From design to action: Participatory approach to capacity building needs for local overdose response plans

Date

2023

Authors

Mallakin, Maryam
Dery, Christina
Woldemariam, Yordanos
Hamilton, Michael
Corace, Kim
Pauly, Bernie
Khorasheh, Triti
AbuAyyash, Caroline Bennett
Leece, Pamela
Sellen, Katherine

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Journal ISSN

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Publisher

BMC Public Health

Abstract

In response to the rise in opioid-related deaths, communities across Ontario have developed opioid or overdose response plans to address issues at the local level. Public Health Ontario (PHO) leads the Community Opioid / Overdose Capacity Building (COM-CAP) project, which aims to reduce overdose-related harms at the community level by working with communities to identify, develop, and evaluate capacity building supports for local needs around overdose planning. The ‘From Design to Action’ co-design workshop used a participatory design approach to engage communities in identifying the requirements for capacity building support.

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Keywords

capacity-building, co-design workshop, opioid crisis, overdose, participatory design, public health

Citation

Mallakin, M., Dery, C., Woldemariam, Y., Hamilton, M., Corace, K., Pauly, B., Khorasheh, T., AbuAyyash, C. B., Leece, P., & Sellen, K. (2023). From design to action: participatory approach to capacity building needs for local overdose response plans. BMC Public Health, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15414-3