Audience: Physicians
Screening, Diagnosis, and Linkage to Care to Improve Longitudinal Care for Opioid Use Disorder and Stimulant Use Disorder
This webinar discusses strategies to increase and improve clinicians’ capacity to provide care for people with OUD and substance use disorder (StUD), increase linkage to care and engagement across various settings, and increase equitable delivery and access to care/services among people who use drugs, as well as those previously underserved by overdose prevention programs.
Equitable Care: Empowering Clinicians in Pain Management for OUD and SUD Populations
This module provides a comprehensive understanding of pain management in individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD), through exploring the physiological and psychological implications of these disorders on pain perception and management; challenges may include balancing pain relief with the risk of addiction, addressing stigma and discrimination, and navigating complex medication regimens.
DC Engage 3rd Annual Harm Reduction Conference
This content was originally presented at the 3rd annual DC Engage Harm Reduction Conference in Washington, DC. Review the content at your own pace.
Public Health Partnerships: Integrating Harm Reduction into Public Health Initiatives
This webinar will introduce the concept of harm reduction and its critical role in public health initiatives, especially those focused on HIV prevention and care. The faculty will discuss the evolution of HIV services and strategies for integrating innovative harm reduction approaches into these initiatives.
Beyond Boundaries: Transforming Intimacy Dynamics in Drug Inclusive Relationships
This webinar will provide participants with an overview of how to apply harm reduction principles for people who use drugs (PWUD) to the context of sexual health and relationships.
Social Justice/Language Justice Implications for Services and Retention in Care
This group discussion focuses on social justice and retention in care.
Self Care Discussion with DC Engage Micro-Grantees
DC Engage’s annual Harm Reduction Conference brings together harm reductionists, community members, and experts to discuss the latest practices, techniques, and important issues in the harm reduction community.
Harnessing the Fury: Overcoming Barriers, Unveiling Pathways, and Minimizing Harm
Dive into a discourse centered on the policy limitations impeding the implementation of comprehensive HIV prevention programs for injection drug users. Uncover the pivotal role of policy change as a linchpin of public health action. Explore the transformative potential of research-driven insights and harm reduction approaches in minimizing the deleterious effects of HIV within this marginalized community.
All four 2023 Harm Reduction Conference training sessions must be taken to receive a total of 3.25 credit hours.
Drug User Health in a Syndemic Environment
This session addresses challenges related to living and accessing services in a syndemic environment. It covers those strategies that ensure individuals are able to address co-morbidities.
All four 2023 Harm Reduction Conference training sessions must be taken to receive a total of 3.25 credit hours.
Social Justice/Language Justice
This plenary focuses on how to eliminate and replace stigmatizing language and negative bias while also using person-first language within communities of people who struggle with substance use disorder to increase access to services and successful retention in care.
All four 2023 Harm Reduction Conference training sessions must be taken to receive a total of 3.25 credit hours.