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Posted 3/25/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
Effective Harm Reduction Strategies for People Who Actively Use Opioids and/or Psychostimulants
Participants will learn evidenced-based harm reduction strategies to keep people who use opioids and psychostimulants alive with reduced disease burden. Presenters will discuss methods of engaging people who actively use opioids and/or psychostimulants, harm reduction interventions, overdose prevention and response, overamping prevention and response, and linkages to care.
Posted 5/26/2021 (updated 4/10/2024)
Posted 8/4/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Posted 8/4/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Posted 10/14/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
Participants learned evidenced-based harm reduction strategies to keep people who use opioids and psychostimulants alive with reduced disease burden. Presenters discussed methods of engaging people who actively use opioids and/or psychostimulants, harm reduction interventions, overdose prevention and response, overamping prevention and response, and linkages to care.
Robert Childs, MPH, JBS International
Christine Rodriguez, MPH, Vital Strategies
Posted 11/11/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
JBS’s Robert Childs discussed the key concepts of harm reduction and evidence-based harm reduction interventions that grantees can implement to reduce overdose in their rural communities. Staff from Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network shared lessons learned from their RCORP-Planning grant in gaining buy-in for harm reduction concepts and planning for harm reduction services in rural Arkansas.
Posted 6/10/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
During this session, we discussed what meaningful inclusion is (and is not) and we offered tangible steps toward developing trust, dignity, and inclusion of PWUDs. Meeting people where they are requires an element of internal self-reflection and honesty, both personally and within the organization.
Posted 6/14/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced nearly $15 million awarded to rural communities to continue addressing misuse of illegal and prescription drugs known as psychostimulants. These awards are part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), a multi-year initiative with $400 million invested since its start in 2018.
Posted 3/21/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
Training materials A Stimulating Talk
Posted 4/11/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
This webinar will help set a foundation for what trauma-informed care (TIC) means and why it is important.