Release Date
Geography
Language of Resource
Full Text Available
Open Access / OK to Reproduce
Peer Reviewed
Objective
To address the opioid toxicity-related crisis, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has created a toolkit (and companion webinar) that provides valuable insights and resources for frontline pharmacy professionals to support people prescribed opioids to mitigate the negative impacts of stigma.
Findings/Key points
The toolkit describes strategies for reducing stigma around opioids and people who use them, including people who are prescribed opioids to manage pain or treat opioid use disorder or who are seeking naloxone kits. It illustrates some of these strategies by applying them to situations that pharmacy professionals may encounter in practice.
To mark the release of the toolkit, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam joined to provide opening remarks in the companion webinar. Following her address, the toolkit elements were presented, followed by a panel discussion moderated by CAMH and University of Toronto Advanced Practice Clinical Leader and Clinician Educator Maria Zhang.
