This study presents a scoping review of community-based plans aimed at preventing and reducing opioid-related harms. The authors analyzed 100 community plans from Canada and the USA, focusing on multi-sector partnerships, strategies across prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and enforcement pillars, and community engagement approaches. The review highlights common practices such as naloxone distribution, addiction treatment expansion, and public forums. It identifies gaps in evaluation, context-specific barriers, and the inclusion of people with lived experience of substance use. The findings underscore the need for better documentation, meaningful partnerships, and the evaluation of community strategies to enhance the public health response to the opioid crisis.
This course is based on the reading-based online article, “Communities Are Attempting to Tackle the Crisis”: A Scoping Review on Community Plans to Prevent and Reduce Opioid-related Harms created by Pamela Leece et al in 2019.
Publication Date
BMJ Open Jul 2019
Course Material Authors
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Pamela Leece
Dr. Pamela Leece is a researcher at Public Health Ontario. She specializes in public health strategies for substance use prevention and harm reduction. This is her first work published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Triti Khorasheh
Triti Khorasheh is a researcher at Public Health Ontario. Her work focuses on evaluating public health interventions and community engagement strategies. This is her first work published in a peer-reviewed journal.
L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.
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Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Analyze the common components and strategies employed in community-based opioid-related harm reduction plans.
Evaluate the gaps and challenges in the development, implementation, and evaluation of community opioid response plans.
Discuss the role of partnerships and the inclusion of people with lived experience in enhancing community-level responses to the opioid crisis.
Availability
This course is available starting Jan 29th, 2025 and expires Jan 28th, 2035
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L.A. Rankin – There are no relevant disclosures.
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