What Recovery Means To EMPOWER Project Stakeholders

Listening to patient stories

Identifying patient-centered research priorities

Through a mind-mapping session EMPOWER project stakeholders identified and prioritized topics for future research.

Examining access to care

Trauma & stigma need to be recognized in the patient’s journey to care.

Tailored peer-support training

Peer support training developed by persons with lived-experience of substance use during pregnancy.

Patient-stakeholders involved in all phases of research

Actively building capacity of patient-stakeholders to lead research initiatives.