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Saving Lives: The Development and Evaluation of a Universal Information Design Response for Opioid Poisonings
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SSHRC IDG awarded 2021: Between 2016 and 2018, over 11 000 Canadians and 136 000 Americans died from accidental opioid overdoses—triple the number of deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents (Government of Canada, 2020). This public health crisis is so severe that, by 2017, Canadian life expectancy stopped increasing for the first time in four decades (Statistics Canada 2017, 2019). In response to this crisis, the Government of Canada increased access to life-saving naloxone kits nationwide. A 2019 Government of Alberta study found that naloxone kits are present at the scene of most overdoses but are often used incorrectly or not at all. We will conduct a comprehensive analysis of overdose prevention kits, visual materials, and communications from Canada’s provincial and territorial health authorities, and host a national symposium for harm reduction educators, clinicians, and content and policy experts on overdose training and response to create a Universal Information Design Response for Opioid Poisonings Field Guide. We will produce a responsive, interactive website, which will include information templates about the stigma of addiction, the importance of clarity in messaging on emergency procedures related to overdose, and technical training on injection procedures for three main audiences: (1) first aiders and medical professionals; (2) people familiar with drugs or drug overdoses; and (3) community members with no training. Design prototypes will be tailored for each audience.
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- 2021-02-01
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- Insight Development Grant
- IDG
- SSHRC
- Information Design
- Emergency
- Public Health
- Visual Communication Design
- Visual Analysis
- Human Centred Design
- Co-Design
- Communications and Media Studies
- Sociology Health
- Medical Sociology
- Economics
- Communication
- Education
- Elderly
- 2015AD-2020AD
- Western Canada
- Central Canada
- Europe
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- France
- Algeria
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- Research Material
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- ©️Harvey, Gillian. All rights reserved other than by permission. This document embargoed to those without UAlberta CCID until 2025.