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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 CanadaFormat: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Best practices and implementation, Upstream interventions, Harm reduction, Other approaches, Equity centered approaches
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
Youth Harm Reduction: Calls for Action
Webinar
The "Research & Dialogue" speaker series places substance use research in dialogue with lived experience to put the latest evidence into real wor…
Source : British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, Advocacy
Drug Checking at Music Festivals: A How-To Guide
Guide
This guide is intended to help you start your own drug checking service and to suggest how drug checking may be integrated into a broader harm reduct…
Source : ANKORSFormat: PDF
Published: 2016
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services
Environmental Scan: Naloxone Access and Distribution in Canada
Report
This document was produced in order to consolidate information on current practices in naloxone distribution and to provide a preliminary evaluation …
Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources
Chest Compressions and Rescue Breathing When Administering Naloxone in Opioid Overdose
Academic article
This rapid response examines the evidence associated with the use of chest compressions and/or rescue breathing when responding to an opioid overdose…
Source : The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN)Format: PDF
Published: 2016
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources
Supervised Injection Services Toolkit
Toolkit
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide information and resources to assist when considering whether to provide supervised injection services (SIS)…
Source : Toronto Drug StrategyFormat: PDF
Published: 2013
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites
Indigenous Harm Reduction = Reducing the Harms of Colonialism
Background document
The purpose of this policy brief is to outline Indigenous approaches to harm reduction. The authors also recommend ways in which governments and…
Source : Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Population-specific resources
La réduction autochtone des méfaits = Réduire les méfaits du colonialisme
Background document
L’objectif du présent document de politiques est d’établir des approches autochtones à la réduction des méfaits. Nous recommandons également des faço…
Source : Réseau canadien autochtone du sida (RCAS), Coalition interagence sida et développement (CISD)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Population-specific resources
International Consensus Statement on the Role of Nurses in Supervised Consumption Sites
Academic article
This consensus statement is the first step toward a better understanding of the role of nurses in SCS. There is immense responsibility on nurses in t…
Source : Journal of Mental Health and Addiction NursingFormat: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites