Most of our episodes have been about engagement in institutional healthcare spaces - places like hospitals or research institutes. But of course, there are a multitude of other places where patient or service user engagement takes place.
Our guests are Jenn Broad and Paula Tookey. They work out of the South Riverdale Community Health Center in East Toronto. Jenn is the Program Manager of Harm Reduction and Hep C. And Paula is the Manager of Keep Six, a consumption and treatment service, which is a health service described as a place where people inject, snort, or orally consume pre-obtained drugs in a safe, hygienic and welcoming environment under the supervision of trained staff.
As you listen, we encourage you to tune in to their insights specific to engagement within a community that experiences persistent stigma and systemic discrimination. What we learned from talking to Jenn and Paula is that engagement in certain health related community services, like harm reduction programs, has different and possibly higher stakes for the people involved than what we typically think of as "patient engagement" in mainstream or organizational health services.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Caregiving and Work
”How did we do?” : A debrief on the role of Lived Experience Advisors in a healthcare research project
Spring Update 2023: Checking in with Jen and Em
Beyond Mandates: The Essential Input of Residents in Long-term Care Policy (Health Policy Series)
Critical Reflections on Public Engagement (Health Policy Series)
Transformative Public Engagement: Pitfalls, Possibilities and Promise - keynote by Dr. Jamila Michener (Health Policy Series)
Understanding Legitimacy in Public and Patient Engagement, with Katherine Boothe (Health Policy Series)
Deliberation, Democracy and Public Engagement: A Conversation with Kim McGrail (Health Policy Series
The Business and Politics of Engagement, with John Perenack of StrategyCorp (Health Policy Series)
Black Communities, Medical Mistrust and COVID Response, with Alpha Abebe and Rhonda C. George (Health Policy Series)
”Flipping the script” on narratives about Black communities and engagement, with Alpha Abebe and Rhonda C. George (Health Policy Series)
Health Policy Series Kick-off!: A retrospective look at public engagement, with Julia Abelson
Onwards and upwards: Jen and Emily check in
Season 3 Finale: Patient Partner Reflections, brought to you by OSSU
Moral Distress in Engagement Professionals, with Mark Weir
Discussing Failures in Participatory Research, with Lori Ross
We‘re looking for patient partner stories and experiences!
Interview Extra: Advocacy and Health Equity, feat. Biba Tinga of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Canada
Equity, Diversity, and Patient Engagement - with Dr. Nav Persaud
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