This document from the National Safer Supply Community of Practice (NSS-CoP) answers some of the most frequently asked questions about prescribed safer supply programs. In it, you will find key messages, plenty of evidence-based answers, supporting research, and places to find more information.
The Alliance has embarked on a research project to measure and demonstrate the impact of health promotion across our sector. - a key goal of our new strategic priorities. We have recently completed the first component of this project which was to describe what health promotion looks like in CHCs.
NOTE: This article is currently under review.
On February 1, 2019, the BC Health Coalition, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Health Sciences Association of BC convened an invitational roundtable followed by a public talk in response to growing interest in the CHC model from communities across the province.
As the overdose crisis worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, health care experts and people who use drugs called for greater access to a safer supply of prescription medications as an alternative to the toxic illegal drug supply.