Study Update
Current Phase 1 study findings are available here.听
Phase 2 and 3 data are being analysed. Findings will be shared as they become available.
Study Setting
Data collection took place in Atlantic Canada
(New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island).
The Study
The Atlantic COmmunity AddictionS Treatment (COAST) study is a multi-year CIHR-funded study led by a team of academics and community knowledge users from accross Canada.
The aim of the study is to better understand how policies and practices of publicly-funded drug addiction treatment programs in Atlantic Canada (i.e. detox, opioid assisted treatment) act as barriers and/or facilitators of accessing and staying in treatment. Interviews were conducted with people who use substances (Phase 1), family members of people who use substances and community-based organization staff (Phase 2), and physicians and directors of publicly-funded drug addiction treatment programs (Phase 3).
Findings from the study are being shared in academic and community settings.听
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