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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 Canada
Format: 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 Policy
Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Advocacy, Why people use substances

Outil d’évaluation organisationnelle de l’usage de substances et de la stigmatisation

Toolkit

Cet outil a été conçu en partenariat avec l'ACEPA pour aider les organismes à identifier les politiques, ainsi que les facteurs environnementaux et c…

Source : CAPSA (Community Addictions Peer Support Association), Association canadienne de santé publique
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Stigma reduction, Determinants of health

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

Lutte contre la stigmatisation : vers un système de santé plus inclusif

Report

Chaque année, l'administrateur ou l'administratrice en chef de la santé publique rédige un rapport sur l'état de la santé publique au Canada. Ces rap…

Source : Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Background information on stigma

Stigma Primer for Journalists

Guide

The goal of this primer is to support reporting about people who use substances accurately and without stigma. It includes a word list and recommenda…

Source : CAPSA (Community Addictions Peer Support Association), Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Destigmatizing language

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

Nurse-Assisted Injection: A Path to Equity in Supervised Consumption Services

Report

Supervised consumption services are an essential part of health care and community services for people who use substances in British Columbia. Th…

Source : Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites

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