Description:

The Northern Public Health Opioid Response CoP brings together public health practitioners from Northern Ontario to identify strategies and solutions to address the opioid poisoning crisis.

Goals:

• To establish and strengthen partnerships between health units, respective community drug strategies, and  relevant regional committees and working groups.
• To facilitate knowledge transfer, expertise development, and application of new knowledge.
• To share expertise and capacity for planning and response, and to coordinate access to data and resources.
• To ensure regular reporting on agreed-upon metrics for accountability and strategic and situational awareness.

Co-chairs:

• Sherry Price, Manager, Mental Health and Substance Use, Public Health Sudbury & Districts, prices@phsd.ca
• Hilary Cutler, Manager, Community Wellness, Algoma Public Health, HCutler@algomapublichealth.com

EENet Knowledge Broker:

Leah Green, Leah.Green@camh.ca

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