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Global coverage of interventions to prevent and manage drug-related harms among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

Academic article

Harm reduction and treatment programmes are essential for reducing harms for people who inject drugs (PWID). We aimed to update estimates from a 2017…

Source : The Lancet Global Health
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Treatment and harm reduction

Cross-Cultural Series #2: Drug Use, Harm Reduction, and Working with People Who Use Drugs

Webinar

The second of three trainings to introduce learners to harm reduction, designed for Indigenous and settler ethno-cultural HIV/AIDS organizations. Par…

Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Background information on harm reduction, Why people use substances, Spectrum of substance use

Engaging people who use drugs to build organizational capacity

Online learning module

This course addresses a topic that is never settled. Agencies, programs, and individuals involved in harm reduction can always deepen and improve eng…

Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Challenging structural stigma, Best practices and engagement toolkits

Structural Stigma – Personal Experience Stories

Video

People were asked share how structural stigma impacts their access to health-care services. These are the stories they shared.  “Access Denied” – ho…

Source : Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Challenging structural stigma, Stories and perspectives

The EQUIP Equity Action Kit

Tool

The EQUIP Equity Action Kit (Action Kit) is designed to help guide organizations in diverse health and social service settings who want to implement …

Source : EQUIP Health Care
Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Planning for equity, Determinants of health, Challenging structural stigma

The Unforgotten Toolkit: An education guide to learn about, reflect on and dismantle anti-indigenous racism in health care

Tool

The Unforgotten is a film exploring the health and wellness experiences  of Inuit, Métis and First Nations peoples across the five stages of life:  b…

Source : Canadian Medical Association, Build Films
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Indigenous cultural safety, Anti-racism

“Nothing About Us Without Us” - Greater, Meaningful Involvement of People Who Use Illegal Drugs: A Public Health, Ethical, and Human Rights Imperative

Background document

This booklet summarizes the main issues addressed in the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network’s paper on greater involvement of people who use illegal dru…

Source : HIV Legal Network
Format: PDF
Published: 2005
Topics: Best practices and engagement toolkits

Improving access to mental health and addictions services and supports for older Indigenous adults, using a cultural safety and equity lens

Report

Older Indigenous adults residing in off-reserve urban population centres face unique and complex challenges and barriers to accessing mental health a…

Source : National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Determinants of health, Indigenous cultural safety

Living Health Equity Values In Public Health Organizations: A Review And Dialogue-Based Tool

Tool

This document summarizes literature and practice evidence about identifying and applying organizational values to support health equity action by pub…

Source : National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)
Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Planning for equity, Equity centered approaches

A Culturally Relevant Gender Based Analysis Framework

Toolkit

This resource blends an Indigenous, anti-oppressive, trauma informed approach to gender-based analysis. This considers colonization, the imposition o…

Source : Native Women's Association of Canada
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Indigenous cultural safety