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Posted 11/17/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a public health crisis affecting women, men, children, and society.1 Women with OUD have unique care needs and require a broad range of medical, behavioral health, and social services to meet these needs. Care coordination is important to manage the array of services that might be delivered to women in different settings. Without care coordination, women with OUD might struggle to access the services they need to get treatment and maintain recovery.
Posted 12/2/2020 (updated 4/3/2024)
Developed for the Puerto Rico Department of Health, this toolkit discusses how to screen pregnant women for substance use, screen infants for prenatal exposure to substances, recognize the signs of NAS, utilize validated screening tools, understand the importance of provider education, and engage pregnant women in the process of treatment and referral.
Posted 11/24/2020 (updated 4/3/2024)
Join your HRSA project officers and JBS TELS as they cover: A review of selected focus areas and prevention, treatment and recovery Strategies chosen by grantees, Using the Collective Impact Approach to develop your consortium, Creating an effective Logic Model and Developing an effective Strategic Plan.
Posted 9/1/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Affinity Group Breakout Sessions: Listed facilitators will briefly present and lead a group discussion on their respective topics.
Posted 9/1/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Posted 9/1/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Posted 9/1/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Posted 8/4/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Adverse childhood experiences, known as ACEs, are defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as "potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood." One common example is experienced by children growing up in a household with parents engaged in substance use. This publication is the first in a two-part series addressing the relationship between ACEs and substance use throughout the life cycle, covering substance use as an ACE from infancy through adolescence.
Posted 7/7/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
This presentation highlighted the intersection of discrimination, women, substance use and reproductive rights from historical and current perspectives. It then provided methods and techniques for eliminating stigma and discrimination on a provider-patient level and provide an opportunity for the audience to practice compassionate care.
Posted 6/30/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
In this context, the overarching aim of this document is to inform and encourage governments, policy–makers, and other partners to take the necessary actions to implement evidence-based prevention strategies and treatment services for substance use disorders in order to provide everybody, girls as well as boys, and women as well as men, with the skills and opportunities to prevent the initiation of unhealthy behaviours and, in case of individuals who use drugs and suffer from drug use disorders, with the optimal support for improving their life circumstances.