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Mothers Who Use Drugs: Closing the Gaps in Harm Reduction Response Amidst the Dual Epidemics of Overdose and Violence in a Canadian Urban Setting
Academic article
This study aims to identify key gaps in overdose prevention interventions for mothers who use drugs and the paradoxical impact of institutional …
Source : American Journal of Public Health (AJPH)Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Population-specific resources
Nurturing Circles of Care
Video
Stigma impacts all aspects of treatment for people living with opioid use disorder*. This animated video was created to explore the compounding effe…
Source : Subject Matter Health Research LabFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2022
Topics: Determinants of health, Stigma reduction
Learning Together: A Model for Increasing Organizational Change Capacity for Health Equity
Guide
This document discusses organizational capacity for health equity change. It is best used alongside the companion NCCDH document 'A practice framewor…
Source : National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Determinants of health, Planning for equity
Integrating Sex and Gender Informed Evidence Into Your Practices: Ten Key Questions on Sex, Gender & Substance Use
Workbook
This workbook has been developed by researchers at the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, based on a review of literature on harm reduction, he…
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Population-specific resources
Canada's Current Approach to Substances
Background document
Canadian drug policy is multi-jurisdictional and involves interactions between many areas of policy, including social, criminal, and economic. While …
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Health promotion, Substance use policy
Harm Reduction in Canada: What Governments Need to Do Now
Guide
Canada is in urgent need of a comprehensive harm reduction policy that jettisons the failed, costly model of drug prohibition that has ravaged so man…
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction
How has COVID-19 Affected People Who Use Substances?
Video
Illegal drugs have become increasingly toxic and highly unpredictable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Toxic street drugs – combined with the unintended…
Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources, Substance-specific resources
Overdose Data and First Nations in BC: Preliminary Findings
Background document
This data is a starting point for First Nations, community leaders and health system partners to begin to better understand how the crisis has affect…
Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
Safer Supply, Opioid Agonist Treatment & Harm Reduction: National Advocacy Toolkit
Tool
This toolkit is intended for people who use drugs and their health care providers. A glossary of terms used throughout the document can be found on t…
Source : National Safer Supply Community of Practice (NSS-CoP)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Safe supply, Harm reduction, Advocacy
Helping Young People Who Use Opioids: Network of Care
Video
Explores how service providers fit into the network of care in treating a young person who uses opioids. It also explains the different ways service…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2022
Topics: Best practices and guidelines, Substance-specific resources