Research Paper: The Impacts of Safer Supply Program Closures on Continuity of Care, Transition, and Total Loss of Service Access
This follow-up study aims to explore SOS clients' actual experience with these closures. It examines how they navigated the policy change, impacts on their health and well-being, service access, and reliance on the unregulated market.
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Research Paper: Client Perspectives on SOS Program Closures
Given the impending closures, this study aims to explore SOS clients’ perspectives on these closures and the impact these programs have had on their lives. It also seeks to understand whether and to what extent SOS clients anticipate the closures affecting their health and well-being, as well as any strategies they may use to cope with the disruption of service.
I Won’t Make it Without This Program’: The Impact of Safer Opioid Supply Program Closures in Ontario Ali, F., Sprakes, A., Mende-Gibson, J., Russell, C., Shaw, A., Bonn, M., Celinksi, A., Kaminski, N., Karamouzian, M., Strike, M., Rehm, J
By centering the voices of people who use drugs, this research aims to provide critical insights into the consequences of policy decisions that undermine evidence-based SOS programs. Understanding the lived experiences and needs of those directly affected can inform advocacy efforts and policy recommendations to mitigate harm and uphold the fundamental principles of harm reduction within Ontario’s broader substance use strategy.
