The San Francisco Department of Public Health approached Facente Consulting to conduct a needs assessment about the health of people who use drugs (PWUD) in San Francisco, especially: (1) gaining a better understanding about the rapidly evolving needs of PWUD in light of the enduring presence of fentanyl in the drug supply, (2) how to reframe services for PWUD so as to fill serve gaps, reduce barriers, and maximize the impact of SFDPH’s various interventions and activities, and (3) an exploration to determine root causes of racial disparities in overdose rates among Black/African American San Franciscans.
Facente Consulting proposed to conduct a landscape analysis as well as use qualitative methods to gather information from key stakeholders. The final deliverables will be a report for SFDPH’s internal use with recommendations, an action plan and an analysis from a racial equity lens on Black/African American overdose rates and interventions, a slide deck of the findings, a graphically-designed public facing 2 page summary with high level themes and a presentation to SFDPH staff.
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