Policy & Opinion Publications
2024
- Nykiforuk CIJ, Thomson M, Curtin KD, Colman I, Wild TC, Hyshka E. (2024). Assessing support for mental health policies among policy influencers and the general public in Alberta and Manitoba, Canada. Int J Ment Health Syst. 18(1):8.
2023
- Haines-Saah RJ, Morris H, Schulz P, Jenkins E, Hyshka E. (2023). Engaging families and parent advocates in research on substance use and drug policy reform: Guiding principles from a Canadian community-academic partnership. Drug Alcohol Rev.
- Galarneau LR, Speed K, Taylor M, Hyshka E. (2023). Operating an overdose prevention site within a temporary emergency shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Can J Public Health. 114(5):787-795.
- Nykiforuk CIJ, Belon AP, de Leeuw E, Harris P, Allen-Scott L, Atkey K, Glenn NM, Hyshka E, Jaques K, Kongats K, Montesanti S, Nieuwendyk LM, Pabayo R, Springett J, Yashadhana A. (2023). An action-oriented public health framework to reduce financial strain and promote financial wellbeing in high-income countries. Int J Equity Health. 22(1):66.
- Nykiforuk CI, Belon AP, de Leeuw E, Harris P, Allen-Scott L, Atkey K, Glenn NM, Hyshka E, Jaques K, Kongats K, Montesanti S, Nieuwendyk LM, Pabayo R, Springett J, Yashadhana A. (2023). A Policy-Ready Public Health Guidebook of Strategies and Indicators to Promote Financial Well-Being and Address Financial Strain in Response to COVID-19. Prev Chronic Dis. 20:E09.
2022
- Hodgins, D.C., Budd, M., Czukar, G., Dubreucq, S., Jackson, L.A., Rush, B., Quilty, L., Adams, D., Wild, C. (2022). Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Canadian Psychosocial Addiction Programs: A National Survey of Policy, Attitudes, and Practice. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 18(130):107310.
2021
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(2021). Bereaved mothers’ engagement in drug policy reform: A multisite qualitative analysis. Int J Drug Policy. 91:103011. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103011. Epub 2020 Oct 27.
- BMC Public Health. 2021 Sep 15;21(1):1678. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11757-x.
2020
- Brooks HL, Husband C, Taylor M, Sherrin A, Hyshka E. (2020). Supporting the full participation of people who use drugs in policy fora: provision of a temporary, conference-based overdose prevention site. In press. International Journal of Drug Policy.
- Pawliuk C, Park M, Buxton JA on behalf of the Overdose Crisis Knowledge Synthesis Working Group. (2020). Legal approaches and government policies enacted to address the overdose epidemic: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-D-19-00296.
- Virani, H. N., & Haines-Saah, R. J. (2020). Drug Decriminalization: A Matter of Justice and Equity, Not Just Health. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 58(1), 161-164.
2019
- Hyshka, E., Anderson-Baron, J., Pugh, A., Belle-Isle, L., Hathaway, A., Pauly, B., . . . Wild, T. (2019). Principles, practice, and policy vacuums: Policy actor views on provincial/territorial harm reduction policy in Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy. 71, 142-149.
- Jutras-Aswad, D., Le Foll, B., Bruneau, J., Wild, T., Wood, E., & Fischer, B. (2019). Thinking Beyond Legalization: The Case for Expanding Evidence-Based Options for Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment in Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie. 64(2), 82-87.
- McGetrick JA, Raine KD, Wild TC, Nykiforuk CIJ. (2019). Advancing Strategies for Agenda Setting by Health Policy Coalitions: A Network Analysis of the Canadian Chronic Disease Prevention Survey. Health Commun. 34(11), 1303-1312.
- Morris H, Hagen L, Hyshka E, Francescutti LH. (2019). Empowering Students and Influencing Policy Change Through Experiential Public Health Advocacy Education. J Nurs Educ. 58(12), 698-703.
- Watson TM, Valleriani J, Hyshka E, Rueda S. (2019). Cannabis legalization in the provinces and territories: Missing opportunities to effectively educate youth? Canadian Journal of Public Health. 110(4), 472-475.
- Watson TM, Hyshka E, Bonato S, Rueda S. (2019). Early-stage cannabis regulatory policy planning across Canada’s four largest provinces: A descriptive overview. Substance Use & Misuse. 54(10), 1691-1704.
- Wild, C., Kozie, J., Anderson-Barron, J., Hathaway, J., McCurdy, A., Xu, X., . . . Hyshka, E. (2019). Media coverage of harm reduction, 2000-2016: A content analysis of tone, topics, and interventions in Canadian print news. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 205, 107599.
2018
- Lafferty, L., Rance, J., Wild, T.C., & Treolar, C. (2018). A policy analysis exploring hepatitis C risk, prevention, testing and treatment, and reinfection within Australia’s prisons. Harm Reduction Journal, 15(1), 39.
2017
- Hyshka, E., Anderson-Baron,J., Karekezi, K., Belle-Isle, L., Elliott, R., Pauly, B., Strike, C., Asbridge, M., Dell, C., McBride, K., Hathaway, A., & Wild, T.C. (2017). Harm reduction in name but not substance: A comparative analysis of Canadian provincial and territorial policy frameworks. Harm Reduction Journal, 14,50.
- Rafferty, E., Bonner, A., Code, J., McBride, K., Andkhoie, M., Tikoo, R., McClean, S., Dell, C., Szafron, M., Faraq, M. (2017). Factors Influencing Risky Single Occasion Drinking in Canada and Policy Implications. Archives of Public Health. 75:22 pp.1-11.
- Wild, T., Pauly, B., Belle-Isle, L., Cavalieri, W., Elliott, R., Strike, C., Tupper, K., Hathaway, A., Dell, C., MacPherson, D., Sinclair, C., Karekezi, K., Tan, B., Hyshka, E. (2017) Canadian Harm Reduction Policies: A Comparative Content Analysis of Provincial and Territorial Documents, 2000-2015”. International Journal of Drug Policy. 45, 9-17.
2016
- Kirst M, Kolar K, Chaiton M, Schwartz R, Emerson B, Hyshka E, Jesseman R, Lucas P, Solomon R, Thomas G. (2016). A common public health-oriented policy framework for cannabis, alcohol and tobacco in Canada? Can J Public Health. 106(8):e474-6.
2014
- Raine KD, Nykiforuk CI, Vu-Nguyen K, Nieuwendyk LM, VanSpronsen E, Reed S, Wild TC. (2014). Understanding key influencers’ attitudes and beliefs about healthy public policy change for obesity prevention. Obesity. 22(11), 2426-33.
2012
- Hyshka E, Butler-McPhee J, Elliott R, Wood E, Kerr T. (2012). Canada moving backwards on illegal drugs. Can J Public Health. 103(2), 125-7.
2010
- C. Dell, T. Lyons, K. Cayer. (2010). The Role of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ in Understanding Harm Reduction Policies and Programs for Aboriginal Peoples. Native Social Work Journal. 7, pp. 109-138.
2009
- Hyshka E. (2009). The Saga Continues: Canadian Legislative Attempts to Reform Cannabis Law in the Twenty-First Century. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. 51(1), 73–91.
- Hyshka, E. (2009). Turning failure into success: what does the case of Western Australia tell us about Canadian cannabis policy-making? Policy Studies. 30(5), 513–531.
2006
- Wild, T.C. (2006). Social control and coercion in addiction treatment: towards evidence-based policy and practice. Addiction. 101, 40-49.
