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How to Involve People Who Use Drugs

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Summary

The "Do's and Don'ts" of working with People who Use Drugs listed out on a 2-pager resource sheet. This covers general tips, best practices for meetings, addressing accessibility, confidentiality, and travel best practices.

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Key Findings

Key findings related to emerging/promising principles for engaging PWLLE: Be intentional and mindful when working with people who use drugs.

Key findings related to emerging/promising practices for engaging PWLLE:

  1. Work with multiple stakeholders and community members to ensure we’re not tokenizing one representative.
  2. Be transparent in explaining the purpose of the collaborating.
  3. Offer fair and equitable honorarium for participation.
  4. Build meeting process/agenda with members collaboratively.
  5. Consider location, compensation, accessibility, and travel needs of community members.
  6. Protect confidentiality.