{"id":5450,"date":"2025-03-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2025-03-10T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:06:36","slug":"calling-dibs-ep-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/2025\/03\/12\/calling-dibs-ep-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling DIBS Ep 94: Unblocking Harm Reduction Behaviours Amidst the Fentanyl Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.ca.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=a49105fd-9b18-4bb2-9e51-b29c01605639\">Episode 94<\/a>:<\/strong> &#8220;Unblocking Harm Reduction Behaviours Amidst the Fentanyl Crisis&#8221; with Penny Norman, VP of Strategy &amp; Communications, Rescue Agency. <br><em>(38 minutes; posted Mar. 12, 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pennynorman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Penny Norman<\/a> applies behavioural science to tackle a variety of pressing behavioural and mental health challenges. She provides a snapshot of the work Rescue has done to promote harm reduction behaviours within the context of the fentanyl crisis. The takeaways are widely applicable to behaviour change projects &#8212; approach with an open mind, look for restraining forces, move beyond raising awareness, empower people, and learn and iterate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-300x300.png\" alt=\"Calling DIBS podcast logo\" class=\"wp-image-2623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\">\n<p><em>For the full list of podcast episodes, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/podcast\/\">Calling DIBS page on the BI wiki<\/a> or subscribe via major podcast platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/calling-dibs\/id1618687227?ign-itscg=30200&amp;ign-itsct=podcast_box_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1dMdl3GFBt724LidAq07cW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.ca\/podcasts\/ee67542a-5d1c-4a28-9afb-aa84927bb325\/calling-dibs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penny Norman provides a snapshot of work promoting harm reduction behaviours within the context of the fentanyl crisis. The takeaways are widely applicable to behaviour change projects [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calling-dibs","category-media","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5450"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5783,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450\/revisions\/5783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}