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Toronto Public Health Community Dialogue on a Public Health Approach to Drug Policy: Report

Report

How can we change our approach to drugs? What would a public health approach to drugs look like for Canada? Toronto Public Health undertook a communi…

Source : Toronto Public Health
Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Background information

Au-delà des Cannabases : une démarche de santé publique à l’égard du cannabis pour les jeunes, les adultes émergents et les aînés

Workshop materials

En 2020, l’Association a créé l’atelier Au-delà des Cannabases pour élargir à des groupes d’âge particuliers les concepts abordés dans les Cannabases…

Source : Association canadienne de santé publique
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Background information, How to implement a public health approach to substance use, Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources

La santé publique : Un cadre conceptuel

Guide

Le présent document de travail se veut un guide de référence rapide et un portrait des principes qui sous-tendent la pratique actuelle en santé publi…

Source : Association canadienne de santé publique
Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Background information

Réflexions sur une démarche de santé publique à l’égard de la consommation de substances (en anglais)

Webinar

L’Association canadienne de santé publique a présenté le 4 novembre 2020 un webinaire intitulé Reflections on a Public Health Approach to Substance U…

Source : Association canadienne de santé publique
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2020
Topics: Background information

Beyond Cannabasics: A public health approach to cannabis for youth, emerging adults and seniors

Workshop materials

The Beyond Cannabasics workshop was developed in 2020 to expand on the concepts outlined in Cannabasics within the context of specific age groups. Th…

Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Background information, How to implement a public health approach to substance use, Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources

Public Health: A Conceptual Framework

Guide

This working paper is meant to provide a quick reference guide to and a portrait of the underlying principles that support current public health prac…

Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Background information

Aller de l’avant : mettre fin à la crise des surdoses

Guide

Le présent guide de discussion est destiné à servir d’appui à la série de dialogues Aller de l’avant : mettre fin à la crise des surdoses, en fournis…

Source : Coalition canadienne des politiques sur les drogues
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Why people use substances, Health promotion, Substance use policy, Background information

A Public Health Guide to Developing a Community Overdose Response Plan

Guide

The purpose of this guide is to outline four key elements of a public health overdose response and suggest a process for implementing a community ove…

Source : Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR)
Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Background information, How to implement a public health approach to substance use

A Public Health Approach to Drugs

Report

This paper is intended to start a discussion about ways to change the current approach to drugs to align with a public health approach, and what that…

Source : Toronto Public Health
Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Background information, Background information on harm reduction

Lessons Learned from the Opioid Crisis Across the Pillars of the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy

Academic article

This review examines responses to the opioid crisis thus far, the lessons learned from these initiatives and the knowledge gaps that still need to be…

Source : Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (Journal)
Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Background information, How to implement a public health approach to substance use, Substance-specific resources