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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 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 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 12/15/2020 (updated 4/3/2024)
Participants learned evidenced based harm reduction strategies to keep people who use drugs (PWUD) alive with reduced disease burden. Presenters discussed methods of engaging PWUD, linkages to MOUD, behavioral health and recovery supports for individuals ready for these supports
Posted 8/4/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Posted 11/19/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
This document is to assist community leaders, local and regional organizers, non-profit groups, law enforcement, public health, and members of the public in understanding and navigating effective strategies to prevent opioid overdose in their communities.
Posted 1/11/2024 (updated 3/28/2024)
This webinar will briefly discussed the history of meth and amphetamines, some of the myths and reasons people use them.
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.
Posted 12/13/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the progress made since the release of the Overdose Prevention Strategy (Strategy) last fall. The new data shows treatment capacity, lives saved from overdose, and commitments to long-term recovery supports, as well as a hopeful trend of a decrease in overdose deaths.