CHIRP: Community Health, Intervention, Research & Policy

Improving access to health and social services, through community-based, participatory research.

We are grateful to conduct our work on the lands of the Lək̓wəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day. We strive to honour Métis, Inuit, First Nations, and all Indigenous peoples in the research we undertake and the community activities we engage with.

CHIRP is a Victoria,BC based research program, located at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.

Our team’s focus is developing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based interventions in partnership with community members to take action on the social determinants of health.

Our Team

Cecilia Benoit, PhD,
FRSC, FCAHS

Andrea Mellor, PhD

Brett Koenig, MSc

Our Activities

Research

Collaboration

Outreach

Policy

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To contact our team today, please email chirp@uvic.ca

Lower-risk substance use guidelines accessible by youth

This study aimed to identify LRSUGs accessible to youth and to characterize the recommendations within these guidelines. The overall goal is to identify gaps in current LRSUGs and to inform researchers and policymakers of the kinds of health information youth can access.

Lower-risk substance use guidelines (LRSUGs) are an evidence-based harm reduction strategy used to provide information to people who use drugs so they can reduce harms associated with substance use.

Perspectives on Sexual Citizenship for People Living with Disabilities: A Response to Commentaries

Challenges and Benefits of Disclosure of Sex Work to Intimate Partners

In this article, we focus on the intimate relationships of people who sell sexual services, who have to contend with pervasive societal stigma that has a crippling effect on all aspects of their lives. Adults involved in consensual sex work in Canada face formidable legal and cultural barriers to social inclusion.