Priority setting for Canadian Take-Home Naloxone best practice guideline development: an adapted online Delphi method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Take-Home Naloxone (THN) is a core intervention aimed at addressing the toxic illicit opioid drug supply crisis. Although THN programs are available in all provinces and territories throughout Canada, there are currently no standardized guidelines for THN programs. The Delphi method is a tool for consensus building often used in policy development that allows for engagement of stakeholders.

Methods

We used an adapted anonymous online Delphi method to elicit priorities for a Canadian guideline on THN as a means of facilitating meaningful stakeholder engagement. A guideline development group generated a series of key questions that were then brought to a 15-member voting panel. The voting panel was comprised of people with lived and living experience of substance us

SUBMITTER: Ferguson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9250272 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature