Adapting and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through a Community-Engaged Approach
October 18, 2024, 7:30 am to 9:00 am
Presented by Dr. Danya Fast & Dr. Scott Hadland
This session can be attended in-person in BCCHR Room 2108 or virtually on Zoom (links below)
In this session, we will workshop our new “youth overdose prevention toolkit” project. We will actively solicit feedback on our project and open up discussion regarding related projects that attendees are undertaking or interested in (e.g., projects focused on pediatric addiction medicine, projects the incorporate research and intervention co-design). Our three-year project takes a community-engaged approach to adapting, producing and pilot testing a written youth overdose prevention “toolkit” for use by clinicians in pediatric healthcare settings (e.g., hospitals, community clinics). The toolkit will be comprised of practical and easy to use guidance for delivering the following evidence-based core elements: naloxone and take-home drug testing strips, harm reduction education, and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD; i.e., buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone). Our project will be conducted in Boston, MA, and Vancouver, BC, two locales that are highly impacted by the overdose crisis. It will be guided by the ADAPT-ITT implementation science framework, with a focus on the Adaptation, Production, and Testing Phases.