Comparing Models for Addiction Services - HSJCC

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Comparing Models for Addiction Services

Includes:

Final Report

By

Olivia Emino

Completed for: Human Service and Justice Coordinating Committee

Supervising Professor: Sharon Beaucage-Johnson

Trent Community Research Centre

Department: Forensic Science

Course Code: FRSC 4890

Course Name: Community-Based Research in Forensic Science

Term: Fall/Winter

Date of Project Submission: April, 2015

Project ID: 4444

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Comparing Models of Addiction Services

Host Organization: Human Service and Justice Coordinating Committee

Olivia Emino

2014-2015

Supervisor: Dave Jarvis

FRSC 4890

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Abstract

A comparative analysis of harm reduction and abstinence addiction treatment programs

focusing on Peterborough City and County, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and

Northumberland County has not been done. The present study researched previous studies in the

field of addiction services, identifying the available services in the specified regions, surveying

those services, and compiling data to determine the gaps in the current services to make future

recommendations. This work is critical to addiction service research because substance use is a

significant area of concern in the research area and across Canada. The study will aid in the

identification and implementation of services needed in the four counties to reduce addiction and

indirectly keep addiction-related offenders away from the criminal justice system. A literature

review of harm reduction and abstinence was conducted using on-line portals. A questionnaire

containing service details, client statistics, and gaps in services was administered to the available

service providers and front line services including youth services and hospitals. Results show

that individuals face many barriers when dealing with their addictions which include stigma,

transportation, financial issues, and wait times for service. The current distribution of services is

mostly harm reduction- compared to abstinence-based services but both serve equal males and

females. The most prominent substance use is with alcohol, cannabis, and opioids. The

significant gaps that currently exist are a lack of communication between services, a lack of

funding for additional services, and a lack of residential detoxification centers and addiction

supportive housing units.

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Acknowledgements

I would firstly like to thank Sharon Beaucage-Johnson for accepting me into the CommunityBased Research Course and introducing me to this project. I have learned valuable research

skills, communication skills, and problem-solving skills. I also enjoyed working with the

communities of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland, and I found

the community-based atmosphere very rewarding.

Secondly, I would like to thank John Marris of the Trent Community Research Centre for

always giving me feedback on my work and keeping me on track with my deadlines for the

project through e-mail and in-person meetings.

Thirdly, I would like to thank Dave Jarvis for allowing me to take on this particular project.

The project itself has been a lot of hard work but it has also been very rewarding. I hope that this

paper helps to make positive changes in the addiction services field and the communities of

Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough, Northumberland, and Haliburton.

Fourthly, I would like to thank all those who took the time to respond to my e-mails and

phone calls, those who took time to physically meet with me to discuss my research, and those

who took the time to fill out my questionnaires and surveys. Without your responses this paper

would not have been possible.

Lastly, I would like to thank my family. My parents, Stephen and Krista Emino, have helped

me persevere throughout the year in the ups and the downs. They have kept me motivated and

pushed me to work my hardest on this project. Also to be thanked is my brother Steven Brewer

who passed away from a drug overdose in 2007. He was the person who got me interested in

addiction and helping people and through this report I hope to help many people in the future

who are dealing with addictions.

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Table of Contents

Key Terms....................................................................................................................................6-9

Introduction..............................................................................................................................10-13

Methods....................................................................................................................................14-18

Results......................................................................................................................................19-30

Discussion.................................................................................................................................31-40

References................................................................................................................................41-44

Appendix A - List of Addiction Services Located and Contacted...........................................45-47

Appendix B - List of Front Line Services Located and Contacted..........................................48-49

Appendix C - E-mail/Phone Introduction......................................................................................50

Appendix D - Addiction Services Questionnaire.....................................................................51-52

Appendix E - Front Line Worker Questionnaire...........................................................................53

Appendix F - ACT Peterborough Questionnaire Response......................................................54-56

Appendix G - Central East Correctional Centre Questionnaire Response...............................57-59

Appendix H - CMHA Online Questionnaire Response............................................................60-61

Appendix I - CMHA Questionnaire Response.........................................................................62-63

Appendix J - Northumberland Hills Hospital Questionnaire Response...................................64-66

Appendix K - Trent Wellness Centre Online Questionnaire Response.........................................67

Appendix L - Trent Wellness Centre Transcribed Questionnaire Response............................68-72

Appendix M - AA Peterborough Transcribed Questionnaire Response..................................73-75

Appendix N - CHIMO Transcribed Questionnaire Response..................................................76-78

Appendix O - Kawartha Lakes Police Transcribed Questionnaire Response..........................79-80

Appendix P - Kawartha Lakes Police Transcribed Questionnaire Response 2........................81-87

Appendix Q - OATC Peterborough Transcribed Questionnaire Response..............................88-89

Appendix R - PIPC Transcribed Questionnaire Response.......................................................90-93

Appendix S - Kinark Questionnaire Response.........................................................................94-95

Appendix T - Mean and Standard Deviation Sample Calculations...............................................96

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