Resources

ICHWP is committed to supporting healthcare professionals and students in learning best practices in caring for people who use drugs, and community-engaged research methods. Our team members are active teachers and mentors to a variety of healthcare professional students, graduate students, and research staff. We also develop tools to help inform education and training.

Here you can access knowledge translation outputs developed by our team intended to help inform service planning, healthcare provider training, and care for inner city populations.

Addiction Recovery & Community Health Implementation Manual

This manual informs knowledge users and stakeholders on how ARCH (at the Royal Alexandra Hospital) was developed, its approach and goals, as well as how to put ARCH into action. We would like to acknowledge the Physician Learning Program, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta for their generous in-kind support towards creating this manual. If you have any questions or comments regarding this manual, please email us at: contact@ichwp.ca

Framework for Diversity in Patient Engagement

This framework was developed by patient engagement leaders and patient partners from across Canada, including ICHWP, to help guide inclusive, meaningful, and diverse patient engagement. It includes case study examples and a worksheet that can be completed with staff, patients, and family members together.

Guidance Document on the Management of Substance Use in Acute Care

This guidance document was created by people with lived experience, front-line care providers, and substance use experts as an Alberta-based resource to support effective acute care for hospital inpatients who use substances.

The Inner City Attitudinal Assessment Tool (ICAAT)

The ICAAT is a novel tool for assessing health care learners’ attitudes towards caring for inner city populations, and can help guide curricula development in inner city health.

Streetways: Helpful Tips for Accessing Resources

Streetways was developed by people with lived experiences of substance use and/or homelessness, as well as patient engagement leaders, as a guide to accessing inner city services in Edmonton (e.g., ID, emergency care, income support, social services).

Evidence Brief: Health harms caused by continual displacement of unhoused people

Emerging health research provides evidence of health harms caused when you displace unhoused people and take their belongings and recommendations in the literature.