Developing knowledge products for a project on opioid toxicity risks in Indigenous people who experience incarceration

For this project, we accessed EMPOWER Project funding from the Ontario Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Support Unit. We conducted knowledge exchange and developed knowledge products related to a research project that focused on risks of opioid toxicity for Indigenous people who experienced incarceration in provincial correctional facilities. Refer to the published research article.

This project represents a collaboration involving colleagues at the Native Women’s Association of Canada, Indigenous people with lived experience of incarceration, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers.

In the knowledge exchange sessions, we discussed the study findings, including how to interpret, frame, and disseminate the findings. We then worked with a design company to develop infographics, based on the study findings and information from the knowledge exchange sessions. We created one version of the infographic for a broad audience and one version focused on people in custody and post-release. The infographics are available in English and French at the links below.

We also held a webinar in March, at which we discussed the project and the infographics.

Infographics:
For a broad audience:
English
French

For people with lived experience of incarceration and substance use:
English
French

PI and contact: Fiona Kouyoumdjian (kouyouf@mcmaster.ca)