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Objective
This literature review aims to: (1) identify strategies used for the meaningful engagement of people who use drugs (PWUD) in local, provincial, and national substance use-related harms (SRH) data system planning, reporting, and action and (2) describe data monitoring and reporting strategies and common indicators of SRH within those systems.
Findings/Key points
There were few examples of PWUD engaged as authors of reports on SRH monitoring. Among information systems involving PWUD, we found two main strategies: (1) community-based strategies (e.g., word of mouth, through drug sellers, and through satellite workers) and (2) public health-based data monitoring and communication strategies (e.g., communicating drug quality and alerts to PWUD). Substance use-related mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits were the indicators most commonly used in systems of SRH reporting that engaged PWUD.
Design/methods
Lit review including 22 articles (peer-reviewed n = 10 and gray literature reports n = 12).
