Mallakin, MaryamDery, ChristinaWoldemariam, YordanosHamilton, MichaelCorace, KimPauly, BernieKhorasheh, TritiAbuAyyash, Caroline BennettLeece, PamelaSellen, Katherine2025-03-182025-03-182023Mallakin, 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/s12889-023-15414-3https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15414-3https://hdl.handle.net/1828/21658In 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.enCC BY 4.0capacity-buildingco-design workshopopioid crisisoverdoseparticipatory designpublic healthArticle