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Table 6 Harm reduction service access

From: Safer opioid supply: qualitative program evaluation

Service

Participants (n = 30)

Supervised consumption sites

Ottawa Inner City Health

26 (86.7%)

Ottawa Public Health

18 (60%)

Sandy Hill CHC

25 (83.3%)

Somerset West CHC

23 (76.7%)

Harm reduction services

Sterile site distribution

29 (96.7%)

Needle exchange

30 (100%)

Take home Naloxone

29 (96.7%)

Condoms/contraceptives

15 (50%)

Peer services/outreach

26 (86.7%)

STBBI testing

29 (96.7%)

Educationa

22 (73.3%)

Infectious disease servicesb

28 (93.3%)

  1. aEducation on sex work, infection prevention, overdose prevention, etc.
  2. bInfectious disease testing/prevention (e.g., TB, STI, HIV, vaccines, Hep A/B/C, etc.)