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Objective
This is a practice brief specific to AVI Health & Community Services prescribed alternatives program and service model in British Columbia.
Findings/Key points
EHR and RAD staff shared their insights and recommendations related to implementing and operating PA programs and these are arranged into key themes: principled practices, expanding PA options and models, knowledge translation and exchange, and policy change.
Design/methods
To better understand the expansion and early implementation of AVIʼs PA programs across Vancouver Island, interviews were conducted with 7 staff members from . The Regulated Access to Drugs (RAD) program and Enhanced Harm Reduction (EHR) programs in the communities of Nanaimo, Courtenay and Campbell River. The interview guide was informed by the inter-related domains of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.
