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Nothing About Us Without Us: Using a Participatory and Equitable Approach to Evaluating an Overdose Prevention Project CESBC Webinar May 8, 2020

Agenda • Intros • Peer perspective and terminology • What worked • Challenges • Peer experience • What we’d do differently next time • Resources

Today’s Presenters Charlene Paul Prairie Jennifer Kylie Burmeister Choisil Chiu Alsop Hutchinson Peer Engagement Manager of Policy Project Manager, External Evaluator Peer Engagement & Evaluation and Evaluation OPEN & Evaluation Project (PEEP) Community Project (PEEP) Community Action Community Action Solutions BC Centre for Initiative Initiative BC Centre for Disease Control Disease Control

Overdose Prevention and Education Network (OPEN)

Evaluation Steering Committee (ESC)

Evaluation Process

Peer Perspective

Terminology Peer Perspective & Terminology Harm reduction

Terminology Peer Perspective & Terminology Cultural Safety

Terminology Peer Perspective & Terminology Trauma-informed Care

What Worked Peer Perspective & Terminology Focus on building eval capacity

What Worked Peer Perspective & Terminology Competency in trauma-informed practice

What Worked Peer Perspective & Terminology 2019 Coordination aspects

What Worked PEEP mentors

What Worked Peer Perspective & Terminology Peer-directed focus

What Worked Peer Perspective & Terminology Evaluator did transcription

Challenges Peer Perspective & Terminology Coordination from a distance

Challenges Peer Perspective & Terminology Delivering Background recorders noise Recording phone calls Recording Interviews

Challenges Peer Perspective & Terminology vs. Peer Neutral Outreach research worker interviewer Maintaining Neutrality

Challenges Getting Distinguishing payment to between In-house marginalized results vs. transcription people personal experience Analyses

Peer Perspective

What Worked – Peer Perspective Peer Perspective & Terminology Data party & in-person events

Challenges – Peer Perspective Peer Perspective & Terminology Convening logistics

What We’d Do Differently Peer Perspective & Terminology Interview Training

What We’d Do Differently Peer Perspective & Terminology More in-person meetings

What We’d Do Differently Peer Perspective & Terminology More peer involvement in analyses

What We’d Do Differently Peer Perspective & Terminology vs. Additional Accommodations

What We’d Do Differently Peer Perspective & Terminology 2019 Overall process

Resources Peer Perspective & Terminology • Pacific AIDS Network: Policies and Procedures Concerning Peer Workers (2018): https://pacificaidsnetwork.org/files/2018/09/PAN_Policies_and_Procedures_for_Pe er_work_2018_final.pdf • Peerology: A guide for people who use drugs on how to get involved • Peer Engagement Principles and Best Practices, BCCDC • http://www.bccdc.ca/resource- gallery/Documents/PEEP%20Best%20Practice%20Guidelines.pdf • Peer Payment Standards for Short Term Engagements, BCCDC • http://www.bccdc.ca/resource- gallery/Documents/Educational%20Materials/Epid/Other/peer_payment- guide_2018.pdf • Guidelines to using non-stigmatizing language, Towards the Heart • https://towardtheheart.com/assets/uploads/1512674325aOAkOYmxn5R3JpXBE1u dQKm9ypzwBNP1OkjtwcJ.pdf • Research 101: A Manifesto for Ethical Research in the DTES • http://bit.ly/R101Manifesto • Wellesley Institute: • Peer Research in Action 1: Models of Practice • Peer Research in Action 2: Management, Support and Supervision • Peer Research in Action 3: Ethical Issues