This month MHIKNET’s 5 on 5 features Harm Reduction Resources:
“The goal of the Best Practice Recommendations is to improve the effectiveness of harm reduction programs that deliver prevention services to people who use drugs and are at risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV), and other harms.”
2. Equity-Oriented Opiate Treatment Agreements
“… many of the standard agreements convey judgement and stigma, even when it’s unintended. In response, we offer an example of how to take a more equity-oriented approach to such agreements, should you choose to use them. “
3. Indigenizing Harm Reduction (UBC Learning Circle recording)
The First Nations Health Authority (BC) Indigenous Wellness Team discusses the BC opioid crisis, an indigenous perspective of harm reduction and the root causes of addiction and substance misuse.
** note that slides do not appear in the recording, you must access the pdf version of the slides to follow along, located below the video, above the speaker biographies.
4. Creating Cultures of Wellness [for Health professionals]
The Pacific Aids Network has gathered several online videos that address staff burnout, vicarious trauma, and psychological health and safety.
5. Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Harm Reduction Web Page
The WRHA resources list provides additional “links to resources, strategies and tools intended to support health care providers and other staff to better meet the needs of people who use drugs.”
NEXT MONTH: October’s 5 on 5 will feature climate change and public health
