CPHA’s Normalizing Conversations project launched a survey in 2021 to learn how Canadian public health, public safety, and health and social service professionals define and implement a public health approach to substance use. The survey findings provide an understanding of key stakeholder beliefs, attitudes, knowledge levels, and access to information about substance use.
To support the implementation of a public health approach, CPHA partnered with the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (CEWH) to create and publish the Public Health Approach to Substance Use Handbook. This resource describes and illustrates the key principles of this approach, with relevant tools for future work.
In this webinar, CPHA, Dr. Tara Marie Watson, Dr. Nancy Poole, Dr. Lorraine Greaves, and Danielle Kouri from the project’s Expert Reference Group explore perspectives on a public health approach to substance use and discuss its challenges and opportunities for implementation.
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