Atlantic COAST Study

Knowledge Translation

 

Keep checking back to learn more abut the findings from the Atlantic COAST Study. Click on the categories below to view more.

Community Reports

Click on the links below to view a summary of the study findings:

Phase 1:

1. Accessing government-funded drug treatment programs in Atlantic Canada: The experiences of people who use substances. Findings from Phase 1 of the Atlantic COAST Study.

2. L'accès aux programmes de traitement de la toxicomanie financés par le gouvernement au Canada atlantique : Les expériences des personnes qui consomment des substances. Résultats de la phase 1 de l'étude COAST de l'Atlantique.

Phases 2 and 3:

Coming soon.

Presentations

Click on the links to view past presentations:

1. Mathias, H., Jackson, L., MacIsaac, C., Bailey, D., Buxton, J., Dechman, M., Dingwell, J., Dubé, A., Gahagan, J., Jakubiec, B., Kiepek, N., Leonard, L., MacDonald, J., Martin, F., Porter, C., Smith, J., Strike, C., Touesnard, N., Warren, D., & Yetman, G. (Presented Nov 12 2020). “You’re not just a number”: How positive relationships with primary healthcare providers can facilitate access to addiction treatment programs [Oral presentation]. International Society of Addiction Medicine-Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine Scientific Conference, Victoria, BC. (**Presented virtually due to COVID-19)

2. Jackson, L., MacIsaac, C., Mathias, H., and Atlantic COAST Study Team. (2020, May 1-2). Challenges to accessing drug addiction treatment: The perspective of people who use substances living in Atlantic Canada [Poster presentation]. 29th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research, Quebec City, QC.  (**Presented virtually due to COVID-19)

3. Jackson, L., MacIsaac, C., Mathias, H., and Atlantic COAST Study Team. (2020, May 1-2). A time of vulnerability: People who use substances' emotional lives and substance use when unable to access or stay in addiction treatment [Poster presentation]. 29th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research, Quebec City, QC.  (**Presented virtually due to COVID-19)

4. Jackson, L., MacIsaac, C., Mathias, H., and Atlantic COAST Study team members. (2019, November 25-27). Access and retention in addiction treatment programs: The experieneces of people who use substances living in Atlantic Canada [Poster presentation]. Issues of Substance 2019, Ottawa, ON.

5. Jackson, L., MacIsaac, C., Mathias, H., and Atlantic COAST Study team members. (2019, November 5). Preventing the spread of HIV: An overview of the Atlantic COAST Study [Poster presentation]. 3rd Annual CRISM Atlantic Symposium, Charlottetown, PEI. 

6. Jackson, L., MacIsaac, C., Mathias, H., and Atlantic COAST Study team members. (2019, October 24). Preventing the spread of HIV: An overview of the Atlantic COAST Study [Poster presentation]. Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine Conference, Halifax, NS.

Publications

1. Mathias, H., Jackson, L.A., Buxton, J.A., Dubé, A., Kiepek, N., Martin, F., & Martin, P. (2024). What features of drug treatment programs help, or not, with access? a qualitative study of the perspectives of family members and community-based organization staff in Atlantic Canada. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-024-00602-0

2. Jackson, L.A., Mathias, H., Martin, F., Buxton, J.A., Dubé, A., Kiepek, N., MacDonald, J., & Strike, C. (2022). Accessing drug treatment programs in Atlantic Canada: The experiences of people who use substances. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2022.2102461

Community Forum and Workshop

1. Jackson, L. [presenter], Mathias, H [moderator], & Atlantic COAST Study team (Bailey, D., Baker, J., Buxton, J., Dingwell, J., Dube, A., Gahagan, J., Kiepek, N., Leonard, L., Martin, F., Martin, P., MacDonald, J., Porter, C., Smith, J., Strike, C, Touesnard, N., Warren, D., Yetman, G.). (2022, November 8). Accessing Drug Treatment Programs in Atlantic Canada: What does and does not help people who use substances? [Online workshop]. Substance Users Network of the Atlantic Region, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

2. Jackson, L. [presenter], Mathias, H. [moderator], Martin, P. [panelist], Porter, C. [panelist], Touesnard, N. [panelist], Yetman, G [panelist] & Atlantic COAST Study team (Bailey, D., Baker, J., Buxton, J., Dingwell, J., Dube, A., Gahagan, J., Kiepek, N., Leonard, L., Martin, F., MacDonald, J., Smith, J., Strike, C., Warren, D.) (2022, June 16). Accessing Drug Treatment Programs in Atlantic Canada [Online forum]. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.