Outputs
Outputs
Understanding the lived experience of injection drug use and access to harm reduction services in Northern and smaller urban settings: the case of Sudbury, Ontario
This study aims to establish a partnership between community members, peer researchers, healthcare providers, and researchers to explore the lived experience of HIV and HCV, injection drug use, and supervised consumption services (SCS) access in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The study utilizes a cross-sectional, qualitative design using ethnographic methods and aims to produce community-informed models of SCS delivery.
Working collectively to respond to substance use challenges in the qathet region
Rural and remote communities are disproportionately and differently impacted by the ongoing overdose crisis. There is minimal research on drug use and related services in rural BC. Community-based research is needed to help further understand facilitators and barriers to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) access as well as impacts on health outcomes in coastal communities across the qathet region.
Qualitative study of tablet injectable opioid agonist treatment programs: A provincial evaluation in rural settings
We conducted a longitudinal qualitative study on the experiences of people enrolled in tablet injectable opioid agonist treatment programs in Duncan and Kamloops, British Columbia. Funded by the BC Ministry of Health.
Consumption and Treatment Services Evaluation
In collaboration with Region of Waterloo Public Health and Paramedic Services, we conducted surveys with people who use drugs in Waterloo Region around drug use and access to supervised consumption services. Funded by Region of Waterloo Public Health and Paramedic Services.
Small urban, rural and remote harm reduction working group: Research development for innovators on the frontlines
We established this working group largely made up of people with lived/living experience of drug use in small urban, rural, and remote communities to identify research and advocacy priorities. Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Vancouver Foundation.
Community health impacts of policing behaviour in response to illegal drug use: A mixed method study examining changes in police policy and practices in smaller urban and rural communities
Drug use is increasingly being recognized as a health rather than a criminal issue. Recently, the Waterloo Region Police Service has deprioritized drug possession charges and reduced its possession charges by 50 per cent. This mixed method study seeks to examine the effects of these changes to policing practice as they related to individual and community health and measure variations in drug-related police encounters across demographic and geographic factors between 2016 to 2026. Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Other Projects
Meya Jurkus et al.
The built environment and overdose mortality: A scoping review
Rachel Deshpande et al.
The built environment and overdose risk: A qualitative scoping review
Anna Martin
Factors driving alcohol use among sexual minority women: A scoping review
Kate Hodgson et al.
A qualitative study examining access to opioid agonist treatment in rural and coastal British Columbia
Magda Kalff-Duschenes et al.
Exploring the Factors that Impact Provider Experience While Caring for Pregnant People Who Use Substances
