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Curtis Handford

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Associate ProfessorClinical Public Health DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Curtis Handford

Associate Professor

Clinical Public Health Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Research

Addictions And Mental Health Basic Life Suppoprt Design Thinking Emergency Medicine And Resuscitation Family Medicine Harm Reduction Overdose Prevention And Take-Home Naloxone Randomized Controlled Trials

Latest papers

The opportunity to save a life: A qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention.
PloS one · 2025
Developing patient-reported experience measures to evaluate an Emergency Department Outreach Programme for people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada: a community-based participatory research study protocol.
BMJ open · 2025
Considerations for the design of overdose education and naloxone distribution interventions: results of a multi-stakeholder workshop.
BMC public health · 2023

All 11 publications

Latest funding

The Surviving Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Education and Resuscitation (SOON-ER) trial: a randomized study of an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention for laypeople in ambulatory and inpatient settings.
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$844,772

All 1 grants and awards

11 publications.

The opportunity to save a life: A qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention.

Parsons JA, Markowitz B, Thomas R, Norris K, Charles M, King C, Sellen K, Campbell DM, Leece P, Klaiman M, Chapman L, Hopkins S, Shahin R, Handford C, Stergiopoulos V, Morrison LJ, Strike C, Orkin AM, SOONER investigators

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326495 PMID: 40560908

Developing patient-reported experience measures to evaluate an Emergency Department Outreach Programme for people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada: a community-based participatory research study protocol.

Xiao S, Handford C, Pinto A, Snider C

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094621 PMID: 40010844

Considerations for the design of overdose education and naloxone distribution interventions: results of a multi-stakeholder workshop.

Sellen K, Markowitz B, Parsons JA, Leece P, Handford C, Goso N, Hopkins S, Klaiman M, Shahin R, Milos G, Wright A, Charles M, Morrison L, Strike C, Orkin A, SOONER Investigators

BMC public health2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15554-6 PMID: 37189052

Reducing use of coagulation tests in a family medicine practice setting: An implementation study.

Khadadah F, Gabarin N, Jiwajee A, Nisenbaum R, Hanif H, James P, Hunchuck J, Handford C, Girdhari R, Sholzberg M

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis2022

DOI: 10.1002/rth2.12843 PMID: 36514345

Design details for overdose education and take-home naloxone kits: Codesign with family medicine, emergency department, addictions medicine and community.

Sellen K, Goso N, Halleran L, Mulvale-Fletcher A, Sarmiento F, Ligabue F, Handford C, Klaiman M, Milos G, Wright A, Charles M, Sniderman R, Hunt R, Parsons JA, Leece P, Hopkins S, Shahin R, Jüni P, Morrison L, Campbell DM, Strike C, Orkin A, SOONER Investigators

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2022

DOI: 10.1111/hex.13559 PMID: 35909312

Resuscitation simulation among people who are likely to witness opioid overdose: Experiences from the SOONER Trial.

Whittall JP, Orkin AM, Handford C, Klaiman M, Leece P, Charles M, Wright A, Turner S, Morrison LJ, Strike C, Campbell DM

PloS one2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270829 PMID: 35789220

Corrigendum to "Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial" [Resuscitation Plus 6 (2021) 100131].

Orkin AM, Charles M, Norris K, Thomas R, Chapman L, Wright A, Campbell DM, Handford C, Klaiman M, Hopkins S, Shahin R, Thorpe K, Juni P, Parsons J, Sellen K, Goso N, Hunt R, Leece P, Morrison LJ, Stergiopoulos V, Turner S, Strike C

Resuscitation plus2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100158 PMID: 34553182

Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial.

Orkin AM, Charles M, Norris K, Thomas R, Chapman L, Wright A, Campbell DM, Handford C, Klaiman M, Hopkins S, Shahin R, Thorpe K, Jüni P, Parsons J, Sellen K, Goso N, Hunt R, Leece P, Morrison LJ, Stergiopoulos V, Turner S, Strike C

Resuscitation plus2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100131 PMID: 34223388

Implementing effective test utilization via team-based evaluation and revision of a family medicine laboratory test requisition.

Mohammed-Ali Z, Bhandarkar S, Tahir S, Handford C, Yip D, Beriault D, Hicks LK

BMJ open quality2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001219 PMID: 33731485

Protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) randomised control trial.

Orkin A, Campbell D, Handford C, Hopkins S, Klaiman M, Leece P, Parsons JA, Shahin R, Strike C, Thorpe K, Sellen K, Milos G, Wright A, Charles M, Sniderman R, Morrison L, SOONER Investigators

BMJ open2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029436 PMID: 31722937

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Curtis Handford

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The opportunity to save a life: A qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention.

Developing patient-reported experience measures to evaluate an Emergency Department Outreach Programme for people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada: a community-based participatory research study protocol.

Considerations for the design of overdose education and naloxone distribution interventions: results of a multi-stakeholder workshop.

Reducing use of coagulation tests in a family medicine practice setting: An implementation study.

Design details for overdose education and take-home naloxone kits: Codesign with family medicine, emergency department, addictions medicine and community.

Resuscitation simulation among people who are likely to witness opioid overdose: Experiences from the SOONER Trial.

Corrigendum to "Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial" [Resuscitation Plus 6 (2021) 100131].

Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial.

Implementing effective test utilization via team-based evaluation and revision of a family medicine laboratory test requisition.

Protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) randomised control trial.

The Surviving Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Education and Resuscitation (SOON-ER) trial: a randomized study of an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention for laypeople in ambulatory and inpatient settings.

Frequent collaborators

Pamela Leece

Carol Strike

Amy Wright

Rita Shahin

Shaun Hopkins

Aaron Orkin

Kevin Thorpe

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Janet Parsons

Rosane Nisenbaum

Carolyn Snider

Paula James

Daniel Beriault

Peter Jüni

Andrew Pinto

Douglas Campbell

Curtis Handford

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The opportunity to save a life: A qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention.

Developing patient-reported experience measures to evaluate an Emergency Department Outreach Programme for people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada: a community-based participatory research study protocol.

Considerations for the design of overdose education and naloxone distribution interventions: results of a multi-stakeholder workshop.

Reducing use of coagulation tests in a family medicine practice setting: An implementation study.

Design details for overdose education and take-home naloxone kits: Codesign with family medicine, emergency department, addictions medicine&#xa0;and community.

Resuscitation simulation among people who are likely to witness opioid overdose: Experiences from the SOONER Trial.

Corrigendum to "Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial" [Resuscitation Plus 6 (2021) 100131].

Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial.

Implementing effective test utilization via team-based evaluation and revision of a family medicine laboratory test requisition.

Protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) randomised control trial.

The Surviving Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Education and Resuscitation (SOON-ER) trial: a randomized study of an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention for laypeople in ambulatory and inpatient settings.

Frequent collaborators

Pamela Leece

Carol Strike

Amy Wright

Rita Shahin

Shaun Hopkins

Aaron Orkin

Kevin Thorpe

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Janet Parsons

Rosane Nisenbaum

Carolyn Snider

Paula James

Daniel Beriault

Peter Jüni

Andrew Pinto

Douglas Campbell

Design details for overdose education and take-home naloxone kits: Codesign with family medicine, emergency department, addictions medicine and community.