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Integrating Culture into Opioid-Related Harm Reduction Programs

Webinar

This webinar, "Integrating Culture into Opioid-Related Harm Reduction Programs," was hosted by Shkaabe Makwa as the final webinar in the Âciwina Mâyi…

Source : Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Shkaabe Makwa
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Other approaches, Determinants of health, Indigenous cultural safety, Population-specific resources

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

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

Understanding Indigenous Health Inequalities Through A Social Determinants Model

Report

Understanding Indigenous Health Inequalities through a Social Determinants Model, written by Charlotte Loppie and Fred Wien, provides an update to th…

Source : National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Determinants of health, Indigenous cultural safety

Métis-Specific Gender Based Analysis+ Tool

Tool

This document outlines a culturally relevant GBA+ framework. This tool was prepared to assist both Métis people, communities, and organizations, incl…

Source : Women of the Métis Nation
Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Indigenous cultural safety

Faciliter l’accès des Autochtones âgés aux services et soutiens de santé mentale et de traitement des toxicomanies en se fondant sur la sécurité culturelle et l’équité

Report

Les Autochtones âgés vivant hors réserve en milieu urbain se heurtent à des difficultés et à des obstacles particuliers et complexes qui les empêchen…

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

A Mustard Seed of Hope: Culturally grounded approaches within wraparound care for pregnant and parenting women dealing with substance use and trauma

Guide

Since the 1990s, a number of community-based, wraparound programs for pregnant or parenting women who have substance use and other concerns have emer…

Source : Nota Bene Consulting Group, Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Indigenous cultural safety, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses

Q and A: Possession of small amounts of drugs to be decriminalized but not legalized in BC

Fact sheet/infographic

Beginning on Jan. 31, 2023, and lasting for a three year period of time, possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs, such as opioids and …

Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Indigenous cultural safety, Legalization and policy approaches, Decriminalization, Population-specific resources

Comprendre les inégalités en santé vécues par les peuples autochtones à la lumière d’un modèle de déterminants sociaux

Report

Rédigé par Charlotte Loppie et Fred Wien, Comprendre les inégalités en santé vécues par les peuples autochtones à la lumière d’un modèle de détermina…

Source : National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Determinants of health, Indigenous cultural safety

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