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BCCDC Toolkit: Responding to Opioid Overdose for BC Service Providers
Toolkit
The opioid overdose response toolkit is intended for all service providers, including regulated and non-regulated service providers and paramedics, w…
Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Treatment and harm reduction
"Taking Care of Each Other" Harm Reduction Video Series
Webinar
FNHA and Vancouver Coastal Health worked with filmmaker Asia Youngman to create a video series about Indigenous Harm Reduction. These videos are a te…
Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)Format: Link
Published: 2018
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Population-specific resources
The Crystal Methamphetamine Project
Report
This report provides an initial overview of results from the Crystal Methamphetamine Project. The aim of this project was to examine the experiences …
Source : Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR), Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Why people use substances, Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy: Guideline Supplement
Guide
This document is intended to supplement the BCCSU Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder (“Guideline”) with an overview of care…
Source : British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Best practices and guidelines, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
Barriers to Legal Cannabis Access: The Emergence of Community Based Cannabis Distribution Programs in Vancouver, Canada
Webinar
In this presentation, we looked more closely at how community based cannabis distribution programs influence access and feasibility of cannabis as a …
Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Substance-specific resources, Harm reduction, Safe supply, Substance use policy, Cannabis legalization
Drug Checking as a Harm Reduction Intervention
Report
The present evidence review report provides a description and evaluation of existing drug-checking technologies and services in other countries with …
Source : British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services
Creating Space for Dialogue about Harm Reduction
Fact sheet/infographic
This infographic provides background on harm reduction and outlines discussion questions for beginning a dialogue about harm reduction.
Source : Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction
Stopping the Harm: Decriminalization of People who use Drugs in BC
Report
This Public Health Officer Special Report, written under the authority of the Public Health Act, provides an urgent recommendation to reduce the harm…
Source : Province of British Columbia - Office of the Provincial Health OfficerFormat: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization
Peer Engagement Principles and Best Practices: A Guide for BC Health Authorities and Other Providers
Report
Promoting peer engagement within Health Authorities can improve the involvement and uptake of peers' voices in health service planning and policymaki…
Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Stigma and stigma reduction, Best practices and engagement toolkits
Involuntary Stabilization Care of Youth Who Overdose: More Harm than Good (Part 2)
Webinar
In February 2021, the Harm Reduction Nurses Association and CPHA presented a webinar on proposed amendments to British Columbia’s Mental Health Act t…
Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Population-specific resources, Health promotion, Substance use policy
