Engagement de pairs dans les stratégies et les services de réduction des risques: une étude de cas critique et un cadre d’évaluation provenant de la Colombie Britannique, au Canada

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Engagement de pairs dans les stratégies et les services de réduction des risques: une étude de cas critique et un cadre d’évaluation provenant de la Colombie Britannique, au Canada

28 juillet 2016

Engager des personnes avec une expérience de l’usage de drogues ou des « pairs » dans la prise de décision aide à s’assurer que les services de réduction des risques reflètent les besoins réels. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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Background

Engaging people with drug use experience, or ‘peers,’ in decision-making helps to ensure harm reduction services reflect current need. There is little published on the implementation, evaluation, and effectiveness of meaningful peer engagement. This paper aims to describe and evaluate peer engagement in British Columbia from 2010–2014.

Methods

A process evaluation framework specific to peer engagement was developed and used to assess progress made, lessons learned, and future opportunities under four domains: supportive environment, equitable participation, capacity building and empowerment, and improved programming and policy. The evaluation was conducted by reviewing primary and secondary qualitative data including focus groups, formal documents, and meeting minutes.

Results

Peer engagement was an iterative process that increased and improved over time as a consequence of reflexive learning. Practical ways to develop trust, redress power imbalances, and improve relationships were crosscutting themes. Lack of support, coordination, and building on existing capacity were factors that could undermine peer engagement. Peers involved across the province reviewed and provided feedback on these results.

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