieux servir les …
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's HealthFormat: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Substance-specific resources, Treatment and harm reduction, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses
Case Study: Supervised consumption site at the Blood Ties Four Directions Centre
Document
The supervised consumption site (SCS) at Blood Ties Four Directions Centre provides a safe space for people to consume their drugs by injection, snor…
Source : CATIE, Blood Ties Four Directions CentreFormat: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Supervised consumption sites
Champions and Changemakers: Real-World Examples of Approaches that Address Mental Illness- and Substance Use-Related Structural Stigma in Canada’s Health-Care System
Report
In August 2020, the MHCC put out a public call for expressions of interest to identify examples of innovative models of care, quality improvement ini…
Source : Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Challenging structural stigma